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MBA President Marsha Kazarosian writes in this month’s MBA Lawyers Journal about the need for increasing PD and Bar Advocate compensation. The full article can be found here or read below. Lawyers Journal Elevate justice, raise the pay By Marsha Read more
Prosecutors, public defenders need a pay hike ONE OF the government’s main responsibilities is to ensure that citizens get fair access to the court system, but recent studies by the Massachusetts Bar Association and a gubernatorial commission found that the Read more
Following Up on the CPCS-ADA Salary Study Commission Posted January 15, 2015 We’ve written in this space at least twice before about the issue of underpaid assistant district attorneys (ADA’s) and staff attorneys at the Committee for Public Counsel Services Read more
Small Salaries Lead to High Turnover in Public Defender’s Office Summary: Due to their low salaries, many attorneys leave government jobs after a short while, leading to increased training expenses for these offices. According to the Boston Globe, the low Read more
Low pay blamed for high turnover among public defenders State commission says meager salaries for Mass. prosecutors and public defenders waste lots of money Matthew J. Lee/globe staff “Policy makers have the challenging task of making decisions on how to Read more