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.
MLAC welcomes Jeffrey Catalano and April English to Board of Directors
/in Blog, News Coverage - Archives, News Coverage - Current, Press Release - Archives, Press Release - Current /by mlacBOSTON — The board of directors of the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation is welcoming two new members: Jeffrey Catalano, partner at the Boston law firm Todd & Weld LLP, and April English, Chief of Organization Development & Diversity at the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General (“AGO”). Catalano and English were appointed to the MLAC […]
Advocates wary of tighter immigration rules
/in Blog, Program News - Archives, Program News - Current /by mlacState leaders and immigration advocates are criticizing new federal rules that will require immigrants to show they won’t be a burden on taxpayers, saying the regulations will hurt families seeking health care, housing and other public programs. The rules, which will be released on Wednesday and go into effect Oct. 15, change how the federal […]
Nina Harrison awarded MLAC’s Racial Justice Fellowship
/in Blog, Diversity, Program News - Archives, Program News - Current /by mlacFellow will help formerly incarcerated individuals in Central, Western Mass., reenter society The Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation has awarded its prestigious Racial Justice Fellowship to Nina Harrison. The two-year fellowship will support Harrison’s work assisting people in Central and Western Massachusetts who have been released from incarceration and are working to become reintegrated into society. […]
MLAC Celebrates Advocate and GBLS Board Member Rita Dixon
/in Blog, News Coverage - Current /by mlacFriends, family, and colleagues gathered in West Roxbury July 28 to celebrate the 90th birthday of Rita Dixon, a member of the board of directors of Greater Boston Legal Services and a longtime community advocate. In recognition of her work and years of service, Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation Program Director Pat Swansey presented Dixon with […]
MLAC conference explores expanding racial equity in legal aid
/in Blog, Diversity, News Coverage - Archives, News Coverage - Current /by mlacNearly 200 legal aid lawyers and staff gathered in Boston to learn and share strategies for increasing racial equality in legal aid organizations and the communities they serve. The day-long conference, “Disrupting Cycles of Inequity,” included national experts on implicit bias and racial equity and advocates for immigrants, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, and […]
At the Forefront of Social Justice
/in Blog, Diversity, Program News - Archives, Program News - Current /by mlacCurrent and former Bart Gordon Fellows reflect on how the program shaped their careers and helped deliver civil legal aid to marginalized Massachusetts communities. In 1991, the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation created a fellowship program to increase legal assistance in communities where linguistic and cultural backgrounds have been barriers to the delivery of legal aid. […]
AmeriCorps Legal Advocates aid in housing and veterans’ cases
/in Blog, Program News - Archives, Program News - Current /by mlacBy Leah Grannum Photo credit: Sheridan Kahmann AmeriCorps Legal Advocates of Massachusetts honored 36 graduates of its legal services program with an end-of-year celebration at the John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse in July. Each year AmeriCorps Legal Advocates of Massachusetts places college and law school graduates in legal services organizations throughout Massachusetts. ALA members have […]
Gov. Baker Approves $24M for Civil Legal Aid Funding
/in Blog, Press Release - Archives, Press Release - Current /by mlac$3M increase boosts aid for people with housing, employment, family and immigration disputes BOSTON, July 31, 2019— Governor Charlie Baker has signed the FY20 Budget of the Commonwealth, which includes $24 million for civil legal aid through the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation—a $3 million increase over FY19. Lynne Parker, executive director of MLAC, praised the […]