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GBLS is pleased to announce a settlement between the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI) and the Bay State Council of the Blind (BSCB). Although MEEI provides high quality care to patients with visual impairments, there were significant barriers to getting care. Patients who are blind or…

Since signing the Settlement Agreement in 2006, the MBTA has collaborated with the Plaintiffs and GBLS to ensure that all terms agreed to in the settlement are upheld. This led to the signing of the Joint Assessment in 2010, which was the first official review of the MBTA’s performance since the…

A coalition including GBLS, City Life/Vida Urbana, pro bono law firms Goulston & Storrs, Jones Day, and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, the Department of Neighborhood Development, CEDAC, and the Boston Public Health Commission not only saved 59 families from being displaced from their homes, but…

Kudos to Elizabeth McIntyre for her work with these students. Thanks also to WilmerHale and Staples for sponsoring her Equal Justice Works fellowship at GBLS. There are links at the end of this article to several other WBUR features on school discipline and the School-to-Prison Pipeline. Click here…

BBA Remarks – May 15, 2017 Good Evening, President Starkey, members of the BBA, members of the Judiciary, Rep. Moulton, my GBLS and legal services colleagues, and all who have come this evening to celebrate Law Day. Thank you, President Starkey, and the BBA for presenting me with the John G…