Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee Solicits Nominations for ​2023 Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards and Submissions for Pro Bono Honor Roll

The Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services today announced that it is seeking nominations for the 2023 Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards. Named for attorneys John Adams and John Quincy Adams, the Adams Awards honor Massachusetts lawyers, law students, law firms, and legal organizations that have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to providing pro bono services for the benefit of individuals of limited means. Read Full Article

More Administrative Decisions Available to Social Law Members

​The Social Law Library has long been a source of hard to find Massachusetts administrative agency decisions. Now our list of Administrative Databases has expanded with the addition of rulings from the Division of Administrative Law Appeals (DALA) and the Bureau of Health Professional Licensure (BHPL). Read Full Article

City Prevails in Latest SJC Affordable Housing Case

Supreme Judicial Court handed down a decision in favor of the City of Newton in a dispute with a real estate developer who wanted to place three hundred plus apartments on a commercially zoned property... Read Full Article

Brian J. Harkins, Esq. Head of Reference at Social Law, authors Massachusetts Administrative Law and Practice, a LexisNexis Practice Guide, 2014 edition

Brian J. Harkins, Esq., Head of Reference at Social Law, has written a chapter in the newly published Massachusetts Administrative Law and Practice, a LexisNexis Practice Guide, 2014 edition. When Brian is not answering legal reference questions from Social Law members, he is a frequent lecturer at our educational programs and CLE courses. Read Full Article

Judicial Review of Administrative Decisions CLE sells out encore presentation

On Wednesday, February 4, 2015, the Social Law Library and Massachusetts Municipal Lawyers Association welcomed back the panelists of October’s sell-out CLE “Judicial Review of Administrative Decisions” to another sell-out audience! Read Full Article