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FOUNDED IN 2001 BY A LAWYER FROM ENGLAND HARLOWTOWN ORIGINALLY SET OUT TO PROVIDE PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES TO INDIGENT NEW YORKERS. TODAY IT DELIVERS AN ARRAY OF ASYMMETRIC SOLUTIONS TO INDIVIDUALS COMMUNITIES AND PROGRESSIVE ORGANISATIONS IN NEW YORK CITY AND BEYOND. WHILE HARLOWTOWN CONTINUES TO OFFER PRO BONO AND AFFORDABLE LEGAL ASSISTANCE ITS SERVICES NOW ENCOMPASS LEGAL CLINICS ON TOPICS SUCH AS PRO SE REPRESENTATION DOMESTIC ABUSE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND FINANCIAL PLANNING SUPPORT FOR HUNGERRELIEF PROGRAMS AND INCREASING INTERNET BROADBAND ACCESS AND COMPUTER LITERACY IN LOWINCOME COMMUNITIES. I first came into contact with Harlowtown in 2001 when my son was wrongly accused of a crime.