A number of law firms have offered their current and incoming attorneys the opportunity to defer their employment at the law firm, and to instead work at a public interest law office in exchange for a public interest stipend to be provided by the law firm. The following are listings of legal positions available for these candidates at civil legal services and similar nonprofit legal programs in Massachusetts. These positions are only available for those attorneys who have obtained a public interest stipend through their law firm. If you do not have such a stipend, and are interested in volunteering, please contact the Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association instead. Also, please note that there may be available positions at other organizations that are not listed here -- please contact your law firm administrator for further assistance.
Applying: If you have obtained a public interest stipend through your law firm employer, you can submit an application to one of the following program placements listed below. Click the title of the position for more information about the particular placement. Please contact these organizations directly if you have questions about the positions.
- Volunteer Civil Rights Lawyer-- Disability Law Center (Boston)
Contact Rick Glassman, Litigation Director, rglassman@dlc-ma.org
- Consumer Pro Bono Attorney -- Merrimack Valley -North Shore Legal Services (Lowell)
Contact Kenneth MacIver, kmaciver@mvlegal.org
- Education Attorney-Civil Gideon Project -- Children's Law Center of Massachusetts and Youth Advocacy Dept. of CPCS (Boston and Worcester)
Contact Jay McManus, j.mcmanus@clcm.org or jdohan@publiccounsel.net
- Education Rights Pro Bono Attorney -- Center for Law and Education (Boston)
Contact Kathy Boundy, kboundy@cleweb.org
- Juvenile Justice Pro Bono Attorney -- Center for Public Representation (Northampton, MA)
Contact Steven Schwartz, sschwartz@cpr-ma.org
- System Reform Litigation Pro Bono Attorney -- Center for Public Representation (Northampton MA)
Contact Steven Schwartz, sschwartz@cpr-ma.org
- Temporary Pro Bono Attorney -- Legal Assistance Corporation of Central Mass. (Worcester)
Attorney for one of four substantive units: the General Law Unit, where advocates specialize in housing and homelessness work; 2) the Benefits Unit, which focuses on welfare, disability, employment rights, and humanitarian immigration issues; 3) the Elder Unit, where advocates deal with legal problems faced by the elderly; or 4) the Families and Children Unit, which specializes in family law matters for victims of domestic violence.
Contact Sarah Loy, sloy@laccm.org
- CORI (Criminal Record Offender Information) Pro Bono Attorney -- Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (Boston)
Contact Allan Rodgers, arodgers@mlri.org
- Housing Unit Pro Bono Attorney -- Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (Boston)
Contact Allan Rodgers, arodgers@mlri.org
- Immigration Unit Attorney I -- Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (Boston)
This pro bono position will assist with federal litigation on addressing inefficiencies that may delay immigrant applications.
Contact Allan Rodgers, arodgers@mlri.org
- Immigration Unit Attorney II --Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
This pro bono position will involve developing administrative reforms that would reduce the harmful impact of immigration enforcement on immigrants in Massachusetts. Contact Allan Rodgers, arodgers@mlri.org
- Prisoners Rights Litigation Associate -- Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services (Boston)
Contact Leslie Walker, lwalker@mcls.net
- Pro Bono Support Attorney Position -- Massachusetts Justice Project (Holyoke, Worcester)
Contact Guy Lescault, glescault@majp.org
- Benefts, Family or Housing Pro Bono Attorney -- South Coastal Counties Legal Services (Brockton, Fall River, Hyannis, New Bedford)
Contact Ray Yox, ryox@sccls.org
- Legal Hotline Attorney -- Legal Advocacy and Resource Center (Boston)
Contact Avada Douglas, larcjobs@gbls.org
