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📢MCAD Fall River Hybrid Office opens to the public on Monday, June 8 in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance - DTA!

Read the press release on our website https://www.mass.gov/news/the-massachusetts-commission-against-discrimination-opens-new-fall-river-office-in-partnership-with-department-of-transitional-assistance

Announcing the 2026 Access to Justice Award honorees The Massachusetts Bar Association is excited to announce it will host the Access to Justice Awards Celebration on Tuesday, June 2, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., at the MBA, 20 West St., Boston.Join us as we present the following Access to Justice Awards:

Do you or some-one you know need help sealing a CORI? Come to a free walk-in CORI sealing clinic May 19 or June 16 at 30 Dimock Street in Roxbury, from 10:00am to 1:00pm. If you can't make these, please call GBLS' intake line 617-371-1234 per the hours below.

First Circuit Evaluates PIPs As Adverse Employment Actions To establish a viable claim of employment discrimination or retaliation, an employee must show, among other things, that they suffered an “adverse employment action.” While termination is a ...

On May Day, we honor Massachusetts' labor history and recommit to fight for our workers.

The first union of working women in the US was formed in Lowell. The 1912 Bread and Roses Strike of Lawrence textile workers created a blueprint.

They fought for the rights we have today. Learn and share them.

Are you interested in lending your legal expertise and volunteering with VLP? Join us for our Upcoming New Volunteer Orientation on April 6, 2026, on Zoom. Sign up today: https://signup.com/go/QRQBtzC 💻

https://masslawyersweekly.com/2026/03/14/ai-pro-se-employment-lawsuits-lex-machina-report/

AI fuels rise in pro se employment lawsuits, report finds Lex Machina report finds rising pro se employment lawsuits in federal court as AI tools help plaintiffs file claims, though most unrepresented litigants still lose.

Join the Job Accommodation Network on March 12, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern, for the webcast "Beyond What You Can See: Understanding and Accommodating Workers with Nonapparent Disabilities." Registration is free. Claim your spot today. https://AskJAN.org/events/register/Webcast-Series.cfm

Criminal offender record information (CORI) is a person’s criminal record history in Massachusetts. Criminal records make it hard to find a job, get housing, or get ahead. It is important to find out whether your cases may be sealed.

GBLS is hosting 3-walk in only events in the coming months where you can get assistance. Learn more about CORI sealing at: gbls.org/self-help/cori

Gavriela Bogin-Farber and Anna Bottrell on
Adverse Actions in the Wake of Muldrow v. City of St. Louis

Adverse Actions in the Wake of Muldrow v. City of St. Louis had an objective component that would cause a reasonable person to consider them meaningful detrimental changes (“meaningful” might actually be a better word than “material” or “significant”), and that is why the Supreme Court chafed against the misuse of the term “significant.”