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In January 1951, a group of attorneys took a bold step in the fight for justice by forming the Legal Aid Society of Worcester. Local poverty law programs operating in western Massachusetts, originally with funding from the Office of Economic.
My Turn: Seventy years of fighting for justice in Western Massachusetts JONATHAN L. MANNINA
Published: 6/3/2021 11:51:37 AM
In January 1951, a group of attorneys took a bold step in the fight for justice by forming the Legal Aid Society of Worcester. Local poverty law programs operating in Western Massachusetts, originally with funding from the Office of Economic Opportunity, joined together to form Western Mass. Legal Services in 1972. Western Mass. Legal Services later merged with the legal services organization in Worcester County to form Community Legal Aid, a nonprofit organization with over 140 staff that today provides free legal services to over 7,000 low-income and elderly clients a year across the five counties of Central and Western Massachusetts, impacting an estimated 18,000 of the region’s most vulnerable residents.