About MLAC
The Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation (MLAC) was established by the Commonwealth in 1983 to ensure that low-income people with critical non-criminal legal problems would have access to legal information, advice and representation.
MLAC is the largest funding source for civil legal aid programs in Massachusetts.
MLRI’s Georgia Katsoulomitis discusses legal aid’s COVID-19 mobilization on WGBH
/in Blog, Program News - Archives, Program News - Current /by mlacMassachusetts Law Reform Institute’s Georgia Katsoulomitis shares with WGBH how legal aid organizations in Massachusetts have mobilized to protect low-income residents from “economic devastation” during the pandemic. Listen Here (Interview starts at 30:55).
What Boston renters need to know during the coronavirus pandemic
/in Blog, Program News - Archives, Program News - Current /by mlacAs the novel coronavirus continues to upend life in the Boston area, a worry looms among renters in the region: What happens on and after April 1? For many tenants, April 1 is the next date that rent is due; but, if people are out of work or have lost other sources of income as […]
Domestic, Sexual Violence Survivors at Greater Risk in Crisis
/in Blog, Program News - Current /by mlacMARCH 19, 2020…..Most lawmaking business has been paused as the Legislature turns its attention to the coronavirus outbreak that has shut down most of the state, but advocates reminded lawmakers Thursday not to forget bills to help sexual assault and domestic violence survivors — many of whom face heightened risks during the emergency conditions — […]
Disability community will fight any attempt to discriminate over scarce medical resources
/in Blog, Program News - Archives, Program News - Current /by mlacLetter to the Editor, Boston Globe The March 17 editorial “Hospitals on the front lines as pandemic takes hold” highlights the importance of preparedness in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The editorial includes many sensible suggestions, such as canceling or postponing elective surgeries and repurposing hospital beds to expand ICU capacity. However, there is […]
3 Ways Automation Can Enhance Access To Justice
/in Blog, Program News - Archives, Program News - Current /by mlacThe delivery of legal services to low income consumers is being transformed by automation technology such as TurboTax-like forms for people facing eviction, and that transformation only shows signs of picking up steam as researchers continue to mine its potential for legal aid. Three lawyers at the forefront of the change spoke last week at […]
Partnerships urged at Worcester forum on battling poverty
/in Blog, Program News - Archives, Program News - Current /by mlacWORCESTER — The Worcester Community Action Council held its annual Poverty Forum, “Driving Solutions in Partnership,” Thursday at the Hanover Theatre, with a call to action from Marybeth Campbell, executive director. “Many of us in this room are nonprofits across health, human services, housing, transportation, child care. And we probably share a lot of the […]
Prisoners’ Legal Services files suit in alleged wrongful death case
/in Blog, Program News - Archives, Program News - Current /by mlacA young mother limps toward a desk in the booking area of a Massachusetts police department one evening in late September 2018, holding her chest and repeatedly saying she is in pain. Madelyn Linsenmeir, 30, had been arrested for allegedly violating probation on a drug-related offense in another state. The scene marks the start of […]
Cambodian refugee deported 2 years ago returns to US
/in Blog, Program News - Archives, Program News - Current /by mlacBOSTON — A Cambodian refugee who says he was wrongly deported nearly two years ago was reunited with his family in Massachusetts on Wednesday, becoming the fourth such refugee — and first on the East Coast — to be allowed back into the country since the Trump administration stepped up deportations of Southeast Asians. Thy […]