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The BBA's Summer Jobs program is setting the pace, 44 firms have secured 61 paid internships for Boston Public High School students. Learn more here.
Statehouse Update. For the full post, click here.
If you are a recently admitted lawyer in MA, take a look at the BBA's Practicing with Professionalism Page to register. Don't delay, five dates are already sold out!
On May 12, 1,300 members of the bar will hear from keynote Mayor Martin Walsh and see 60 volunteers honored for their work on the BBA Marathon Assistance Project. Learn More.
The Greater Boston Program wrapped up yesterday with the Consequences module with the help of a number of our dedicated volunteers.
In its 10th year, the M. Ellen Carpenter Financial Literacy Program taught students from 15 Greater Boston schools about the importance of making informed financial decisions. However, none of this would be possible without the help of our wonderful volunteers. Thanks in large part to our dedicated volunteers; the Financial Literacy Program was able to reach more classrooms than ever before! Beyond the Billable would like to acknowledge the 142 attorneys, legal staff, and law students who volunteer their time to teach students how to make sound financial decisions.
You may also remember this post about the Financial Literacy Program, which ran in Western Massachusetts this fall. Are you interested in getting involved? Please watch for opportunities to volunteer for the Financial Literacy Program this summer as part of the enrichment seminars for the BBA’s Summer Jobs students.
Thank you to the following volunteers:
Warren Agin, Swiggart & Agin, LLC James Alexander Eriel Anchondo Susan Anderson, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Honorable Frank Bailey, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Joseph Baldiga, Mirick O’Connell – Westborough Office Andrea Balsamo, Liberty Mutual Group Sarah Barr Scott Bell, Liberty Mutual Group Mark Berman, Nixon Peabody LLP Susan Bernstein Amanda Blaskey, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Honorable Henry Boroff, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Janet Bostwick Ann Brennan Christopher Brine, Culik Law P.C. Jennifer Butler Andrew Cahill Jordan Call Christopher Candon, Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA Joanne Carleton, Liberty Mutual Group Jennifer Catenacci, Liberty Mutual Group Pamela Cates, New England Law Boston Allison Chamberlin, Liberty Mutual Group Fred Chase, Liberty Mutual Group Stephen M Cohen, Choate Hall & Stewart LLP Tara Colby, Liberty Mutual Group Michele Collins, MetLife Christopher Condon, Murphy & King, P.C. Jaime D’Almeida, Duff & Phelps Jeanne Darcey, Sullivan & Worcester LLP Caryn Daum, Liberty Mutual Group Scott Davis, Sun Life Financial Alycia DeAngelis Joel DeFelice Patrick Dinardo, Sullivan & Worcester LLP Mark DiOrio, Bulfinch Companies, Inc. Andy Doherty Deborah Dong Adrienne Drew, Gesmer Updegrove LLP Elizabeth Duffy, Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP Lisa Evangelista, Liberty Mutual Group Andrew Fagenholz, Liberty Mutual Group Anne Farina, Sun Life Financial Honorable Joan Feeney, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Megan Felter, Choate Hall & Stewart LLP Julianne Fitzpatrick Eric Forni, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Toni Frain, Liberty Mutual Group Brendan Furey, American Student Assistance Jesse Garfinkle, Brown Rudnick LLP Matthew Gendron, Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General Sean Gilligan, Gesmer Updegrove LLP Barbara Gilmore, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Lane Goldberg Sarah Grandfield, Choate Hall & Stewart LLP Michelle Greco, Sun Life Financial Nancy Gregory, BlumShapiro Juliette Guillemot Ross Hamlin, Dalton & Finegold, LLP Richard Harper, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission William Harrington, Office of the U.S. Trustee Rachel Hershfang, Securities & Exchange Commission Christine Heshion, Liberty Mutual Group Honorable Melvin Hoffman, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Sofia Hussain, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Nicole Jackson, Choate Hall & Stewart LLP John Kacoyannakis, Liberty Mutual Group Anne Kaczmarek, Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General Geraldine Karonis, U.S. Department of Justice-NH Elizabeth Katz, Ostrander Law Office Michael Katz, Bacon & Wilson, PC Justin Kesselman, Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP Jeffrey Kitaeff
Keith Kollmeyer, Jones Day Kimberly Kroha Joseph Lange Donald Lassman Deborah Levine Rebecca Levy Amy Lipman-White Marques Lipton Andrew Lizotte, Murphy & King, P.C. John Loughnane, Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP Benjamin Loveland, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Cornelio Lozada Bill Lynch, Liberty Mutual Group Joyce Mahoney, Liberty Mutual Group Lauren McCarthy, Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General Leigh McCloskey Kristin McDonough, Riemer & Braunstein LLP Kevin McGee, Seder & Chandler, LLP Kathleen McGrath, Liberty Mutual Group Ryan McKenna Lisa Menelly, Raytheon Company Richard Mikels, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C. Rose Miller, Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General John Morrier, Casner & Edwards, LLP