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On October 24, 2018, the Roxbury Defenders Unit of the CPCS Public Defender Division received the Giving Voice to the Voiceless Award from the Elizabeth Stone House at their Annual You Matter! celebration. The Award is presented each year to Read more
Welcome to the October 2018 Q&A. The Q&A addresses questions and suggestions received through the online suggestion box (top menu bar on the intranet). We respond to questions with agency-wide relevance. We cannot answer questions that may affect client or Read more
Approval of minutes of the September 20, 2018 meeting Amicus Request(s) Equitable Resources to Private Attorneys – continuted from September meeting CPCS Monthly Financial Overview Report Commitments $10,000 and Over Report Chief Counsel Report Executive Session
Minutes – July 19, 2017 meeting Minutes – September 19, 2017 meeting Minutes – October 18, 2017 meeting Minutes – November 14, 2017 meeting Minutes – December 20, 2017 meeting Minutes – January 17, 2018 meeting Minutes – February 13, Read more
It is my pleasure to share with everyone the news that three staff members from YAD will receive awards at the Annual Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative (JDAI) Awards Breakfast on September 20, 2018 (see attached flyer). JDAI is a national Read more
Approval of minutes of the July 18, 2018 meeting Private Counsel Gap Insurance Amicus Request(s) Commonwealth v. Stanley Fredericq, SJC-12572 – Needs Approval Commonwealth v. Jose Arias, SJC-12510 – Reporting (approved by Executive Committee on 08/08/18) Commonwealth v. John Odgren, SJ-2018-M027 – Reporting Read more
State playing catch-up in OUI marijuana cases ‘Gerhardt,’ lack of reliable test hinder prosecutions Pat MurphySeptember 6, 2018 Nearly two years after Massachusetts voted to legalize marijuana, prosecutors find themselves handicapped in proving drugged-driving cases involving alleged pot use because Read more
Congratulations to our colleague Atty. Rebecca A. Jacobstein and former colleague Atty. Kelli L. Porges for being among those to be honored by Mass Lawyers Weekly as Top Women of Law 2018. Rebecca and Kelli are among 50 women attorneys Read more
All meetings will begin at 5:30 p.m. and will be held on Wednesdays except where noted January 17 February 13 (Tuesday) March 14 April 10 (Tuesday) May 16 June 13 — June 20 July 18 August — NO MEETING September Read more
In response to the 2017 CPCS/Suffolk University survey regarding trial court video conferencing (VC), the Trial Court has established a Working Group to address various issues associated with VC. Technological malfunctions are one focus for the Working Group. CPCS’s representatives on Read more