After getting displaced by a three-alarm fire last November 10, the Community Law Center has moved into a new home.
The non-profit is now leasing space at 3601 Hickory Ave., just off “The Avenue” in Hampden and several blocks from its previous base in the former Northern District Police Station at 3355 Keswick Road, known as “The Castle.”
Founded in 1986, the Community Law Center is a nonprofit law firm that provides legal services to community and nonprofit organizations throughout Maryland. It’s Maryland’s only legal services organization dedicated solely to strengthening neighborhoods and the nonprofit sector. Its mission is to be “the legal partner to neighborhoods and nonprofits in pursuit of more just and vibrant communities.”
The law center was one of the anchor tenants in the repurposed police station, which dates from 1899 and is currently being rebuilt.
“We are, as of this past Monday, moved into our new permanent home after a fire took our longtime office space,” executive director Amy Petkovsek said in a video message posted a week ago on social media.
“Our new space is still here in Hampden, this time right off The Avenue in a white house on Hickory Ave,” she said. “We cannot wait to invite you all here to our beautiful front porch for many parties to come in the future. Our team is adjusting as we get internet service and get back up to speed and unpack many boxes.”
Petkovsek said one of the boxes she unpacked contained her Day Planner for November 2025, “filled with appointments, plans and dreams that never happened, because after the fire we had to pivot. It made me think…we can make all the plans in the world for non-profits, but what really matters is the people that are here with us as we make day-to-day decisions that are aligned with our mission and our clients…Send us good wishes as we unpack these boxes, and thank you all for supporting the Community Law Center.”
