Welcome to the new MassLegalHelp.org! We are redesigning our website
and haven’t yet ironed out all the kinks. "Search" doesn't work as well
as we would like, but you can still find most of the information you
need.
We're adding new information daily so check back! We are also adding new features, including information in different languages.
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 and the Massachusetts Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts (IOLTA) Program.
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
Andrea Bopp Stark - Consumer
Neighborhood Legal Services
Barbara Siegel - Disability
Senior Attorney - The Disability Law Center, The Protection & Advocacy Agency for Massachusetts
Sheila Casey - Employment and Unemployment
Neighborhood Legal Services
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 communications director 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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