Chief Judge Lippman announces creation of Legal Hand in Crown Heights
Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman was in Crown Heights on Monday to announce the creation of a new program call Legal Hand that will provide free legal advice and referrals to low-income residents from its storefront location on Kingston Avenue.
Legal Hand will provide assistance through a team of volunteers who will be trained and supervised by staff attorneys and the Center for Court Innovation, which will run the Crown Heights storefront as well as the Brownsville and Jamaica, Queens locations that will open in the upcoming weeks.