Rugta deynta macaamiisha

This project allows volunteer lawyers to help low-income, unrepresented debtors by assisting them with civil debt-collection lawsuits. The Consumer Debt Clinic provides access to justice to lower-income litigants through volunteering. At the clinic, the Consumer team interviews clients at different stages of representation, including an initial interview, an advice interview based on the Plaintiff’s evidence, and an exit interview. The team also analyzes the opposing party’s evidence and advises clients based on applying the relevant law to the evidence. The team negotiates with the opposing counsel to achieve a fair settlement for a client. The team also drafts any necessary motions or pleadings for clients and presents cases to the clerk magistrate (i.e., a small claims trial).

Attorneys provide clients Limited Assistance Representation (LAR), taasoo la micno ah inay ku lug leeyihiin oo kaliya kiiska maalintaas. Laguma tababarin LAR? Daawo tababar oo akhri agabka loo baahan yahay.

SHURUUDAHA

• Waa inuu noqdaa qareen Massachusetts shati haysta

SIDA AY U SHAQAYSO QOFKA GUDAHA

• VLP staff arrives at 10 a.m., an hour before the first court session. VLP sets up a table in the hallway, and potential clients come by and ask for assistance.
• VLP paralegals do an intake to ensure their case fits our priorities and that the litigant is financially eligible.
• Haddii dacwooduhu u qalmo, waxay noqonayaan macmiil, waxaanan helnaa tabaruce wakiil u ah.
• Over the next 2-4 hours, the volunteer will work with the client to resolve the case, review documents obtained from the creditor, negotiate with the opposing party and do a magistrate hearing if needed. The volunteer will need to fill out a Notice of Limited Appearance (NLA) that will be filed with the court by VLP.
• Once the case is resolved, the volunteer fills out an “assistance provided form” to tell VLP what happened in their case and fill out a Notice of Withdrawal of Limited Appearance (NWLA) that the volunteer must file with the court before leaving the clinic

SIDEE AY U SHAQAYSAA MAQAL

• VLP staff attend court on Zoom and provide our contact information to potential clients.
• Maxkamaddu waxay wacdaa liiska kiisaska, oo haddii dacwooduhu sheego inay jeclaan lahaayeen inay la hadlaan VLP, kiiskoodu wuxuu sii socdaa 1-2 bilood. Inta lagu jiro wakhtigaas, dacwooduhu wuxuu la xidhiidhaa VLP. Waxaan la samaynaa qaadashada si aan u hubinno in kiiskoodu ku habboon yahay mudnaantayada iyo in dacwooduhu uu dhaqaale ahaan u qalmo.
• If the litigant is eligible, they become a client and we present their case to our panel of volunteers forpossible representation.
• Once a volunteer picks up a case, they are able to see all the documents we collected from the client,details about their case and referral memorandum. The volunteer will need to fill out a Notice ofLimited Appearance (NLA) and file it with the court. It is the volunteer’s responsibility to counsel theclient, negotiate with the opposing party to reach a resolution of the case, and represent the client attheir magistrate hearing if needed.
• Once the case has been resolved, volunteers will fill out a Notice of Withdrawal of Limited Appearance(NWLA) and file with the court immediately after
  Time commitment: 1-3 months and 5-8 hours spent on the case.

TABABBARKA LOO BAAHAN YAHAY

• Wakiil Kaalmo xaddidan (1 hr 11 min)
  • These materials describe best practices for maintaining your limited representation.
  • After you complete the one-time training, you are certified to take a case for a limited period or limited purpose (e.g., a court mediation or court hearing).
• Tababarka Difaaca Deynta Macmiilka (1hr 4 min)
  • This training is on the basics of debt collection defense
    The training will cover the background of consumer debt collection and how the industry functions
    A detailed look at how to defend consumers in debt collections cases, with a focus on Small Claims Court, where most debt collections cases are brought) and how to get involved in VLP’s Consumer Unit
• The Big Deal with Small Claims (20 daqiiqo)
  • This animated training will walk you through Lawyer for the Day at VLP
• NLA and NLWA Documents
  • Ogeysiiska Muuqda xaddidan (Mass.gov)
  • Ogeysiiska ka noqoshada Soo-muuqashada xaddidan (Mass.gov)

VLP asks that all first-time volunteers sign up under the shadowing slot to begin to ensure volunteers have a sense of how the clinic are structured before they start taking cases alone.

FAA'IIDOOYINKA ISKU-XUKUNKA

• Wakiil Kaalmo xaddidan Macnaheedu waxa weeye in aad isla maalintaas la bilaabayso oo aad la dhammayso macmiilkaaga; Looma baahna ballanqaad dheeraad ah oo ku aaddan dacwadaha maxkamadda ama adeegyada sharciga. 
• MentorshipQareenadayada cusub waxay wax ka bartaan looyaro khibrad badan leh, iyo qareeno khibrad badan leh waxay helaan fursad ay ku hagaan oo ay ku hagaan qareeno iyo arday cusub.  
• NetworkingLa kulan qareenada kale ee goobtaada shaqo oo la xiriir xirfadlayaasha kale ee sharciga. 
• Foojarrada Tababarka MCLE ee la dhimay ayaa la heli karaa marka la codsado qareennada si firfircoon nala shaqeeya. Mashruuca Qareenada Volunteer wuxuu bixiyaa caymiska aasaasiga ah ee ku-dhaqanka xun ee dhammaan shaqooyinka waxtarka leh. 

Mashruuca Qareenada Volunteer wuxuu bixiyaa ceymiska asaasiga ah ee ku dhaqanka dhammaan shaqada waxtarka leh.