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.
Massachusetts SJC rules employees at Chang & Sons farm in Whately are entitled to overtime
/in Blog, Program News - Archives, Program News - Current /by mlacThe state’s highest court on Friday reversed a lower-court ruling and decided that employees at a Franklin County farm are entitled to be paid overtime because the work they performed at the farm was not the same as farming. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on Friday ruled in favor of the 15 plaintiffs in the […]
Suit alleges bias in civil commitments for addiction
/in Blog, Program News - Archives, Program News - Current /by mlacTen men who have been ordered into treatment for addiction filed suit Thursday against several state agencies, alleging that they are unlawfully being held in a prison instead of a treatment facility. The men are represented by Prisoners’ Legal Services. Read more…
More families, elders have no place to call home
/in Blog, Program News - Archives, Program News - Current /by mlacRising rents and stagnant wages have families and older residents struggling to remain in their homes. Of the state’s 20,068 homeless individuals, 13,257 were people in families with children. Read more…
Medford musician fights eviction from home of 70 years
/in Blog, Program News - Archives, Program News - Current /by mlacThe trouble began after Joe Lentino took a reverse mortgage in 2007 to get out from under his debt. Then he lost some gigs playing in jazz bands. And he started missing tax payments on the modest white house where he’s lived for about 70 years. Read more…
As rents soar in Boston, low-income tenants try to stave off eviction
/in Blog, Program News - Archives, Program News - Current /by mlacThe Thursday vibe at the sprawling Edward W. Brooke Courthouse on New Chardon Street in downtown Boston has a jittery, jagged edge to it. Thursday is trial day for eviction cases at Eastern Housing Court, where landlords and tenants from Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea, and eight other cities and towns square off. The busy hallway outside […]
New MLAC Leader Talks the Legal Aid ‘Walk’ – Podcast
/in Blog, News Coverage - Archives, News Coverage - Current /by mlacFor attorney Lynne Parker, the 20th Annual Walk to the Hill for Civil Legal Aid on Jan. 24 at the Massachusetts State House will be her first as the new executive director of the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation (MLAC). But Parker is no stranger to the world of legal aid, having worked more than three […]
Hundreds of Lawyers Rally for Increased Civil Legal Aid Funding at Walk to the Hill
/in Blog, News Coverage - Archives, News Coverage - Current /by mlacHundreds of Lawyers Rally for Increased Civil Legal Aid Funding at Walk to the Hill
Hundreds of Lawyers Rally for Increased Civil Legal Aid Funding at Walk to the Hill
/in Blog, News Coverage - Archives, News Coverage - Current /by mlacBy Gray Christie Attorneys, law students, and bar association leaders packed the Massachusetts State House Hall of Flags January 24 for the 20th Annual Walk to the Hill for Civil Legal Aid. Led by Chief Justice Ralph Gants of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, more than 650 people assembled at the Equal Justice Coalition’s annual […]