🚨Hiring Alert🚨Lots of excellent legal aid organizations in Massachusetts are hiring attorneys, paralegals, investigators, and other staff: mlac.org/resources/ca... Join one of these mission-driven teams making a difference every day! #LegalAid #HiringAlert #Massachusetts

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.

The Massachusetts IOLTA Committee is proud that IOLTA funds help support the EdLaw Project, which provides critical direct representation, information, advice, and trainings in the area of education law. Check out their newsletter to learn more about their important work 👇

Register today for the Massachusetts Bar Association's Access to Justice Awards in Boston on Tuesday, June 2. It's a wonderful opportunity to celebrate lawyers and law firms who help move us closer to the goal of a more fair and accessible legal system. @massbar.bsky.social

Our latest Newsletter is out! To read the FY26 Q3 newsletter, check your email or visit our website now at: www.youthadvocacyfoundation.org/theadvocate If you're not on our email list yet and want to stay connected with YAF, please join our list at: www.youthadvocacyfoundation.org/contactus

April is Fair Housing Month 🏠Governor Maura Healy issued a proclamation reaffirming that everyone deserves a safe, stable, and welcoming place to call home. Massachusetts legal aid organizations work every day to protect residents' fair housing rights across the Commonwealth 🏘️ #FairHousingMonth

ICYMI, the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute published its 2025 Annual Report mlri.org/publication/... The IOLTA Committee is proud to help support MLRI's work across the Commonwealth to tackle issues from housing to healthcare to economic justice to family safety! @masslawreform.bsky.social

Registration is open for the MBA's Access to Justice Awards in Boston on Tuesday, June 2. It's always a wonderful opportunity to celebrate lawyers and law firms from across the legal field who help move us closer to the goal of a more fair and accessible legal system - get your tickets today👇

In Massachusetts, over 100 organizations receive IOLTA funding each year to provide civil legal help across the Commonwealth. Learn more about the programs & projects supported by IOLTA funds that provide crucial access to justice: ➡️ www.maiolta.org/making-a-dif...

Massachusetts attorneys - do you have questions about the IOLTA section of your annual BBO registration? The IOLTA Committee is here to help! Call us at 617-723-9093 or email us at [email protected]. #Massachuestts #IOLTA #Lawyers #LawFirms Photo by Leeloo The First via Pexels

The Massachusetts Bar Foundation (MBF) is now accepting applications for the 2026/2027 Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA) Grants Program. www.massbar.org/publications...

Applications for the Massachusetts Bar Foundation's 2026/27 IOLTA Grants Program are open. Deadline: March 20, 2026. www.massbarfoundation.org/iolta-grants...

Class action cy pres awards to the IOLTA Committee help close the justice gap by funding legal help for people who can’t afford an attorney. Check out our blog for more info, including a handy fact sheet on Mass. R. Civ. Pro 23: www.maiolta.org/blog/114-cal...

🚨Hiring Alert🚨Several excellent legal aid organizations in Massachusetts are hiring attorneys, intake specialists, community organizers, development and communications leaders, and other staff: mlac.org/resources/ca... #LegalAid #HiringAlert #Massachusetts

Great opportunity for public interest law students in MA - Apply for summer intern fellowship from the Massachusetts Bar Foundation to receive a stipend while gaining valuable experience working at a legal aid organization: www.massbarfoundation.org/lifp Applications due March 13, 2026

✨New year, same mission: To provide legal help to people in Massachusetts who cannot afford a lawyer✨ Learn more about the IOLTA program and where that money goes: ow.ly/Trtq50Jzpg5. Happy New Year! #LegalAidChangesLives #JusticeForAll #Massachusetts #IOLTA #Lawyers #LawFirms

This Friday Dec. 19 is the deadline to nominate a lawyer or law firm for the Massachusetts Bar Association's Access to Justice Awards 👇

Our blog post and website have everything new (and not-so-new) Massachusetts attorneys need to know about setting up and managing their IOLTA accounts to properly handle client funds: www.maiolta.org/.../117-iolt.... #Massachusetts #IOLTA #Lawyers #LawFirms #TrustAccounts

Know your legal rights! GBLS is holding a criminal record & eviction sealing clinic next Wednesday, December 10th, at Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy. Preregister here: tinyurl.com/Dec10GBLS

Nominations for this year's 2025-26 Access to Justice Awards are now open! Click here: www.MassBar.org/AJAwards to learn more an nominate a deserving colleague!

Do you need help sealing your eviction record and/or criminal record? A free clinic will be held on Dec. 10 at 10:00am at the North Quincy branch library! See below below for details. #CleanSlateMA

Congratulations to all the new MA attorneys sworn in this week! Bar membership comes with certain responsibilities, including following rules about handing client funds and IOLTA accounts. More info: www.maiolta.org/blog/117-iol.... Questions? Call: 617-723-9093 or email: [email protected].

Nominations for this year's 2025-26 Access to Justice Awards are now open! Click here: www.MassBar.org/AJAwards to learn more an nominate a deserving colleague!

ICYMI, Community Legal Aid's October newsletter is full of examples of CLA's critical work providing free civil legal services to low-income and elderly residents of Central and Western Massachusetts 👇

📣Extra, extra! 🗞 Our latest issue of The Advocate: A YAF and EdLaw Newsletter was just released! To read the first quarter newsletter of our Fiscal Year 2026, check your email or visit our website now at: www.youthadvocacyfoundation.org/theadvocate

GBLS' new LGBTQ+ Family Law Project is here to help! Please contact our Family Law Unit if you need assistance with any of the matters below.

