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Siting Opioid Treatment Programs: Legal Tools for …

WEBby Paul Holtzman and Jill Brenner Meixel. Heads Up The opioid epidemic has reached historic proportions in the Commonwealth and beyond, as we are reminded by …

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Health Law Conference

WEBThursday, May 30, 2024. 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Boston Bar Association. 16 Beacon Street, Boston MA. Join us on Thursday, May 30th at the BBA for the annual Health Law …

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The Supreme Judicial Court Steps into the Complicated …

WEBby Phil Catanzano. Legal Analysis. For several years, higher education institutions, both in Massachusetts and nationally, have faced student populations with …

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Dobbs and the Post-Roe Landscape

WEBBy Amanda Hainsworth. In Dobbs v.Jackson Women’s Health Organization, 142 S. Ct. 2228 (2022), the United States Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, 410 …

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Mental Health Courts: Providing Access to Treatment, …

WEBby Hon. Kathleen Coffey. Voice of the Judiciary A mental health court is a specialty court whose purpose is to serve mentally ill criminal offenders in the early …

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Well-Being Series: Judicial Wellness

WEBTo that end, we urge judges across our court system to consider strategies like those suggested in 2022 NCSC Judicial Wellness Booklet and to make use of …

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Tending the Garden: Two Perspectives on Reforming the …

WEBPoint/ Counterpoint. Introduction. Employment discrimination cases often feature a claim for emotional distress damages. In defending against such a claim, an …

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A Practical Guide to MassHealth Estate Recovery

WEBThe estate recovery process begins after the death of a MassHealth member. M.G.L. c. 118E, §32 (a) requires a copy of the probate petition and death …

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Lawyers and Depression

WEBDepression is among the more treatable mental health conditions. It develops as the result of multiple converging factors, including biological (affected by …

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The Development and Implementation of Specialty Courts in …

WEBThe Trial Court has defined specialty courts as follows: Specialty courts are specialized court sessions which target individuals with underlying medical, mental …

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Three Years or You’re Out: SJC Limits MassHealth Estate Recovery …

WEBIn In the Matter of the Estate of Kendall, 486 Mass. 522 (2020) (“ Kendall ”), the Supreme Judicial Court (“’SJC”) held that MassHealth has three years from a …

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Practice Tips for Navigating the Post-Probable Cause Process at …

WEBBy Deidre Hosler. Introduction. The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) published a complete rewrite of its procedural regulations on …

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The Brief but Complicated Life of the Medical Parole Statute

WEBWith inmates facing increased vulnerability during the COVID-19 pandemic, the medical parole statute is particularly important, yet release under the Act has been …

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When Everything Slowed Down: Evaluating the Right to Speedy …

WEBRelated Links Legal Analysis Lessons to be Learned from the First Cases of Discipline of Prosecutors for Failure to Disclose Exculpatory Material Legal Analysis Ferreira v. …

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Parole: Evidence of Rehabilitation and Means to Rehabilitate

WEBCommonwealth v. Goodwin, 414 Mass. 88 (1993) . Parole offers a “carrot and stick” approach to achieving rehabilitation. The carrot, because parole can be granted at …

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Pro Bono & Public Service

WEBThe Boston Bar Foundation supports the pro bono and public service projects of the BBA through a number of generous grants. Make a Donation Discover the BBF. We are …

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Community Justice Reimagined

WEBCommunity Justice Reimagined. By Hon. Sydney Hanlon (ret.), Hon. Rosalind Miller (ret.), Deborah Ramirez, and Vincent Lorenti. In early 2020, just before …

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