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The Massachusetts IOLTA Committee provides funding for civil legal aid programs and projects to increase access to justice for Commonwealth residents who cannot afford an attorney. www.maiolta.org
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 questions@maiolta.org.
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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...
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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...
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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!
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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....
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Know Your Legal Rights Free Criminal and Eviction Record Sealing Clinic Wednesday, December 10, 2025 10AM-12:30PM Thomas Crane Public Library: North Quincy Branch 381 Hancock Street Quincy, MA 02171 Contact pquirion@gbls.org with any questions.
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
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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: questions@maiolta.org.
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!
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts proclamation declaring October Pro Bono Month
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: taxbenefits-help@gbls.org
WHEN: Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 12:30-6 PM
WHERE: Roslindale Branch of the Boston Public Library, 4246 Washington St, Boston
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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!
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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.