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MLAC in the News

June 6, 2019/by mlac

New Report: “The Growing Wave of Federal Immigration Restrictions: What’s at Stake for Massachusetts?”

June 6, 2019/by mlac

Report: Trump’s immigration policies a local threat

April 25, 2019/by mlac

City allocates $50,000 towards Immigrant Defense Fund

April 19, 2019/by mlac

Editorial: A long-awaited expansion for Boston’s immigrant defense fund

January 30, 2019/by mlac

New MLAC Leader Talks the Legal Aid ‘Walk’ – Podcast

News Coverage Archives

Legal Aid Organizations in the News

July 10, 2019/by mlac

Center for Public Representation Launches Supported Decision-Making Website

July 10, 2019/by mlac

Happy Lamb Hot Pot workers welcome wage complaint settlement

July 9, 2019/by mlac

Deborah Harris to receive Leila J. Robinson Award from Women’s Bar Association

June 21, 2019/by mlac

Want the Robocalls to Stop? Congress Does, Too

June 13, 2019/by mlac

Students are being shamed and punished over lunch debt, and it may take legislation to stop it

Program News Archives

Press Releases

May 28, 2019/by mlac

MLAC Backs Senate Amendment to Increase Civil Legal Aid Funding

April 26, 2019/by mlac

House approves additional $1 million for Civil Legal Aid

April 11, 2019/by mlac

Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corp. Backs Amendment to Increase Funding for Civil Legal Aid

January 17, 2019/by mlac

Chief Justice Gants, Bar Leaders Rally Jan. 24 for Civil Legal Aid Funding Increase

August 8, 2018/by mlac

Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation Announces Appointment of Lynne Parker as Executive Director

Press Release Archives

Boston Bar Association Civil Legal Aid Task Force Report

In 2014, the Boston Bar Association’s Statewide Task Force to Expand Civil Legal aid in Massachusetts produced the report Investing in Justice: A Roadmap to Cost-Effective Funding of Civil Legal Aid in Massachusetts. This study, the result of comprehensive analysis of civil legal aid’s impact on the state, found that every dollar invested in civil legal aid returns between two and five dollars to the state and its residents. Read the full report to learn more about how lack of access to civil legal aid affects low-income people, the courts, and the state’s economy.

Boston Bar Association Task Force 2014 Report: Investing in Justice

Economic analysis performed by independent and nationally known economic consulting firms The Analysis Group, Alvarez & Marsal, and NERA.

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