Committee Meeting Agenda – July 19, 2017
Approval of minutes of the June 20, 2017 meeting Amicus Request(s) Monthly Financial Overview Report FY 2018 Update Chief Counsel Report
CPCS Attorney Adrian Angus Successfully Completes Distinguished Mass Bar Leadership Academy
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
Amicus Request Approved at the June 20, 2017 Committee Meeting
Commonwealth v. A Juvenile, SJC-12314. The issue presented in this case is whether a Juvenile Court judge, prior to arraignment, can dismiss a charge for a reason other than a lack of probable cause.
Committee Meeting Agenda – June 20, 2017
Approval of the Minutes of the May 17 2017 meeting Amicus Request FY 2018 Juvenile Supervising Attorney Contracts FY 2018 Children and Family Law Resource Attorney Contracts FY 2018 Mental Health Regional Coordinator Contracts Monthly Financial Overview Report Commitments $10,000 Read more
MBA Recognizes CPCS Attorney With 2017 Access to Justice Defender Award
On May 4, 2017, Public Defender Division Staff Attorney Rebecca Jacobstein received the Massachusetts Bar Association’s 2017 Access to Justice Defender Award for her work on behalf of clients affected by the misconduct of a state drug lab chemist in Western Read more
Committee Meeting Agenda – May 17, 2017
Approval of minutes of the April 12, 2017 meeting Bar Advocate Program Contracts – FY 2018 Supervising Attorney Contracts – FY 2018 Dukes and Nantucket Counties Contract – FY 2018 FY 2018 Obligations over $25,000 for Preapproval Monthly Financial Overview Read more
Keep directory paths and file names short or you may be unable to open a file
TL:DR – Keep you file names and directory names short or else you may have problems. IT receives many helpdesk calls from staff that can’t save files or have problems opening files (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) on the network. The #1 Read more
Amicus Request(s) Approved at the April 12, 2017 Committee Meeting
A. Commonwealth v. Brangan, SJC-12232 – The issue in the case is whether it violates the Massachusetts and Federal constitutional guarantees to deprive criminal defendants of their liberty pending trial solely because they lack financial resources to post bail. The Read more
Committee Meeting Agenda – April 12, 2017
Approval of minutes of the March 15, 2017 meeting Amicus Request(s) Lease Approval(s) CPCS Monthly Financial Overview Report Commitments $10,000 and Over Report Chief Counsel Report Executive Session
Committee Meeting Agenda – March 15, 2017
Approval of minutes of the January 25 2017 meeting Approval of minutes of the February 15 2017 meeting CPCS Monthly Financial Overview Report Commitments $10,000 and Over Report Chief Counsel Report Executive Session