We all want fairness in the civil justice system. But how is fairness possible in a world where so many people cannot afford legal help? This short video provides an easy-to-understand explanation of what civil legal aid is, and why it matters so much.
Meet CLASI Staff Attorney, Dmitry Pilipis! I first came to CLASI in 2016 from the Legal Services Corporation of Delaware (LSCD). Between CLASI and LSCD I have been a legal aid advocate for about 6 years now. I became a legal aid attorney because, prior to that time, when I was in private for-profit legal practice, I derived very little…
Meet CLASI attorney, Brian Eng! Brian S. Eng has been with CLASI since 2013. He is currently serving as the managing attorney for the Disabilities Law Program and also has responsibilities with CLASI’s manufactured housing rent justification cases. Brian, a graduate of the Widener University Delaware Law School (which had a different name at the time), had a circuitous path…
CLASI, for the past several years, has been representing manufactured home owners who are facing large lot rental increases imposed by the park owners. Delaware’s Rent Justification Act, limits the ability of park owners to raise lot rentals indiscriminately, in large part recognizing the reality that manufactured homes are not that mobile. Essentially the rent increases must be tied to…
I cannot thank you enough for all you have done for those of us who live in manufactured housing on leased land. I speak not only for myself but all the members of my community homeowner association as I say we certainly appreciate all your hard work on our behalf at our arbitrations. I personally appreciate the time you spent…