Lawyers e-Journal
Thursday, Jun. 16, 2011
Find out how you can become an advocate for low-income patients at the June 21 MBA Pro Bono Prescription Open House
The Massachusetts Bar Association and the Medical-Legal
Partnership Massachusetts network have joined forces to create a
new pro bono program, the MBA Pro Bono Prescription, a pioneering
initiative that brings together volunteer attorneys and medical
professionals to promote the health and well-being of low-income
patients through legal advocacy.
The MBA Pro Bono Prescription will support patients by providing
direct legal services to them -- services triggered by referrals
from health care teams to the local MLP site. Each local MLP site,
most often housed with a local or regional legal services
organization, will serve as the connector between the health care
team, the volunteer attorney, and the patient.
Attorneys
can learn more at this program's first open house from 5-7
p.m. on June 21, hosted by Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie
& Lougee LLP in Worcester and co-sponsored by the MBA, Family
Advocates of Central Massachusetts, and Medical-Legal Partnership |
Boston, the founding site of the national MLP Network.
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here to R.S.V.P.