

{"id":7,"date":"2012-08-30T15:08:24","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T15:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/internalprojectviscoustemplate\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-09-29T09:12:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T13:12:37","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Temple Legal Aid Office\u2019s Blog page!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Here, you will find the following:<\/h2>\n<p>1. <a title=\"For the Community\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/for-the-community\/\">\u00a0Information for our clients and community<\/a>\u00a0about the sorts of cases we handle. \u00a0Here, you will find information about our services. \u00a0You will also find news about law that affect our clients and about other community resources that may be able to help you with legal and non-legal problems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW<\/strong>: \u00a0We are adding summaries of legal issues so you can learn general information about the law. \u00a0Click on <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/category\/know-the-law\/\">Know the Law<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. <a title=\"For Our Community Partners\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/for-our-community-partners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Information for our community partners<\/a>. \u00a0We work with several community groups to identify our clients, determine our office&#8217;s legal priorities, and to help address clients&#8217; needs, whether they are legal or non-legal. \u00a0We want to keep you informed about ways we are working with our community partners. \u00a0Current and potential community partners will find information about ways we may be able to work with you.<\/p>\n<p>3. \u00a0<a title=\"For Our Students\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/for-our-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Information for our students<\/a>. \u00a0Temple law students intern in our office to provide quality legal services to our clients and to learn how to practice law. \u00a0This page provides information for Temple law students about the work we are doing in the office so you can learn about each other and see how you can join in our work!<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy these pages and our <a title=\"News\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news blog<\/a>! \u00a0For more information, call us!<\/p>\n<p>The Staff of the Temple Legal Aid Office (TLAO)<\/p>\n<p>215-204-1800<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"email Temple Legal Aid Office\" href=\"mailto:lawtlao@temple.edu\">lawtlao@temple.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here, you will find the following: 1. \u00a0Information for our clients and community\u00a0about the sorts of cases we handle. \u00a0Here, you will find information about&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcome to the Temple Legal Aid Office\u2019s Blog page!<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66,"url":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/for-our-students\/","url_meta":{"origin":7,"position":0},"title":"For Our Students","author":"Spencer Rand","date":"July 18, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome to your Temple Legal Aid Office. \u00a0Since 1952, when the office began as a student run project to serve the community, Temple law students have been interning in our office. \u00a0Come join us, and you will be able to learn skills that will help you practice law while you\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":38,"url":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/for-our-clients\/","url_meta":{"origin":7,"position":1},"title":"For Our Clients","author":"Spencer Rand","date":"July 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome to the Temple Legal Aid Office! \u00a0We are here to serve low income Philadelphians with legal problems. \u00a0You will work with our law students, staff, and attorneys to address your legal problems. 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We want to work with you in several ways: We want to hear from you about client who need our\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":113,"url":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/for-our-clients\/suggest-a-legal-information-topic\/","url_meta":{"origin":7,"position":3},"title":"Suggest a legal information topic","author":"Spencer Rand","date":"July 31, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Have an idea about the type of law we handle that you think many people would want to know more about? \u00a0Write a comment below suggesting a topic and if we agree, we will write about the topic on this page!","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12,"url":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/file-share\/","url_meta":{"origin":7,"position":4},"title":"Staff\/Contact","author":"Shyam Nair","date":"August 30, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Spencer Rand has been practicing law for over 25 years and has been with Temple Legal Aid Office since 2000. \u00a0He focuses his work on representing low-income Philadelphians with HIV, Cancer, and\/or physical disabilities. \u00a0He has practiced as a legal aid lawyer, a sole practitioner, and as an executive director\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":522,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tlao\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}