Maura Murphy, Sun Life Financial Thomas Murray , Sun Life Financial Rebecca Neale Patrick Noone, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Carolyn O’Brien, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Kim O’Connell, Liberty Mutual Group Catherine O’Donnell, Liberty Mutual Group Helen O’Rourke, Liberty Mutual Group Laura Otenti, Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP Gregory Pakhladzhyan, American Student Assistance Amy Palmer, Sun Life Financial Steven Pohl, Brown Rudnick LLP James Pugh, Liberty Mutual Group Jesse Redlener, Dalton & Finegold, LLP Erika Reis, Office of the Corporation Counsel City of Boston Lynne Riley, Casner & Edwards, LLP Michael Riley, Goulston & Storrs, PC Alex Rodolakis, Gilman McLaughlin & Hanrahan LLP Douglas Rosner, Goulston & Storrs, PC Jonathon Roth, Jones Day David Rozenson Adam Ruttenberg, Looney & Grossman LLP Patricia Saint James, Looney & Grossman LLP A. Hugh Scott, Choate Hall & Stewart LLP Carrie Seligman Naomi Sevilla, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Mary Sharon, Pro Se Debtors Bankruptcy Clinic Mackenzie Shea, K&L Gates LLP Richard Sheils, Bowditch & Dewey, LLP – Worcester Office DeBorah Sonnenschein Danielle Spang Jennifer Spavins Spencer Stone Leslie Su Michael Sugar Anthony Taylor Kiersten Taylor, Brown Rudnick LLP Eric Teasdale, Choate Hall & Stewart LLP Lisa Tingue, Office of the U.S. Trustee-Worcester Macken Toussaint, Riemer & Braunstein LLP Janice Townsend, Liberty Mutual Group David Travers,Todd & Weld LLP Joseph Vlacovsky Scott Waldman Jacob Walker, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates Adrienne Walker, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C. Ann Walsh, Liberty Mutual Group Natasha Walwyn Karen Wright, Liberty Mutual Group
Through the BBA Law Day in the Schools Program, attorneys travel to Boston public high schools to teach students about the legal field.
Demand for the BBA’s Law Day in the Schools Program has skyrocketed this year with 1340 students from nine Boston public high schools signed up to learn “Why Every Vote Matters” on May 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, and 7th. Volunteers have stepped up to meet the demand and volunteer spots are filling up quickly – so click here to view the available sessions.
Why volunteer? The Law Day in the Schools Program is a great way for attorneys to engage in their community and teach students of all ages important lessons in civics – with a minimal time commitment. The sessions last no more than an hour and the BBA provides volunteers with all of the necessary materials.
Volunteers can choose the classrooms and age groups they volunteer for, so don’t delay in signing up here.
Andy Cohn (WilmerHale), BBA President Paul T. Dacier (EMC Corporation), Sharon Jones (Law Office of Sharon V. Jones), First Justice Jeffrey Winik (Boston Housing Court), Mike Neville (Boston Housing Court), Alex Valderrama(Boston Housing Court), and Catarina Andrade (Boston Housing Court)
Last Thursday, volunteers, court employees, and program leadership gathered at 16 Beacon to celebrate the success of the Lawyer for the Day Program in the Boston Housing Court Program at the 15th anniversary celebration of the Program. Since the Program’s inception in 1999, over 12,000 volunteers have helped more than 15,000 landlords and tenants navigate through the Boston Housing Court. In addition to the opportunity to network and enjoy food and drink, the evening was filled with a number of volunteer appreciation awards to longtime volunteers who are essential to its longevity. First Justice of the Boston Housing Court Jeffrey Winik presented awards to Sharon Jones (The Law Office of Sharon V. Jones), Andy Cohn (WilmerHale), and Housing Court Specialists Michael Neville, Alex Valderrama, Hector Jenkins, Delia Mathes, and Catarina Andrade.
Check out more highlights from the evening below:
First Justice Jeffrey Winik (Boston Housing Court) recognized Mike Neville, Chief Housing Specialist, Alex Valderrama, Assistant Chief Housing Specialist, and Catarina Andrade, Housing Specialist, for their dedication to ensuring that landlords and tenants have access to justice in the Boston Housing Court.
Katie D’Angelo (BBA) presented volunteer Sharon Jones (Law Office of Sharon V. Jones) with a volunteer appreciation award for her unparalleled dedicated to the Lawyer for the Day Program. Sharon has volunteered at the Boston Housing Court almost every Thursday for the past 10 years, and when the Program expanded to include Monday Landlord Advice Day, Sharon immediately volunteered and has staffed that advice day more than any other lawyer.
First Justice Jeffrey Winik (Boston Housing Court) spoke of Andy Cohn’s (WilmerHale) long-time commitment to the Program. Andy has recruited volunteers at his firm and taken numerous cases through the Program since it began.
Joanna Allison (Volunteer Lawyers Project) offered closing remarks at the celebration, thanking everyone for their efforts and encouraging those to stay committed to the Program.
The program is a collaboration between the Boston Housing Court, Boston Bar Association, Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association, Greater Boston Legal Services and Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School, and is supported by the Wiley Vaughan Fund of the Boston Bar Foundation.