Greater Boston Legal Services

06/18/2026

Happy Juneteenth! GBLS is closed on Friday to celebrate the holiday and all it represents. Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation freeing enslaved people, more than two years after it was originally issued.

06/18/2026

Congratulations to Senior Attorney Amiee Parco of our Family Law Unit, who has been selected by the Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts to receive a 2026 Emerging Women Leaders in the Law Award! Kudos to Amiee and all the other very deserving WBA 2026 Emerging Women Leaders in the Law honorees and Lelia J. Robinson Award recipients. They will be celebrated at the WBA’s annual Gala on October 14 at the Boston Marriott Copley Plaza.

The Women's Bar Association is excited to announce the Lelia J. Robinson Award Recipients and Emerging Women Leaders in the Law Honorees for 2026!

2026 LELIA J. ROBINSON AWARD RECIPIENTS:
Lizette Perez-Deisboeck, Battery Ventures
Jamie Sabino, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute

2026 EMERGING WOMEN LEADERS IN THE LAW:
Lesley Chuang, DLA Piper
Samantha Fuchs, City of Boston Law Department
Amiee Parco, Greater Boston Legal Services
Anne Sheldon, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute

READ OUR FULL PRESS RELEASE WITH THE LINK BELOW!
https://wbawbf.org/wba/news/womens-bar-association-announces-lelia-j-robinson-award-recipients-and-emerging-women-3

06/17/2026

"...Julian Isaza, originally from Colombia, spoke of his arrest by ICE agents when exiting Dudley District Court last year. He was in court for driving without a license in 2018, and didn’t expect ICE agents to be waiting for him. Isaza was one of at least 614 people detained at a Massachusetts trial court last year... 'This impacted my household tremendously, especially my little son Liam, who has special needs,' he said.
Isaza was released with the help of Greater Boston Legal Services, and recently had his green card approved.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley held listening session days after Trump administration poured $70 billion into Department of Homeland Security

06/16/2026

On June 24, please join the Clean Slate MA Coalition at the MA State House to show your support for automated sealing of criminal records for those who are eligible. Everyone deserves a second chance! Register at the link below, and learn more at https://www.cleanslatema.org.

06/15/2026

Are you a Boston tenant needing legal help with a housing issue? Free help is available every Tuesday from GBLS attorneys and others advocates at a weekly virtual clinic hosted by the City of Boston's Office of Housing Stability. Please see below for more details and register to attend!

06/11/2026

Some renters are turning to security deposit installment plans to lower move-in expenses, but a new report warns the convenience can come at a price. Security deposit alternative platforms claim to make security deposits more affordable with smaller more frequent payments instead of a large upfro

06/11/2026

Share your story and make a difference! Massachusetts Law Reform Institute is looking to talk to MA residents who are losing MassHealth or the Health Connector because of federal policy changes to immigrant eligibility. The stories will be used in a report to persuade policy makers to restore coverage. Contact [email protected] to participate!

06/09/2026

🎉🎉Congratulations to all our very deserving staff and Board award recipients who were honored at GBLS' Annual Meeting today! ANNE GEORGES: Reginald Smith Heber Award, for building community within and outside GBLS, innovation and excellence in legal work, and for bringing a fresh perspective to GBLS’ legal advocacy as an advocate for justice with fewer than ten years of experience; CAROLINA AFRICANO, RITA DIXON, and HANNAH TANABE: Dow-Gardiner-Landrum Award, that honors staff and board members who demonstrate the same long-term commitment to ensuring that poor people have access to justice as was apparent in the lives of the three board members in whose memory the award was established; and JAMES “MAC” MCCREIGHT: Richard W. “Archie” Southgate Volunteer Award, made annually to honor an outstanding volunteer at GBLS. We also celebrated the five staff members who reached 25, 40, or 45 years of service as of this year! Thank you all!!

06/09/2026

06/08/2026

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