Serving Our Veterans in the Law
MBA works to provide legal representation for veterans in need
The Massachusetts Bar Association with financial support from the
Massachusetts Bar Foundation is offering a pro bono program
for veterans.
Click the links below to read more about this
initiative in previous issues of Lawyers Journal and press
releases:
By Kelsey Sadoff
The Massachusetts Bar Association held its
second Dial-A-Lawyer Program devoted exclusively to addressing the
legal needs of veterans, receiving more than 100 phone calls on
April 9. Volunteer attorneys at the MBA's Boston office offered
free advice to veterans with pressing legal questions concerning
landlord/tenant disputes, benefits and family issues.
By Kelsey Sadoff
The first Veterans Dial-A-Lawyer Program, held
Oct. 25, offered U.S. veterans the opportunity to receive free
legal advice, via telephone, from volunteer lawyers as a public
service of the Massachusetts Bar Association.
By Kate O'Toole and Jennifer Rosinski
Forty-seven attorneys from a variety of cities and areas of
practice attended the Massachusetts Bar Association's daylong
training session on Sept. 27 that aimed to teach attorneys how to
offer free legal aid to veterans. The program was offered by the
MBA and U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management.
by Kate O'Toole
Lisa LaFera majored in psychology and criminal justice at Middle
Tennessee State University, taking classes part time while she
served in the U.S. Air Force. During college, LaFera once asked one
of her professors - a former public defender - about the best way
to start a career as a paralegal.
"He said to me, 'Lisa, why be a paralegal? Have you thought about
going to law school?' And the thought had never occurred to me,"
LaFera recalled.