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BBA Testifies on Minimum
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Continuing its long history of advocating for sentencing reform, BBA members testified at a hearing before the Joint Committee on Public Safety. Right to Left - Leslie Walker, MA Correctional Legal Services and Co-Chair of the BBA's Delivery of Legal Services Section, Martin R. Rosenthal, BBA Criminal Law Section, William J. Leahy, Chief Counsel,CPCS, Judge Gordon Martin, and Leonard W. Engel, Crime & Justice Institute.
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BBA closed in observance of Memorial Day |
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BBA/BBF Joint Audit Committee - at BBA |
| 12:15p |
Tax-Exempt Organizations Committee - at BBA; RSVP
Massachusetts Non-Profit Organizations/Public Charities Division
David Spackman, the new Chief of the Non-Profit Organizations/Public Charities Division will discuss Division initiatives under Attorney General Martha Coakley, and staff attorneys will describe their roles at the Division. Staff attorneys joining Mr. Spackman include: Eric Carriker, Johanna Soris, Sandra Cardone, Leslie Bennett and Bernard Greene. |
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BBF Community Issues Forum: Voting Rights - at BBA; RSVP
Panel Discussion and Networking Reception
Please join us for a forum on an issue that's integral to the health of our democracy: the future of voting rights in the
Commonwealth. Moderator Cam Kerry of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo P.C. will lead a lively discussion on the grassroots and legislative efforts that are underway to protect and strengthen the right to vote in Massachusetts; he’ll be joined by a distinguished panel of community leaders with extensive experience in voter advocacy. Panel: Nadine Cohen, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of the Boston Bar Association; Avi Green, MassVOTE; Elena Latona, Centro Presente; and Lydia Lowe, Chinese Progressive Association. |
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Society of Fellows - at BBA |
| 12:00p |
BBF Board of Trustees - at BBA |
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BBA CLE: Climate Change: Legal Considerations, Regulatory Responses and Economic Implications - at BBA; Register
1:00pm – 3:00pm Screening of "An Inconvenient Truth"
3:00pm – 6:00pm Seminar
This program will provide an overview of what is currently happening in the courts on the climate change front, and how Congress is legislating to deal with climate change. Attendees will learn how Massachusetts and the region are addressing the regulation of C02 and the problems caused by mobile sources, as well as how investors and businesses are adjusting their practices in response to climate change. |
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BMC ADR End of Year Celebration - at BBA; RSVP |
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| 8:30a |
Bankruptcy Law Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 12:00p |
Intellectual Property Law Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
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