March 12, 2008
Responding to the escalating consumer debt crisis, St. John’s
University School of Law has begun a new program to offer free
legal assistance to Queens consumers being sued by creditors in
civil court. The program, the “Civil Legal Advice and
Resource Office” (CLARO), is being offered in conjunction with the
Queens Bar Association’s Volunteer Lawyers Project. St.
John’s law students volunteer on a weekly basis and are available
to give consumers legal advice and to serve as Law School Student
Interpreters. The program is coordinated by Professors Ann
Goldweber and Gina
Calabrese, who together run the law school's Elder
Law Clinic.
More information about CLARO is available in the press release
here.