Free EJAN online training, 7/22 @ 6pm: Learn about the public process that gives MA residents the chance to weigh in on proposed data centers, power plants, and other development projects in your neighborhood. Interpretation available. Register: actionnetwork.org/events/your-... @theclf.bsky.social

!Action Alert TODAY! Yesterday, MA Rep. Keefe filed an amendment to add Clean Slate to an omnibus econ development bill, H.5562. This is good! We must work quickly to get State Reps to co-sponsor Amend#155 before the House debates the bill 7/8. Call your reps today! More: CleanSlateMA.org

The recent Supreme Court ruling on the termination of Haitian and Syrian TPS (Temporary Protected Status) is an injustice. Learn more about how to contact your legislators here: bit.ly/tps-action

After testifying in favor of An Act significantly alleviating poverty (H.5085/S.3095): GBLS attorney Luz Arevalo, GBLS client Erika Perez, @saldidomenico.bsky.social , GBLS attorney Angela Divaris, and Carley Ruemmele of the Healthy Families EITC Coalition.

Supreme Court Decision on TPS for Haiti: What do we do now? \ Desizyon Lakou Siprèm nan sou TPS pou Ayiti: kisa nou ka fè kounye a? 📆 Tuesday, June 30, 2026 | @ 12pm Register ➡️ bit.ly/TPSforHaiti_Webinar ✨ This webinar will be in Haitian Creole only ✨

MIRA Coalition’s Intro to Immigration: 2026 Summer Training Series is back! This four-part virtual lunch hour series will present relevant, up-to-date, and accurate information on immigration topics. Register ➡️ https://miracoalition.org/training-series/

Did you know? The Massachusetts state Sanitary Code sets the minimum requirements for rental housing. This Housing Code Checklist will help you figure out if your home meets these requirements. www.masslegalhelp.org/housing-apar... Article by @masslawreform.bsky.social

The impending MassHealth work requirements are going to be more complicated than anyone imagined: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/12/m...

Congrats to GBLS Senior Attorney Amiee Parco, Family Law Unit, selected by Women's Bar Association of MA to receive a 2026 Emerging Women Leaders in the Law Award! All WBA 2026 awardees will be celebrated at the WBA’s Gala on Oct. 14 at the Boston Marriott Copley Plaza. wbawbf.org/wba/news/wom...

"[Isaza] spoke of his arrest by ICE agents when exiting Dudley District Court last year. He was in court for driving without a license in 2018... 'This impacted my household tremendously, especially my little son...,' he said. Isaza was released with the help of [GBLS]." www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

On June 24, please join @cleanslatema.bsky.social at the MA State House to show your support for automated sealing of criminal records for those who are eligible. Everyone deserves a second chance! Register at the link below, and learn more at www.cleanslatema.org.

Are you a Boston tenant or small landlord with a housing issue? Free legal help is available every Tuesday from GBLS attorneys and others advocates at a weekly virtual clinic hosted by the City of Boston's Office of Housing Stability. Please see below for more details and register to attend!

Share your story and make a difference! @masslawreform.bsky.social is looking to talk to MA residents who are losing MassHealth or the Health Connector because of federal policy changes to immigrant eligibility. Contact [email protected] to participate!

"[In May 2025 a] provision championed by State Senator Lydia Edwards... [granted] the right [to] seal certain eviction records... [Sen. Edwards helped connect] residents with legal professionals to expedite the sealing process for both eviction records and CORIs..." lynnjournal.com/2026/06/05/s...

GBLS attorney Yvette Golay provided great advice during Boston's Age Strong Commission's Death and Dying series 6/3 session, and was also interviewed by NBC10 Boston. GBLS refers estate planning cases to experienced pro bono attorneys in the Boston area. www.nbcboston.com/video/invest...

The Fairness for Farmworkers Coalition's Day of Action is on 6/10, 10:30am at the MA State House. If interested in participating in any part of the event, please RSVP at: forms.gle/gMU6JXNz5n33.... To learn more, the Coalition's info session is 6/5 at 10:00 AM: us06web.zoom.us/.../register...

