Committee Meeting Agenda – October 18, 2017
Approval of minutes of the September 19, 2017 meeting Attorney Shortage Update Monthly Financial Overview Report Commitments $10,000 and Over Report Chief Counsel Report
Staff contact location and contact information can now be found in Outlook
To simplify finding staff at the Agency (and allow for faster updates of information to reflect changes), IT has been working with Finance to import staff contact information into Outlook. What this means to you? You can more easily find Read more
Strategic Planning – Training Resource Decisions
In June, the Strategically Allocate Training Resources Team presented the Senior Management Team (SMT) with a comprehensive set of proposals to improve training for all staff and private assigned counsel. Since its inception, CPCS has placed a high value on Read more
Strategic Planning – Appeals & Strategic Litigation Proposal Decisions
We continue to move forward with our Strategic Planning process and I am pleased to provide you an update on the latest development. The Strategically Allocate Appellate and Special Litigation Resources Team provided the Senior Management Team (SMT) with a Read more
Expansive Social Law Library Resources
The Social Law Library provides members with remote access to numerous online databases which include easy access to numerous bar journals, peer reviewed social science articles, and newspaper stories. Check out Gale Cengage Learning (“[a] multidisciplinary tool containing information on Read more
Victor Rosario Exoneration
Victor Rosario is the 8th Person the CPCS Innocence Program has helped to free in the last 4 years. Victor, convicted of arson and 8 counts of second degree murder in connection with a 1982 Lowell fire, served 32 years Read more
CPCS Joins Panel of Juvenile Justice Experts at Legislative Briefing
Director of Education Advocacy for the EdLaw Project at YAD, Marlies Spanjaard, joined a panel of other juvenile justice experts at a Legislative Briefing hosted by State Representative Kay Khan (D-Newton) and Senator Karen Spilka (D-Ashland) on September 19, 2017, Read more
CPCS Alerts Media of Petition Seeking Relief from Convictions Tainted by Amherst Lab Chemist and the Misconduct of Two Assistant Attorneys General
Upon filing a petition at the SJC that seeks relief for the thousands whose cases were tainted by Amherst Drug Lab Chemist Sonia Farak and further exacerbated by the misconduct of two assistant attorneys general, CPCS sent out the following Read more
Immigration Services Gets Support from Boston Mayor
Immigration Legal Services and Community Education on Immigration Services Gets Support from Boston Mayor On Wednesday, September 13, 2017, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh held a press conference to announce his plans to increase community education and legal services for immigration Read more
CPCS Weighs in on Protecting In-Person Visitations
CPCS Deputy Chief Counsel Randy Gioia testified on behalf of CPCS before the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security on September 13, 2017, in support of S.1278 – An Act Protecting In-Person Visitation for Inmates, a bill filed Read more