Christian Legal Clinics of Philadelphia

A Lawyer’s Prayers: February

Anna Waldherr — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:05:19 +0000

It is February again, dark and cold. Forty eight Catholic schools will be shutting their doors in Philadelphia. Local public schools will be closing their buildings nights and weekends, in an effort to save on costs. As ever, there is waste and scandal in Washington. As ever, there is unrest in the Middle East.

Again, we protest, we [...]

A Lawyer’s Prayers: Philadelphia

Anna Waldherr — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:23:37 +0000

In September 2002 a small group of Christian lawyers decided to establish a legal clinic in Philadelphia where they could serve the urban poor for the love of God. With the help of many friends, Christian Legal Clinics of Philadelphia (CLCP) came into being.

Even before the doors first opened, we raised [...]

Final Open House Videos: Ted Oswald, Dennis Abrams and Regina Guerin

CLCPhila — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:19:15 +0000

Well, we’ve reached the end . . . of our videos from our Open House! We hope you enjoy these last stories and we look forward to sharing more with you in the months and years to come!

Ted Oswald, staff attorney for CLCP, shares about his road to living and working in Hunting Park with [...]

Pastors and Students in Support of CLCP

CLCPhila — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:38:34 +0000

We start out this week hearing from two more friends of CLCP, their comments filmed at our recent Open House:

Pastor Jose Salas shares about CLCP’s impact from his perspective as a local pastor, neighbor and sometimes client.

Jason Lamb, Vice-president of the Temple Law Christian Legal Society, speaks about the impact of his [...]

Pete Hileman’s Address at the Open House

Ted Oswald — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:46:53 +0000

Pete Hileman, our executive director, laid out the particulars of our unique legal ministry at our Open House and we wanted to make this information available in several short, digestible clips. Here they are!

Clip #1: Pete shares about our mission, who CLCP is, what we do and how we do it.

Clip #2: He [...]

CLCP Open House a Resounding Success!

Ted Oswald — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:45:09 +0000

Our Open House Celebration last Thursday was a resounding success, thanks in no small part to our amazing supporters! If you weren’t able to make it, we’ll be posting clips of several of our speakers from throughout the evening so you can learn some of the ways God has been moving and transforming Philadelphia through [...]

November 1, 2011

Pete Hileman — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:52:00 +0000

Ted, Keith and I are back from Chicago, having been greatly blessed by what God did in and for us at the Christian Legal Society’s 50th anniversary conference, and awed by the work of those lawyers who have gone before us. Ken Sande of Peacemakers preached Sunday morning, and I was able to introduce myself [...]

October 6, 2011

Pete Hileman — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:42:32 +0000

Dear legal ministry team:

Today is clinic day in West Philadelphia, at the Salvation Army starting at 5 pm.

We are thrilled to announce two new clinic attorneys who will be there today for the first time, Erika Martin-Broadnax and Gregg Coleman. Both have broad-based legal experience in the city, both private and municipal, and [...]

October 4, 2011

Pete Hileman — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:37:38 +0000

Dear friends of CLCP:

Today is the grand opening of our new office at 4455 N. 6th street Ste 100, Philadelphia, PA 19140. That’s right, we have our own office at the Joy in the City building in Hunting Park, at the invitation of Spirit and Truth Fellowship Church. They have opened their doors wide to us [...]