About
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Haruka (Hannah) worked as a team of workers legal professional at the Maine Community Law Center (MCLC). MCLC changed into a non-earnings regulation office committed to growing get entry to to justice through offering low price felony services to Mainers of modest means. The lawyers at MCLC practiced regulation in a lot of fields. Hannah furnished legal offerings focusing at the areas of simple property subjects and family regulation consisting of divorce, parental rights and responsibilities, and protection from abuse and harassment.
Hannah will constantly remember western Maine to be “home.” Half of Hannah’s circle of relatives lives in Oxford county and the other half of lives in Japan. In 2010, Hannah graduated from Mount Holyoke College with a diploma in biology. After having worked in banking and as a legal assistant, law faculty became the clean subsequent step.
Hannah attended the University of Maine School of Law, in which she took a number of classes in transactional regulation and property making plans. She spent sizeable time volunteering with the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund, and inside the summer season of her 2L yr she labored as an extern at the Federal Trade Commission’s office at Cleveland, Ohio. Hannah takes customer safety problems seriously and advocates for humans to have a complete knowledge of what their rights and duties are earlier than committing to a settlement or service. Hannah graduated from Maine Law cum laude in May, 2018. Prior to running for the Maine Community Law Center, Hannah volunteered on the Volunteer Lawyers Project and has dedicated nicely over 50 hours to pro bono work.
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Location
Legal Issues
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father s Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Landlord Tenant
- Evictions, Housing Discrimination, Landlord Rights, Rent Control, Tenants Rights
Costs
Certificates
Languages
- English
Accepted Jurisdictions
Experience
- Volunteer Lawyer
Maine Volunteer Lawyers Project - Staff Lawyer
Maine Community Law Center
2019
Educations
Graduation year: 2018
Graduation year: 2006