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.
While most Boston schools remained closed, McKinley opened its doors. Yet almost no one came
/in Blog, Program News - Archives, Program News - Current /by mlacOn a frigid late winter afternoon, three lone students exited the William McKinley Preparatory High School at the end of the school day. Each climbed into one of three waiting yellow school buses — which he occupied entirely on his own. The low attendance rates, which have shown only marginal signs of improving in April’s […]
House Budget Generates Mix of Reactions
/in Blog, News Coverage - Archives, News Coverage - Current /by mlacBudget season is underway on Beacon Hill — House lawmakers and aides are churning out amendments and preparing for debate later this month, reporters are scouring the House’s fiscal year 2022 proposal (H 4000) for the newsy nuggets not highlighted by budget writers, and advocacy groups are making their thoughts known and hoping to shape […]
MLAC Praises $6M increase for civil legal aid in House Ways & Means Budget
/in Blog, News Coverage - Current, Press Release - Archives, Press Release - Current /by mlacImpact of pandemic on low-income people heightens urgency of civil legal aid BOSTON, April 14, 2021 – Today, the House Ways and Means Committee presented its Fiscal Year 2022 budget, including $35 million to fund civil legal aid through the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation, line item 0321-1600. That is a $6 million increase over FY21. […]
‘My anxiety was through the roof.’ Eviction threats heightened during COVID-19
/in Blog, Program News - Archives, Program News - Current /by mlacIt seemed like the world was crashing down on Antonia Arman. She was out of work, as was her mother who lives with her. Also living in their apartment are Arman’s sons, one of whom is 23 and the other 10. To make matters worse, Arman, 51, and her mother each contracted COVID-19. It all […]
Supreme Judicial Court Appoints New Co-Chairs For Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission
/in Blog, News Coverage - Archives, News Coverage - Current /by mlacBOSTON, MA — The Supreme Judicial Court today announced the appointment of three new co-chairs to lead the Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission: the Honorable Serge Georges, Jr., Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court; Marijane Benner Browne, Esq.; and Laura W. Gal, Esq. They will take office on June 30, 2021, succeeding current co-chair […]
MLAC Statement Against Anti-Asian Violence and Discrimination
/in Blog, Press Release - Archives, Press Release - Current /by mlacIn the past year, violence against members of the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community has moved from the shadows into the public spotlight. In the past weeks, the brutal murders of Soon Chung Park, Hyun Jung Grant, Suncha Kim, Yong Ae Yue, Xiaojie Tan, and Dayou Feng in Atlanta underscore that this violence has intensified; […]
‘Afraid of taking the subway’: Atlanta murders raise safety concerns for Asian workers, businesses
/in Blog, Program News - Archives, Program News - Current /by mlacAnti-Asian violence has sharply increased since the onset of COVID-19 and the xenophobic rhetoric used by Donald Trump and other politicians to blame China for its spread. Stop AAPI Hate, a national coalition formed to address anti-Asian discrimination during the pandemic, has received reports of 3,800 anti-Asian hate incidents since last March. The group found […]
Last Call with Gina Plata-Nino, Community Legal Aid Attorney
/in Blog, Program News - Archives, Program News - Current /by mlacGina Plata-Nino is a key leader within the Worcester Together Coalition, in addition to her full-time role as a Community Legal Aid attorney. Read the full Q+A with Gina Plata-Nino in Worcester Magazine.