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Approval of minutes of the December 20, 2017 meeting Amicus Request Assigned Counsel Manual Private Counsel Compensation Hearings Monthly Financial Overview Report Commitments $10,000 and Over Report Chief Counsel Report
On December 5, 2017, CPCS YAD Staff Attorney Michele Scavongelli testified on behalf of CPCS before the Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. As a member of a panel she offered CPCS’s view and support of S.58 Read more
On December 5, 2017, CPCS Attorney Andrew Cohen, Director of the CAFL Division Appellate Panel, testified on behalf of CPCS before the Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities in support of two bills, H.783 – An Act Read more
Email is a great form of communication, except when it isn’t. It allows quick, simple, flexible communications, but it also can overwhelm, confuse or distract us from our primary tasks. Below are five tips that can be helpful in managing Read more
Commonwealth v. R. B., SJC-12415 The Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has issued the following amicus solicitation: In the context of the trial of a G.L. c.123A, §9, petition for discharge, where an objection to an alleged trial error was not Read more
Approval of minutes of the November 14, 2017 meeting Amicus Request(s) Commonwealth v. R.B., SJC-12415 Daniel Noe 5340 v. SORB, SJC-12447 Commonwealth v. Gomez, SJC-12437 Calendar Year 2018 Committee Meeting Dates Assigned Counsel Manual – Proposed Changes Monthly Financial Overview Read more
The CPCS Innocence Program led by CPCS Attorney Lisa Kavanaugh was one of several sponsors of the Massachusetts Wrongful Conviction Day held at the Massachusetts State House on October 2, 2017. Supporters of amending Massachusetts law relative to wrongful convictions Read more
On October 23, 2017, CPCS hosted an Open House at its offices at 40-44 Church Street, Lowell. It was the first in a series of such events that will be held at CPCS offices across the Commonwealth.
Welcome to the December 2017 Q&A. This addresses questions and suggestions received through the online suggestion box (top menu bar on the intranet). We respond to questions with agency-wide relevance, and we cannot answer questions that may affect client or Read more
On October 16, 2017, CPCS Deputy Chief Counsel Randy Gioia testified on behalf of CPCS before the Joint Committee on the Judiciary in opposition to H.3671 – An Act Modernizing the Massachusetts Wire Tap Law, a bill filed by Governor Read more