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Volunteer Lawyers Network Profiles Sam Glover in its Annual Report

February 25, 2012

The Volunteer Lawyers Network helps thousands of low-income Minnesotans every year, providing free legal services to Minnesotans who cannot afford to hire a lawyer. I have been volunteering with VLN since I graduated from law school in 2003, and I joined the board of directors in 2010. VLN named me its Volunteer of the Year in 2011, which earned me a place in its annual report (PDF).

Here’s the writeup:

Sam Glover has been an active participant with Volunteer Lawyers Network since he graduated from law school in 2003. Since then, he has started his own practice, been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star, continued his extensive advocacy for consumer rights, and currently serves on VLN’s board of directors.

For the first few years of his practice, Sam focused his work around the ever-changing field of creditor/debtor issues. At VLN, he applied his extensive knowledge to increasing the resources necessary to deliver quality brief services. “One of the things I’m really excited to see grow is the brief legal services.” Sam was instrumental in the development of VLN’s consumer protection workshop. The workshop provides a structure for volunteer attorneys to complete court paperwork for clients responding to lawsuits. VLN arms volunteers with the tools necessary to offer a full range of options with efficiency and confidence. “One of the most impressive things about VLN is how it is able to take a small office of people and leverage it into an army of volunteers. VLN does an enormous amount of good.”

Sam Glover’s sustained contribution to the Minnesota legal community and to VLN has done much to enrich the quality and availability of legal services for those in need. What does justice mean to Sam? “I think justice boils down to something very simple, and that’s just getting a fair deal. Like it or not, the system is stacked against those who cannot afford lawyers versus those who can afford good lawyers. VLN does a lot to balance the scale, by getting good lawyers to people who otherwise wouldn’t have access to them.”

VLN gives access to justice to those who cannot afford it. It is vital to Minnesota, and I am proud to be a part of it. You can donate now to help keep VLN strong, or find out about volunteer opportunities.

Star Tribune Features Sam Glover’s Comments on Student Loans

October 31, 2011

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently announced new measures aimed at helping students make better decisions when borrowing money for higher education. The new disclosures and tools will be helpful, but on Consumer Law & Policy Blog, I wondered how they will help make education more affordable.

Kara McGuire, of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, quoted me on her blog last week, and published the article in the paper yesterday (see above).

For more on student loans, visit Caveat Emptor.

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Volunteer Lawyers Network Names Sam Glover its Volunteer of the Year

September 21, 2011

Each year at its annual Benefactors’ Pro Bono Picnic, the Volunteer Lawyers Network names a “Volunteer of the Year.” This year, they chose me!

I’m honored and humbled. VLN is an organization I care deeply about, and I’ve tried to do what I can to help it succeed, both as a member of the board and as a volunteer. In fact, I just filed my second pro bono bankruptcy as a VLN volunteer, and it was amazing to see the relief wash over my client when we finished filing her petition.

Pro bono work is an important part of my law practice, and I’m thrilled to be able to work with—and be a part of—such an important organization.

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Sam Glover is a Minnesota Rising Star for Super Lawyers 2011

July 26, 2011

Every year, lawyers nominate their peers to the annual Super Lawyers list of outstanding attorneys. They also nominate up-and-coming attorneys to the list of Rising Stars.

This year, I made the 2011 Rising Star list!

Sam Glover Talks About Debt Collection Lawsuits with Minnesota Judges

September 9, 2010

The Minnesota District Judges Association is holding its annual retreat in Brainerd this week. Since debt collection and foreclosures big issues that judges deal with every day, they invited Sam, along with real estate attorney Dan Tyson, to talk about these consumer issues.

Sam was thrilled to get a chance to talk directly to judges about debt collection lawsuits, which added up to 70,000 lawsuits filed in 2009, according to the Star Tribune. Sam talked about how debt buyers and debt collection law firms serve tens—if not hundreds—of thousands of summonses in Minnesota every year, despite the inability (or perhaps unwillingness) to prove their claims. He also suggested several possible ways the courts could stem the flood of collection lawsuits.

In a year when debt collection abuses are finally on legislators’ radars, Sam hopes this will put the issue on judges’ radars, as well, and that we will soon see meaningful change in the industry.

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