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"Join Senior Partners For Justice and help low-income clients navigate the legal system and protect their rights."  

Hon. Edward M. Ginsburg, Retired Family Court Judge and founder of SPJ

 

Senior Partners for Justice is a pro bono partnership with the Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association

 

KUDOS & THANKS

Congratulations to Senior Partners Arlene Bernstein, Esq. and Anita Robboy, Esq., recipients of the

2009 Gideon's Trumpet Award.  Read More...


Congratulations to SPJ-West volunteer coordinator Patricia Walsh Ollari of the Massachusetts Justice Project, and Senior Partner Thomas A. Kenefick, III, Esq., recipients of the first annual John M. Greaney Law Day Awards for their contributions to the Hamden County law community.


Learn about other honors, and accomplishments of our Senior Partners.  More...


Senior Partners Who Took Pro Bono Cases through VLP in 2008

Suffolk Co. Courtroom Lawyer for the Day Volunteers

Guardian Ad Litem Volunteers

Senior Partners - West Volunteers

By Anita Robboy, Esq.

C.D.L. v. M.M.L., 72 Mass. App. Ct. 146 (2008)

This decision addresses two major issues in the area of alimony and child support.    MORE...

CASE ANALYSIS ARCHIVES

 

Review the New Child Support Guidelines that went into effect on January 1, 2009 and remember to use blue paper for the Guidelines Worksheet.

Link to the Child Support Guidelines, Report, and interactive Worksheet.

MORE PRACTICE TIPS

Upcoming Senior Partners for Justice Luncheons in Boston

Speaker: Linda Landry, Esq.

Senior Attorney, Disability Law Center

What Family Law Attorneys Need to Know About

SSI and SSDI Disability Benefits

Tuesday June 16, 2009

12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)

10 Winter Place, Boston

Directions to MCLE

RSVP to: Isabel Burney at 617-423-0648 x 150 or e-mail iburney@vlpnet.org.

See Past Luncheon Topics


Upcoming Senior Partners - West

Luncheons in Springfield

Speaker: Hon. Mark Mason

Associate Justice, Springfield District Court

The Relationship Between the District Court and the Probate & Family Court

With Respect to Abuse Prevention Orders, Custody, and Support

Wednesday June 10 , 2009

1:00 to 2:30 p.m.

Western MA Legal Services

1 Monarch Place, Suite 400, Springfield, MA

Directions to WMLS

RSVP to Pat Walsh-Ollari at 413-322-7430 x513 or pwalsh@majp.org.

See past luncheon topics.

Find out more about Senior Partners for Justice - West, a collaboration between Senior Partners, Western Massachusetts Legal Services, and the Massachusetts Justice Project. 


Second Acts® Pilot Project

The Volunteer Lawyers Project has received a grant from the Pro Bono Institute in Washington, D.C. to launch a Second Acts® Pilot Project to engage transitioning and retired attorneys in large firms in pro bono work. This project will operate in cooperation with Senior Partners for Justice.  Read More.


New Resources on VLP Website

Members of Senior Partners/Volunteer Lawyers Project may now review and sign up for pro bono cases through the VLP website. To have access to the case list, you need to register for the VLP website and log in.  

The Library section of VLP's website has practice materials and resources in a variety of areas.  To have access to all the materials posted, you need to register for the VLP website and log in.  

 

Email: info@spfj.org

 

Upcoming Attorney Trainings at Volunteer Lawyers Project

 

Introduction to Guardianship of Minors

Tuesday June 16 , 2009

4:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Family Law 101

Thursday June 18, 2009

4:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Landlord/Tenant Law

Monday June 29, 2009

4:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Family Law 102

Thursday July 9, 2009

4:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Please check the VLP website for more information about these trainings and for the complete listing of continuing legal education opportunities at VLP and other CLE venues. 

RSVP to: Jessica Rubin-Wills

at 617-423-0648 x129 or e-mail: jrubin-wills@vlpnet.org.

All VLP trainings and many trainings at MCLE, BBA and MBA are free to active Senior Partners volunteers.  Read more about our training policy

VLP is located at 99 Chauncy St., Suite 400 in Boston. Directions.


Click Here for links to other continuing legal eduction venues including MCLE, BBA, MBA, Social Law Library, and Suffolk Law School Center for Advanced Legal Studies.

Special Projects of

Senior Partners for Justice

Suffolk County Probate & Family Court Courtroom Lawyer for the Day Project

Pro Bono Guardian Ad Litem Pilot Project

Law Student Public Service Internship in the Probate and Family Court

Senior Partners - West Projects in the Hampden County Probate & Family Court


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