The next meeting of the Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission will be held on Thursday, June 17, at 3:00 in the fifth floor conference room of the Social Law Library in the John Adams Courthouse, One Pemberton Square, Boston. The meeting is public.
The Agenda for the meeting includes a report on a special project undertaken by Commissioners Brent Henry and Sandra Jesse, discussion of the Working Group plans presented during the May meeting, a report by the Hon. Dina Fein, the Trial Court’s Special Advisor on Access to Justice Initiatives and a report by Consultant Singsen on the structure and funding of the Massachusetts justice community (deferred from March). The meeting is open to the public.
Allan Rodgers, Executive Director of Mass Law Reform Institute, has announced his plan to retire at the end of the year:
Hi all. I announced today to the staff and Board of MLRI that I plan toretire on December 31 of this year. It’s been a great experience for meto have had most of my legal career with MLRI, and I’ve value all of the
colleagues with whom I’ve worked over the years. I turn 75 in August and need to help MLRI get new leadership that will enable us to continue our highly praised work. If you have any suggestions about how we can do this well, please let us know.
Now on the Commission’s website are the memoranda of the six Working Groups of the Access to Justice Commission describing their objectives and work plans. The Working Groups presented their plans during the May 26 meeting of the Commission. The six Working Groups are the Delivery of Legal Services Working Group, Website and Technology Working Group, Administrative Justice Working Group, Probate and Family Court Practice Working Group, Housing Court Practice Working Group and the District Court / Boston Municipal Court Practice Working Group.
The Commission’s letter to Senate President Murray urging that the budget of the Trial Court not be so deeply cut, is also now available on the website. Identical letters were delivered to the Governor, Speaker DeLeo, Senators Panagiotakos and Creem and Representatives Murphy and O’Flaherty.