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Somerville City Hall. Photo by Asher Rappaport.

Journalism students put Massachusetts’ Public Records Law to the test

November 20, 2019

Cindy Rowe, executive director of the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action. Photo by Eileen O'Grady.

Changemaker: Cindy Rowe, executive director of the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action

Deanna Schwartz
November 19, 2019

Photo by Scott 97006 via Flickr, CC by 2.0.

Emotional support or service animals: miseducation causes harm that policy alone won’t fix

Courtney Woodman
November 18, 2019

Immigrants that arrived in Boston from 1920-1954 climbed these stairs after being processed in the East Boston Immigration Station. The stairs are located just down the street from the Golden Stairs Immigration law office. Photo by Avery Bleichfeld.

New non-profit law center provides lifeline for New England’s immigrant communities

Avery Bleichfeld
September 12, 2019

this stock image shows a gavel resting on a judge's bench in a courtroom

Local Organizations Work to Seal Residents’ Criminal Records

Paxtyn Merten
May 31, 2017

Lessons from the Courtroom: Teaching Massachusetts Schoolchildren to be Judge and Jury

Lessons from the Courtroom: Teaching Massachusetts Schoolchildren to be Judge and Jury

Dina Kraft
May 22, 2017

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