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Boston Globe: Path to Prevention is Clear 7/27/2010 - Leslie Walker, executive director of Prisoners’ Legal Services is cited in an editoral calling on Correction officials to take action to reduce the number of prison suicides. Springfield Republican: Court Ruling Regarding Child-Custody Cases in Massachusetts Hailed as Victory for Parents 7/19/2010 - The Supreme Judicial Court recently sided with Western Massachusetts Legal Services on a case that challenged practices used in child-custody cases in Hampden Probate Court. BusinessWest: Making a Case for Western Mass. Legal Services 7/5/2010 - The article highlights the success of the Western Massachusetts Campaign for Legal Aid, which raised nearly $50,000 for Massachusetts Justice Project and Western Massachusetts Legal Services from the region's law firms, individual lawyers and business community. Boston Globe: Bar Assoc. gives Wellesley lawyer Jack Curtin Lifetime Achievement Award 5/25/2010 - The Boston Bar Association presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to Jack Curtin for his decades of contribution to the legal profession, his community and his country. Curtin is a founding board member of MLAC. New York Times: Top New York Judge Urges Greater Legal Rights for the Poor 5/3/2010 - Jonathan Lippman, chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals, called on Monday for a “systemic approach” to providing counsel to poor people in civil cases “to bring us closer to the ideal of equal access to civil justice." WBUR FM: Invisible Communities; Forced Out, Guatemalans Learn The Power Of Visibility 5/3/2010 - Immigration attorney John Willshire Carrera of Greater Boston Legal Services describes how life has been improving for the Maya K’iche community in New Bedford, as they slowly become more intigrated into society. About half of the workers detained in the 2007 raid of the Michael Bianco, Inc. factory were Maya K’iche, indigenous Guatemalans who were victims of genocide and persecution in their native country. The interview was Part 1 of the WBUR Series: Invisible Communities. Mass Lawyer's Weekly: Cape Lawyer Named as MLAC Director 5/3/2010 - The Supreme Judicial Court has appointed Martin V. Tomassian of Edgartown to a five-year term on the board of directors of the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation. Martha J. Koster of Boston and Martha Rush O'Mara of Melrose were each re-appointed to a second five-year term. Worcester Telegram & Gazette Op-Ed: Let's Protect Legal Assistance 4/30/2010 - Doug Brown, senior vice president and general counsel of UMass Memorial Hospital, and Joseph Fournier, associate general counsel, write about the urgent need to protect funding for civil legal aid. They tell the story of how legal aid saved Anthony Butler, who was initially denied unemployment benefits because his former employer misrepresented facts of his case. The op-ed also discusses the plunge in funding during the past two years and the economic benefits legal aid brings to Massachusetts. The Herald News: SouthCoast Event Will Celebrate Victim Rights Month 4/25/2010 - MLAC Board Member Judith Martinez received the Access to Justice Award from the Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance and the Victim and Witness Assistance Board. Martinez, an immigrant advocate in southeastern Massachusetts, has worked at the Women’s Center as a multilingual domestic violence and sexual assault counselor since 2006. Springfield Republican Viewpoint: Don't Deny Justice to the Poor, Powerless 4/11/2010 - John Greaney, former associate justice on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, speaks out in support of level funding the line item for civil legal aid in the FY11 state budget, citing the increase of pro se litigants overwhelming the already stressed courthouses in Massachusetts. Massachusetts Lawyers Journal: Access to Justice Awards and Volunteer Spotlight April 2010 - This month's Massachusetts Lawyers Journal provides a recap of the Annual Access to Justice Awards Luncheon, during which Thomas Kosman of South Coastal Legal Services and Patti A. Prunhuber of Legal Assistance Corporation of Central Massachusetts were each honored for providing legal services "beyond his or her required job responsibilities." The article and photos appear on pages 13 and 19. Mass Lawyers Weekly: Lawyers Campaign for Legal Services 3/29/2010 - Private attorneys rally to help Western Mass. Legal Services and Massachusetts Justice Project meet increased demand for legal help while revenues plunge. The Western Massachusetts Campaign for Legal Aid has already raised $30,000 toward its $50,000 goal this year. Fall River Herald News: SCCLS Welcomes McMahon as New Executive Director 3/1/2010 - Richard McMahon is the new executive director of South Coastal Counties Legal Services (SCCLS). He was formerly executive director of the New Center for Legal Advocacy in New Bedford. Boston Herald: ‘Incomprehensible’ Furloughs Stymie DDS 2/22/2010 - This article highlights the decision to furlough state workers who process claims for the state's Disability Determination Services, and the impact these furloughs will have as applications for assistance increase. “The delays do cause hardship for our clients,” said Sarah Anderson, managing attorney in the health and disability unit at Greater Boston Legal Services. Sandra Colon, a former Neighborhood Legal Services, describes how she waited to years to get approval for her benefits. The Guardian: Innocent Victims of the Subprime Crisis 2/6/2010 - An article in the Guardian (United Kingdom) describing the foreclosure crisis's negative effect on tenants in the US. The story opens with a quote from Mass. Law Reform Institute's Judith Liben. EJC Press Release: Nearly 700 Attorneys Converge on State House to Support Funding for Civil Legal Aid 1/27/2010 - Governor Patrick made a surprise appearance at the 11th annual Walk to the Hill for Civil Legal Aid. He told the crowd of nearly 700 attorneys that despite a difficult budget year, he was requesting level funding for civil legal aid in the FY11 budget. |