"[The MA] Attorney General’s office says it’s uncovered several instances of brokers and landlords charging tenants unlawful broker’s fees... Todd Kaplan, an attorney with [GBLS also] warned renters about hidden fees imposed during the tenancy by the landlord..." www.wgbh.org/news/housing...

A reminder that GBLS and Justice Resource Institute are offering a name change clinic on June 5, 2:00-4:30pm, at the Court Service Center in Boston. Please register at the link below. We look forward to seeing you there! forms.office.com/pages/respon...

GBLS is pleased to welcome a new cohort of summer interns, including Portia Caruso from BC Law. Thank you for spending your summer fighting for justice! lawmagazine.bc.edu/2026/05/thre...

Greater Boston Legal Services is closed on Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day. We re-open Tuesday morning. If you need help with a legal matter, after the holiday please call (617) 371-1234 between 9:30am and 12:30pm, Monday through Friday.

Need help with a name change? GBLS and Justice Resource Institute can help! Please register at the link below for our June 5 clinic, starting at 2:00pm, at the Court Service Center in Boston. We look forward to seeing you there! forms.office.com/pages/respon...

"[Greater Boston Legal Services Senior Attorney Todd] Kaplan said this forced broker’s fee — typically equal to a month’s rent — is exactly the kind of practice the law was intended to prevent." www.wbur.org/news/2026/05...

Do you need help sealing your CORI? Come to a free walk-in CORI sealing clinic 5/19 or 6/16 at 30 Dimock St., Roxbury, 10:00am-1:00pm, hosted by GBLS and @boston.gov Office of Returning Citizens. If you can't make it to a clinic, please call GBLS' intake line, 617-371-1234, per the hours below.

Congrats to MBA 2026 Access to Justice awardees Kristen Bor-Zale, GBLS Consumer Rights Unit (Rising Star Award) and Mithra Merryman, GBLS Consumer Rights Unit (Legal Services Award)! The Awards Celebration is on 6/2, 5:30p.m., at the MBA, 20 West St., Boston. www.massbar.org/events/progr...

Hope you can join us for the inaugural Embrace Honors Harry Hom Dow event May 21, at Freedom Plaza at the Embrace Monument in Boston, to celebrate AANHPI leadership and legacy in Boston. RSVP: tr.ee/embracehonor... #CarryItForward #EmbraceHonors

" 'Mariola welcomes this opportunity to tell her story of why she fled Guatemala, where she and her family are subjected to systemic violence and abuse simply because they’re indigenous, and why she fears returning,' [her GBLS attorney Alec] Peters Larson said." www.boston.com/news/local-n...

More about the success of the eviction sealing law, one year in: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

GBLS is thrilled to celebrate the 1-year anniversary of MA's eviction sealing law. Over the past year, GBLS has helped tenants seal 495 eviction records. Clients have been able to leave shelters, move to better apts. (incl. accessible housing for households w/ disabilities), and more.

We're so excited for the inaugural Embrace Honors Harry Hom Dow event. Join us May 21 at Freedom Plaza as we celebrate AANHPI leadership and legacy in Boston. RSVP: tr.ee/embracehonor... #CarryItForward #EmbraceHonors

Happy GBLS Day!

Today GBLS, @latinojustice.bsky.social, @legalaidnyc.bsky.social, @masslawreform.bsky.social, Mass Union of Public Housing Tenants, and @nhlp.bsky.social issued a statement marking close of the comment period on HUD's proposed rule putting tens of 1000s of households at risk of losing their homes.

Watch now: GBLS ED Jacqui Bowman on WCVB CityLine discussing how federal policy changes are impacting immigrant families and how GBLS is helping. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5NJ... Also, HUGE congrats to Jacqui on her Lifetime Achievement Award from the Mass. Black Lawyers Assoc. - so well deserved!

