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Berkshire Center for Justice summarizes two decades of free legal clinics and mentor program
Summary
Eve Schatz told the council Berkshire Center for Justice has provided free legal clinics in community settings for 20 years, serves many clients over 60, and handles a range of civil legal issues beyond evictions through mentorship and outreach.
Eve Schatz of the Berkshire Center for Justice described the organization’s free legal clinics and mentor program to the Human Services Advisory Council.
Schatz said the center has offered free legal clinics in food banks, free-lunch programs and similar community settings for about 20 years to make services accessible. She described a mentor program that helps people manage their own legal problems and said half of the center’s clients are over 60; the center assists with evictions, debt, bankruptcy and other civil legal issues and tries to avoid turning people away.
Council member Patricia Molina asked whether the center handles only eviction cases; Schatz said they handle a wide range of civil matters and make efforts to meet clients where they are.
The presentation was informational; no formal action or vote related to the center is recorded in the meeting transcript.
