Breakfast and lunch provided — Doors open 8:30am
Strategies to Uncover Police Misconduct — Rebecca Jacobstein, Jessica Lewis, Mike Tumposky Developments in the 2nd Amendment — Elaine Fronhofer, Hayne Barnwell, Tamara Fischer Restorative Justice — Jessica Hedges, […]
PLEASE JOIN US to celebrate the work of MACDL and honor members of our community at our annual awards dinner
This year we will be presenting:
Wednesday, March 1, 2023, 5:30–9pm @ 2TWENTY2, 4 Liberty Square, Boston. Join MACDL for its Winter (Spring?) gathering to catch up with fellow members.
[The event has passed. Presentation documents are below]
5pm to 8:30pm — outdoors, under an open-air tent, at the Marriott Hotel, Newton, MA
Given the CDC’s recommendation that all be vaccinated in order to prevent the further spread of […]
27,000 notices have been sent to citizens across Massachusetts. The notice informed them that the Court’s records show that a Draeger Alcotest 9510 breathalyzer machine was used in some or all of their cases with charges of operating under the influence (OUI). Attorney Joseph D. Bernard, lead counsel in the statewide breath test litigation, will discuss the details that arose from […]
Sal DiMasi. MACDL’S new lobbyist.
Join us 4–6pm on Thursday, April 15th when Sal DiMasi — MACDL’s new lobbyist! — will be in the house to outline the plan for substantial raises for all bar advocates THIS YEAR. Pay tribute to our honored guests, John Reinstein and Cristina Rodrigues, […]
Public records are everywhere! Documents, records, correspondence, data and more, kept by any government agency may be considered a record that the public is entitled to see. Public records can be valuable tools for organizing and government accountability.
Please join the Community Engagement Racial Justice Committee of MACDL for a public records training designed for non-lawyer community organizations.
We will demystify the process and teach […]
Interested in applying to be a judge? Or just generally curious about how these important decisions get made? Join us for a discussion with Jay Carney, a member of the Judicial Nominating Commission. He will demystify the process and discuss tips for your application. MACDL is committed to helping more defense attorneys be appointed to the bench and encourages everyone to consider if […]
Register for this Zoom Webinar Today
IN THIS FREE WEBINAR EVENT criminal defense attorney and licensed certified social worker, Lisa Newman-Polk, who worked as mental health clinician in the Department of Corrections (DOC) from 2013 to 2014, will update us on the current state of affairs inside DOC facilities as the number of positive cases, hospitalizations, and prisoner deaths from the COVID pandemic continue to rise. The […]