- Greater Boston Legal Services: (617) 371-1234 www.gbls.org
- Cambridge Dispute Settlement Center: (617) 876-5376 www.communitydispute.org
- Mass Commission Against Discrimination: (617) 727-3990 www.state.ma.us/mcad
- Civil Liberties Union: (617) 482-3170
- Gay and Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD): 1-800-455-GLAD www.GLAD.org
- Massachusetts Bar Association Dial-a- Lawyer: (617) 338-0610
On the first Wednesday of each month, from 5:30 -7:30 p.m., attorneys volunteer at the Massachusetts Bar Association's headquarters in Boston to provide free, basic legal information by phone to callers. Questions cover a wide range of legal topics
- Boston Bar Association Lawyer Referral Services: (617) 742-0625
-Women's Bar Foundation: (617) 589-9420: Free legal service intake line
-Free Monthly Legal Clinic for low-income transgender people: Provided by Mass. Transgender Legal Advocates
Clinic Time: 6-8 p.m. on the 3rd Thursday of each month, including:
Jan. 17, 2008
Feb. 21, 2008
March 20, 2008
April 17, 2008
May 15, 2008
Appointments available; walk-ins welcome.
Location: TransCEND, a program of Cambridge Cares about AIDS, 17
Sellers St, Cambridge, MA [directions]
Who we are: Massachusetts Transgender Legal Advocates is a team of
trans and ally law students and attorneys supervised by Denise
McWilliams, Esq., Director of Public Policy and Legal Affairs, AIDS
Action Committee of Massachusetts.
Support: Clinic is made possible and supported by: TransCEND, a
program of Cambridge Cares about AIDS (CCA) AIDS Action Committee of
Massachusetts (AAC) Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
(MTPC)
Services: Massachusetts Transgender Legal Advocates will provide
whatever legal services it can, based on its members' availability and
expertise, and following an initial assessment meeting with each
prospective client.
Cost: FREE. Massachusetts Transgender Legal Advocates will not charge
for any services that its team members provide. If team members cannot
take a case, they will help identify a pro bono or low-cost lawyer who
can.
Contact us: For more information reach us at 617.450.1353 or
TransgenderLegalAdvocates@gmail.com (website coming soon)
Directions to Cambridge Cares: Red Line to Central Square. Exit on
Mass. Ave. Walk 3 blocks towards Harvard Square. Sellers Street is on
the left, after the Post Office and the futon store. Turn left onto
Sellers Street. Entrance is at the bottom of the hill on the right
(located in the rear of St. Peter's Episcopal Church).