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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

WEBHealth Law Conference. Thursday, 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 …

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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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Well-Being Series: Law Student Mental Health: An Open …

WEBAccording to a 2021 survey, 68.7% of law students reported needing help with emotional or mental health problems over the past year, with women being significantly more likely to …

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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 employer sometimes …

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When Everything Slowed Down: Evaluating the Right to …

WEBby Hon. David A. Deakin and Hon. Janet L. Sanders Legal Analysis. The COVID-19 pandemic has halted jury trials in Massachusetts state courts since March …

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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 certificate to be sent to …

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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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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 …

WEBby Meredith A. Fine Case Focus. In In the Matter of the Estate of Kendall, 486 Mass. 522 (2020) (“Kendall”), the Supreme Judicial Court (“’SJC”) held that MassHealth …

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The Supreme Judicial Court Steps into the Complicated World of …

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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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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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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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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Cavanagh v. Cavanagh: A Whole New World for Calculating …

WEBBy Jessica Dubin . In Cavanagh v.Cavanagh, 490 Mass. 398 (2022) (“Cavanagh”), the Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) issued one of its lengthiest family law …

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