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Congratulations to Chief Counsel Anthony Benedetti on receipt of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) Champion of State Criminal Justice Reform Award, which “recognizes an individual or group whose tremendous efforts have led toward progressive reform of a Read more
The following press release was sent to the Worcester Telegram and Gazette and the Worcester Business Journal. Boston/Worcester – Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) Atty. Adrian Angus, recently graduated from the Massachusetts Bar Association’s (MBA) Leadership Academy Inaugural Class, Read more
Op Ed submitted by Anthony J. Benedetti to the Boston Herald On the day Jeff Sessions was sworn in as Attorney General, the President signed three executive orders pertaining to criminal justice. More recently, Sessions issued a memo to federal Read more
Congratulations to Rebecca Jacobstein, a staff attorney with the Appeals Unit of the Public Defender Division and Ben Keehn, Second-Seat Appellate Counsel with the Public Defender Division. Lawyers Weekly recognized Ben and Rebecca as Lawyers Weekly Lawyers of the Year Read more
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will, as the attached article states, soon be weighing in on an important aspect of the rights of juveniles who were convicted of murder. Atty. Barbara Kaban, who was a valued CPCS staff member until Read more
Our colleague, Atty. Adrian Angus, has been chosen as one of 21 Academy Fellows for the Massachusetts Bar Association’s (MBA) Leadership Academy Inaugural Class, a 12-month program for attorneys with three to ten years of experience that is designed to 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
Congratulations to our colleague, David Colarusso, for being named one of this year’s “Legal Rebels” by the ABA Journal. For the last eight years, the Journal has recognized legal professionals across the country who “have demonstrated innovative thinking and forward Read more
On September 23, 2016, Lisa Kavanaugh, CPCS Innocence Program Director, will receive the New England Innocence Project (NEIP) 2016 Savage Award. CPCS Chief Counsel Anthony Benedetti said, “It is no surprise that once again our colleague Attorney Lisa Kavanaugh is Read more
An earlier post provided links to articles on the SJC opinion in Commonwealth v. Magadini, as well as coverage in the State House News Service: http://intranet.publiccounsel.net/blog/2016/06/27/state-house-news-article-relative-to-the-necessity-defense-commonwealth-v-magadini/ Here is the latest news coverage relative to the “necessity Defense”, http://sparechangenews.net/2016/08/court-case-result-counters-trend-criminalization-homelessness/