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MassLegal Website Steering Committee
- Maya Bazar, Legal Assistance Corporation of Central Mass
- Olga Candelario, Mass Justice Project
- Dan Collis Puro, Project Staff
- Amy Copperman, Mass Law Reform Institute
- Neil Cronin, Mass Law Reform Institute
- Ross Dolloff, Neighborhood Legal Services
- Bob Fleischner, Center for Public Representation
- Rochelle Hahn, Legal Advocacy and Resource Center
- Gene Koo, Project Staff
- Allan Rodgers, Mass Law Reform Institute
- Barbara Siegel, Disability Law Center
- Donna Southwell, Mass Legal Assistance Corporation
MassLegal Website Staff
Chief Technical Officer, MassLegalServices.org
Information Director
Gene Koo manages the content on the MassLegal websites, acting alternatively as editor-in-chief, head librarian, site designer, cheerleader, and liaison to partner organizations. Gene is responsible for working with the sites' editors and managers to ensure that good information goes to the right places at the right time.
Currently, Gene is working on a statewide practice study of legal aid advocates for MassLegalServices. He is also connecting MassLegalHelp to the many pro se efforts taking place throughout the Commonwealth, both within and outside of legal aid.
Gene received his J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2002 and his B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1997. He currently resides in Cambridge.
MassLegalServices Board of Editors
The MassLegalServices Board of Editors identifies, collects, and publishes critical information to the MassLegalServices website. Each is responsible for a different substantive area of law and thereby provides critical support to hundreds of legal aid and lay advocates throughout the Commonwealth.
The editors currently comprise the following individuals:
- Benefits: Pat Baker (Mass Law Reform Institute)
- Children: Nilda Rodriguez (Mass Advocates for Children)
- Disability: Barbara Siegel (Disability Law Center)
- Family Law: Susan Elsen (Mass Law Reform Institute))
- Health Care: Neil Cronin (Mass Law Reform Institute)
- Housing: Amy Copperman (Mass Law Reform Institute)
MassLegalHelp Board of Editors
The MassLegalHelp Board of Editors authors, or collects and edits, legal education materials for the MassLegalHelp website. They are responsible for both the legal accuracy and readability of these materials.
The editors currently comprise the following individuals:
- Disability: Linda Landry (Disability Law Center)
- Employment: Sheila Casey (Neighorhood Legal Services)
- Family Law: Jeff Wolf (Mass Law Reform Institute)
- Housing: Annette Duke (Mass Law Reform Institute)
- Ross Dolloff (Neighborhood Legal Services)
- Pat Rae (Western Mass Legal Services)
- Donna Southwell (Mass Legal Assistance Corporation)
