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On a sunny Thursday morning last week, the Boston CAFL Office joined the staff at More Than Words, located in the South End. This outing was part of an ongoing effort to go out into the community as a group Read more
We are excited to announce a pilot project between CAFL and YAD. Our two Fall River offices are combining to form one office serving both CAFL and YAD clients in care and protection, termination of parental rights, CRA, delinquency, and Read more
We are very excited to announce that Massachusetts has again been ranked as having the best system in the country (tying with Connecticut) for providing counsel to children in child neglect and abuse (“care and protection”) cases. In a report Read more
Amy Karp, CAFL’s Training Director, has been selected to receive the 2018 American Bar Association Mark Hardin Award. The award is presented annually by the ABA to honor an attorney, law professor, judge, or legislator who has shown achievement and Read more
In 2017 appellate courts issued decisions in 11 cases in which CPCS either submitted or signed on to an amicus brief. We had a remarkably successful year. We prevailed in about half of the cases in which the agency weighed Read more
Our colleague, Atty. Karp, has been named one of this year’s recipients of the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) Scholar-Mentor Award, which is presented to members of the Bar who have “demonstrated leadership through long-term service to MCLE, excellence in Read more
Please join us in welcoming the newest CAFL Attorneys to our agency’s staff. New CAFL Attorneys These four new attorneys recently completed CAFL’s new lawyer training and just started in their offices. If you want to know more about them, Read more
NOTICE TO THE BAR: LOOK FOR THE EMAIL INVITING YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN THE JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION FOR TRIAL COURT JUDGES Judges in the District Court, Juvenile Court, Probate and Family Court, and Housing Court in Middlesex County will be Read more
CONGRATULATIONS! Cheers to CAFL Attorney Chelsea Dunn on her acceptance into the 2015-2016 Boston Bar Association’s Public Interest Leadership Program (PILP). The 14-month program, founded in 2003, aids attorneys who graduated from law school within the last ten years in Read more
Low pay blamed for high turnover among public defenders State commission says meager salaries for Mass. prosecutors and public defenders waste lots of money Matthew J. Lee/globe staff “Policy makers have the challenging task of making decisions on how to Read more