As it does every year during budget season, the Equal Justice Coalition—a collaboration of the Boston Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association and the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation—drew nearly 700 attorneys from the legal community January 26 to the State House to lobby legislators for increased civil legal aid funding. Since the November election, civil legal […]
Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corp. Statement on Gov. Baker’s Budget Recommendation
Hundreds of Attorneys to Gather at State House on Thursday, January 26 to Request $5 Million Increase in Funding for Civil Legal Aid BOSTON (January 11, 2017)―Chief Justice Ralph Gants of the Supreme Judicial Court and bar association leaders will join hundreds of private attorneys from more than 40 law firms at the Massachusetts State […]
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Media Contact: Catherine Rizos 617-391-5627 crizos@mlac.org Equal Justice Coalition Appoints New Director Laura Booth to helm partnership between private bar, legal services BOSTON, August 30, 2016 – The Equal Justice Coalition (EJC) announces the appointment of Laura Booth as the EJC’s director effective September 14. Laura brings nearly two decades of experience in human services and public policy, […]
Media Contact: Catherine Rizos 617-391-5627 crizos@mlac.org State Senator Bruce Tarr to Visit Housing Court BOSTON, August 4, 2016—State Senator Bruce Tarr of Gloucester will visit Housing Court at the Brooke Courthouse in Boston at 9:30am on Thursday, August 11, 2016. Barbara Zimbel, a civil legal aid attorney from Greater Boston Legal Services, will give the […]
Media Contact: Catherine Rizos 617-391-5627 crizos@mlac.org Equal Justice Coalition Welcomes New Chair WilmerHale Partner Louis Tompros to Helm Partnership Between Private Bar, Legal Services BOSTON, August 1, 2016 – The Equal Justice Coalition (EJC) today announced that WilmerHale attorney Louis Tompros has been appointed chair of the EJC, effective August 1. Tompros replaces John Carroll, […]
MLAC Thanks Gov. Baker & Legislature for Supporting Civil Legal Aid Funding
Media Contact: Catherine Rizos 617-391-5627 crizos@mlac.org State Reps. Christine Barber and Paul Brodeur to Visit Housing Court BOSTON, May 5, 2016—State Representative Christine Barber of Somerville and State Representative Paul Brodeur of Melrose will visit Housing Court at the Brooke Courthouse in Boston at 9am on Thursday, May 12, 2016. Barbara Zimbel, a civil legal aid attorney from […]
Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants Calls for Increased Civil Legal Aid at Walk to the HillFebruary 7, 2020 - 8:00 pm