Background
MassLegalHelp.org is one of three statewide websites that make up
the Massachusetts Legal Websites Project. The project is a
collaborative effort of the civil legal aid community of Massachusetts.
We are funded by Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation.
Other websites included in this project are:
- MassLegalServices.org offers resources about legal issues facing
lower-income Massachusetts residents to advocates and social service professionals; and
- MassProBono.org connects private attorneys with legal aid programs; and
- support to other legal services programs across the state with their websites.
The mission of MassLegalHelp.org is to improve access to
justice for low income and disadvantaged persons through innovative use
of the Web. We are working to connect, support, and educate advocates and the
general public. The content of the website is written by people
within the legal services community.
The MassLegalHelp.org web team
A Steering Committee
The Steering Committee guides the work
of the whole website project, including MassLegalHelp. The Committee
advises us of the best way to spend our time, how to spend our limited
resources and helps make difficult decisions. It is made up of representatives from legal services programs across the state.
An Editorial Board
Jeff Wolf - Children and Families and Domestic Violence
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
Barbara Siegel - Disability
Senior Attorney - The Disability Law Center, The Protection & Advocacy Agency for Massachusetts
Sheila Casey - Employment and Unemployment
Neighborhood Legal Service
Sarah Anderson - dual eligibles in Health
Sarah is editing information for people who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid. She is an attorney at Greater Boston Legal Services
Annette Duke - Housing
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
Michelle Lerner - Income and Benefits
formerly of Greater Boston Legal Services is now teleworking.
Susan Fendell - Mental Health
is the senior attorney at the Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
Donna Southwell is the director of policy analysis at Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation
A Website Coordinator
Caroline Robinson
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
You
Massachusetts residents just getting by or trying to. You are a very important member of our team. Your suggestions
and comments play a big part in the decisions we make. Although we can not provide legal advice, we do our best to
publish the kind of information that people who live in Massachusetts and contact us
say they need.
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