University of Baltimore, Community Development Clinic

The Community Development Clinic of the University of Baltimore provides a wide variety of legal services to and advocacy for historically under-served communities in Baltimore. Students assist community associations, non-profit organizations, and small business owners with the legal aspects of formation, operations and financing, land use, real estate acquisition, and other matters.  Projects include representing community associations in negotiations for a community development plan, drafting and advocating state legislation to remove a legal impediment to the development of permanently affordable homeownership opportunities in Maryland, and helping a nonprofit organization acquire vacant land from the City.