Victory in Camden, New Jersey

In late October, Parkside Recovery Services announced that they would not be relocating a methadone clinic from downtown Camden to the city’s distressed Waterfront South neighborhood under pressure from CDP client Heart of Camden and pro bono counsel Kirkland & Ellis. Read More »

CDP Perspective on the Livable Communities Act

On August 6, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd introduced the Livable Communities Act of 2009. The Community Development Project shares its thoughts on the proposed legislation. Read More »

Joint Statement on Rejection of Texas CDBG Plan

On November 23, Joe Rich of the Lawyers' Committee and Reilly Morse of the Mississippi Center for Justice issued a joint statement applauding HUD's decision to reject Texas's disaster recovery CDBG plan for Hurricane Ike. Read More »

Heirs' Property Workshops in Maryland

On Friday, September 25 and Saturday, September 26, the African American Land Trust, DLA Piper and the Lawyers' Committee drew over 50 landowners workshops for families with land-title problems on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Read More »

About the Community Development  Project

About the Community Development Project

The Lawyers' Committee's Community Development Project (CDP) is the first national transactional pro bono project that provides direct legal services to non-profit organizations in the most underserved regions of the country. The CDP's mission is to promote housing and economic opportunities in low-income communities through volunteer legal services. Read more »
Practical Progressive - Official Selection 2008