Check out Health Law Advocates' Fall Newsletter to learn about the critical work HLA advocates do every day to ensure Massachusetts residents have access to the healthcare they need👇The Massachusetts IOLTA Committee is proud to help support HLA! @hlamass.bsky.social @maiolta.bsky.social

Big thank you to Governor Maura Healy for declaring October Pro Bono Month in Massachusetts! Pro bono plays a crucial role in closing the justice gap by helping people who cannot afford a lawyer when facing high-stakes civil legal issues. Find a pro bono opportunity today: massprobono.org

Do you have tax problems? GBLS' Low Income Taxpayer Clinic invites you to Problem Resolution Day w/the IRS & DOR. More info: [email protected] WHEN: Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 12:30-6 PM WHERE: Roslindale Branch of the Boston Public Library, 4246 Washington St, Boston patch.com/massachusett...

Want to help dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline? ✊ EdLaw is hiring Staff Counsel. Details: www.youthadvocacyfoundation.org/employment-i...

Good luck to everyone taking the Massachusetts Bar Exam this week! #Massachusetts #BarExam #LawSchool #LawStudents #RootingForYou

FREE Clinics to Protect your Housing Record! 3rd Wednesdays starting 7/16, 11am–1pm **La Colaborativa, 63 Sixth St, Chelsea** Clínicas GRATIS para proteger su historial de vivienda Cada 3er miércoles desde 7/16, 11am–1pm

ICYMI, the latest Docket Newsletter from @hlamass.bsky.social is full of examples of how HLA works every day to ensure MA residents have access to the health care services they need ⬇️ We're proud IOLTA funds help support HLA's critical work! myemail.constantcontact.com/HLA-s-Docket...

Questions about your rights at work? GBLS and other groups have answers! Come to the Workers' Rights Clinic June 25 from 5-7pm, at 2300 Washington St. in Roxbury. The clinic is organized by the ‪@boston.gov‬ Office of Labor Compliance and Worker Protections.

📣 Free Citizenship Workshop! 📣 Get help applying for U.S. citizenship at the Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy on July 31! ✅ Have a green card 5+ yrs (or 3+ if married to a U.S. citizen)? You may qualify! 📲 Schedule your eligibility screening here: lnk.bio/projectcitizenship

We're looking forward to celebrating the wonderful @massbar.bsky.social Access to Justice awardees next week!

Read the 2024 Massachusetts IOLTA Program Annual Report to learn how IOLTA funds make a significant difference in the lives of real people & in our communities by providing legal help to individuals & families who cannot afford an attorney. www.maiolta.org/all-document....

🎉 Congratulations to the grantees & thank you to the BBF for awarding these critical Know Your Rights grants so everyone in MA can understand their legal rights! Funding from the IOLTA Committee supports these grants & many other projects to increase access to justice in the Commonwealth.

🚨Hiring Alert 🚨Several wonderful legal aid organizations in Massachusetts are hiring attorneys, paralegals, grants managers, and other staff: mlac.org/resources/ca... Join one of these mission-driven teams making a difference every day!

Good luck to everyone taking the Massachusetts Bar Exam this week! #Massachusetts #BarExam #LawSchool #LawStudents #RootingForYou

If you have children in K-12 school and are facing eviction, the Access to Counsel Program can help! Reach out to your Boston Public Schools liaison or contact the Office of Housing Stability: bit.ly/housing-stability-office @familyaid.bsky.social @bostonschools.boston.gov

Tax Problems? Problem Resolution Day TOMORROW 12:30-4:00 at the Roslindale Branch library. Reps from the Taxpayer Advocate Services of the IRS and the MA Dept of Revenue will be at the Rosi library along with attorneys from GBLS' Low Income Taxpayer Clinic. You may qualify for free help!

The Massachusetts Bar Foundation is accepting applications for 2025/26 IOLTA grants to support nonprofits in MA that provide civil legal services to low-income clients or work to improve the administration of justice. Deadline is 3/21/25. More info: www.massbarfoundation.org/iolta-grants...

Massachusetts attorneys - do you have questions about the IOLTA section of your annual BBO registration? The Massachusetts IOLTA Committee is here to help! Please call us at 617-723-9093 or email us at [email protected]. Photo by Leeloo The First via Pexels

Many ppl in Massachusetts need legal help w/critical civil issues but cannot afford a lawyer. Pro bono helps close this justice gap, and the redesigned Mass Pro Bono website connects legal professionals & law students w/pro bono opportunities in their communities massprobono.org

Great public interest law opportunity for an experienced litigator to help lead @hlamass.bsky.social's work to ensure universal access to quality health care in #Massachusetts: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41... #Hiring #PublicInterestLaw #LegalAidChangesLives

Cy pres awards to @maiolta.bsky.social & legal aid orgs help close the justice gap by funding legal help for ppl who can’t afford an attorney. Class action lawyers like Adam J. Shafran at Rudolph Friedmann LLP make this possible by obtaining court approval of these critical awards. Thank you!

Always great to see legal aid programs like @bostonlegalaid.bsky.social & government agencies work together to make themselves accessible to help solve problems and provide vital information! 👏

Today is Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Awareness Day, a day to learn about the EITC and other refundable credits. If you worked last year and your income is under $59,899, check out your eligibility for EITC - it can mean up to a $7,830 refund! Find out if you qualify by visiting IRS.gov/eitc.