The Massachusetts Bar Association is excited to announce it is
teaming up with the Women's Bar Association and Women's Bar
Foundation of Massachusetts, the South Asian Bar Association of
Greater Boston, One Family Inc. (a nonprofit dedicated to ending
family homelessness) and the law firm of Mintz, Levin, Cohn,
Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC to begin a Know Your Rights! program
in February 2014. This will be the program's second year.
The goal of the program is to provide education on legal matters
to leaders of local non-profit organizations that serve low-income
women and their families and to bring together these organizations
to share knowledge and strengthen connections, both professionally
and personally, and provide an open forum for discussion. This
program will consist of monthly classes on legal issues relating to
housing, family law, employment, education, immigration and
Criminal Offender Record Information. The sessions will be taught
by a broad range of faculty that includes judges, in-house
corporate counsel, government attorneys and members of the legal
services community.
This year, through the generous support of the MBA, the classes
will be webcasted in real time and recorded, allowing organizations
across the state to participate. The nonprofit participants include
the Pine Street Inn, LIFT, Cardinal Medeiros Center, YWCA Central
Massachusetts, Safe Passage, REACH Beyond Domestic Violence,
Housing Families, The Women's Center, The Children's Advocacy
Center of Bristol County, YMCA Southcoast, YWCA Southeastern
Massachusetts and the Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality at
UMass Dartmouth.
Michelle Keith is the chair of the MBA's Individual Rights
& Responsibilities Section.