Volunteering in Rent Court – The Basics of Landlord/Tenant Law in Maryland

View the training via WEBCAST: View on your device at a place and time convenient to you. You will be emailed access instructions when the webcast is ready to view.

In this training, lawyers will learn how to represent tenants in rent court, gaining the skills necessary to help promote housing justice and ensure that clients receive their legally-mandated right to counsel in eviction-related cases in Maryland. This training will offer the basics of landlord/tenant law related to evictions and lawsuits related to the threats to life, health or safety within a home. Attendees will benefit from Q & A with experienced attorneys and the opportunity to strategize about practical solutions for individual case studies.

This training is open to Maryland-barred attorneys and law students in exchange for a commitment to volunteer at one rent court clinic (3 hours) or hotline shift. Nonprofit legal services provider staff may participate at no cost or pro bono commitment.

Tell us about yourself! Please type full names and addresses as you'd like communications to be addressed.

Please enter all states where you are licensed to practice (including Maryland) and the year and bar number. Attorneys not barred in MD must become specially authorized to practice pro bono in MD (contact Liz Twigg at ltwigg@probonomd.org for more information).

State Licensed

Year Admitted

Bar Number

Status

Please list areas in which you have experience and how many years experience you have in each area. (Add as many as you like.)

Practice Area

Years Experience

Please enter all spoken languages, your fluency level, and whether you are willing to volunteer to interpret or translate. (Add as many as you like.)

Language

Fluency

Willing to Interpret?

YesNo

Willing to Translate?

YesNo

Pro Bono Commitment Information

Do you agree to volunteer for one (1) rent court clinic or hotline shift within one (1) year of registration.

Yes! I agree to volunteer for one (1) rent court clinic or hotline shift within one (1) year of registration.

In which jurisdiction(s) would you like to volunteer? Hold CTRL to select both.

Baltimore CountyBaltimore City

Do you affirm that you do not represent landlords and do not have conflicts of interest in representing tenants in Baltimore City or Baltimore County Rent Court? (Type your initials to affirm.)

The TVLD Program is funded through a grant from the Administrative Office of the Court (“AOC”). I understand that PBRC may share my email address with the AOC so that its staff can solicit feedback on my volunteer experience in the TVLD Program.

I understand.

Please type your name to certify that the above information is true.