Victims rights proponents including GBLS are advocating for passing the Massachusetts Survivors Act, that addresses the criminalization of survivors of abuse, trafficking, and trauma by creating pathways for courts to meaningfully consider the role of victimization at every stage of a criminal case.

Congratulations to Laura Gal, Managing Attorney of our Family Law Unit, who was selected for the 2026 Access to Justice Award from the Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance! Laura will be honored on April 28 at MOVA's Victim Rights Awards event at the State House.

If you lose your job, you may be able to get Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits in Massachusetts. You may also qualify for certain health insurance and job training benefits while you are unemployed. Learn more: www.masslegalhelp.org/employment-u... Article by @bostonlegalaid.bsky.social

#CleanSlate policies bring record sealing into the modern era by automating the process for those who are eligible *according to current law.* Please watch & share this explainer video & see why #MA needs this law. @bostonlegalaid.bsky.social @jonathancohn.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoZw...

" '[All] too often those young people find themselves working as low-wage child care providers for long hours at outrageously low pay and without protection from workplace mistreatment', [said Audrey Richardson, who leads the workers’ rights unit at Greater Boston Legal Services]."

ICYMI: Those who have paid their debts deserve a clean slate www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/02/o...

Spot on, @yabraham.bsky.social! www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/26/m... We can't fix everything but let's end bureaucratic nightmares. TY Sen. Friedman, Sen. Gomez, Rep. Vargas, Rep. Keefe, & Rep. Fluker-Reid for leading the way for a Clean Slate law in MA! #mapoli @bostonlegalaid.bsky.social

"'[T]hese fees can be the straw that breaks the camel’s back...and are a significant driver of housing instability,' said Courtney Libon, a housing attorney with the Greater Boston Legal Services and one of the lawyers working for the plaintiffs in both lawsuits." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/25/m...

GBLS tax atty: “For a lot of undocumented immigrants, there’s no viable pathway to get that Social Security #, but they want to do things right. They know that filing taxes signals to the community and signals to themselves: ‘I’m trying to do the best I can.’” newbedfordlight.org/many-immigra...

ALERT: HUD has proposed a rule that would ban non-citizens from public & subsidized housing, harming mixed-status families. We strongly oppose. ➡️Learn more & submit a comment by 4/21/26: www.keep-families-together.org Spread the word!

ALERT: HUD has proposed a rule that would ban non-citizens from public & subsidized housing, harming mixed-status families (tinyurl.com/3r4ua3un). We strongly oppose. ➡️Learn more & submit a comment by 4/21/26: www.keep-families-together.org Spread the word!

Congrats to our Executive Director Jacquelynne Bowman, who on April 10 will be very deservedly honored by the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association with a Lifetime Achievement Award! For more details on the MBLA Gala and awards ceremony, please click on the link below. mablacklawyers.org/2026gala/

"Caouette is one of the beneficiaries of a settlement prompted by a federal lawsuit filed in 2022 [by co-counsel team GBLS, the Center for Public Representation, Justice In Aging, and Foley Hoag LLP] against the state of Massachusetts..." www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

" 'We fear it’s going to harm the most vulnerable clients who have the most difficulty getting hold of these types of verifications and result in them losing benefits that they urgently, urgently need,' said Naomi Meyer, lead attorney at [GBLS]." commonwealthbeacon.org/government/s...

GBLS senior attorney: “Immigrants are doing the right thing by filing their taxes. Punishing them by using their compliance against them is not only cruel and unjust but inevitably hurts everyone.” mainebeacon.com/federal-judg...

Congrats to Kristen Bor-Zale, GBLS Consumer Rights Unit Senior Attorney, and to Jade Brown, Associate Clinical Professor in the BU Law School Civil Litigation & Justice Program (a GBLS partner), selected as Up & Coming Lawyers by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly! 🎉 masslawyersweekly.com/event/massac...

VICTORY: A federal court has blocked ICE’s use of private tax-related data from the IRS! The decision is a win for taxpayers nationwide who have weighed whether filing their taxes exposes them to potential ICE arrest, detention, and deportation. 📰 bit.ly/infosharing-win