NEW YORK, NY —A new legal clinic is claiming great success in helping homeowners fight off foreclosure of their homes.
REPORTER: In the case of US Bank v. Deborah Singleton, Deborah Singleton is defending herself.
SINGLETON: I can represent myself, I don't have to pay thousands of dollars to a lawyer who may not help me any better than I can help me.
REPORTER: In July, the Brooklyn businesswoman was sued by her bank after missing payments. Now she's headed to court. Singleton's been trained in foreclosure law by a new nonprofit called Common Law. Co-founder Karen Gargamelli says it's a program born of necessity.
GARGAMELLI: Because there are only a handful of people that even understand the foreclosure laws, people have to represent themselves against the bank.
