“When I reached retirement age I didn’t really want to retire,” says Access to Justice Fellow Hardin Matthews, who retired in 2013 after a 39-year legal career in the Tax & Benefits Department at Ropes & Gray. Matthews found the …
Access to Justice Fellow provides vital assistance to low-income taxpayers Read more »
Emily Hodge, a partner at Boston law firm Choate Hall & Stewart and a member of the Lawyers Clearinghouse board of directors, and Brando Twilley, a staff attorney, traveled two very different paths to get where they are today. Hodge took …
Choate lawyers make an impact at legal clinics for the homeless Read more »
Access to Justice Fellow Mike Haroz, a semi-retired Director at Boston law firm Goulston & Storrs, spent his Fellowship year volunteering with Suffolk University’s Accelerator-to-Practice Program. The program, which just finished its first year, is designed to prepare prospective lawyers …
In 2009, while serving as student president at UMass Boston, Neil MacInnes-Barker began to organize civic engagement initiatives related to access to higher education in Massachusetts. His role in student government brought him face-to-face with legislators at the State House, …
John Montgomery, who served as managing partner at Ropes & Gray for nine years before retiring as an active partner in January 2013, had recently signed on to become an Access to Justice Fellow when he participated in a series …
Access to Justice Fellow challenges website enabling sex trafficking Read more »
On any given night, there are 1250 homeless veterans sleeping on the streets of Massachusetts. Many of them are grappling with mental illness and substance abuse issues due to post-traumatic-stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and other invisible wounds …
Access to Justice Fellows making legal aid more accessible to veterans Read more »
The Clearinghouse held a Legal Clinic for the Homeless on Friday, November 14 at St. Francis House in Boston, along with five volunteer lawyers from Goulston & Storrs and one third-year law student from Boston University. Nine homeless and low …
Look Inside: The November 14 Legal Clinic for the Homeless at St. Francis House Read more »
The Lawyers Clearinghouse and the Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission cohosted a Kick-Off Event for the Access to Justice Fellows Program on the evening of Thursday, October 2 at the John Adams Courthouse in Boston. Members of Boston’s legal and nonprofit …
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There were no persuasive phone calls or networking events involved in Dick Allen’s decision to volunteer as an Access to Justice Fellow after his retirement. Instead, the experiences of his wife Rosemary, a Fellow with the 2013-14 class, convinced him to …
The Lawyers Clearinghouse celebrated its 26th anniversary on June 12 with over 150 guests at the Boston office of Nixon Peabody, raising over $90,000 thanks to the generosity of law firms, corporations, and individual donors. Meeting attendees were joined by …
