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MassLegalServices offers resources and information about legal issues facing lower income Massachusetts residents to legal services advocates and social services professionals. If you are not a lawyer or legal advocate, you will probably find MassLegalHelp more useful.
To see if free legal representation for your civil legal problem is available, use the Massachusetts Legal Resource Finder.
If you are an attorney looking for a pro bono opportunity, see www.MassProBono.org -- the website for pro bono attorneys and volunteers in Massachusetts.
Recent Library Content
09/21/2018 -
Although the formal rules of evidence do not apply in administrative hearings, the parties and the hearing officer must still properly... Read more
10/07/2018 -
A number of housing courts in Massachusetts have Lawyer for the Day programs where lawyers provide tenants and landlords with basic legal... Read more
10/12/2018 -
Clients often come to DTA because they have a variety of service needs. These needs may be for resources that DTA does not directly provide... Read more
10/12/2018 -
The Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program is maintained and operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)... Read more
10/12/2018 -
For many SNAP households, the inclusion of Child Support Expenses maximizes benefit allotments.
The Online Guide has been revised and... Read more