In 2020 and 2021, the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute Helped Thousands of Low-Income Families and Individuals across the Commonwealth

Working with Massachusetts Legislators Has Eased Food Insecurity, Kept People Housed, Moved Children Out of Deep Poverty Boston, Mass. (December 21, 2021) – Through legal, policy, and legislative advocacy, the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (MLRI) helped thousands of families and individuals living in poverty throughout 2020 and 2021.  MLRI is a nonprofit poverty law and […]

MLRI Will Honor Mintz’s Brent Henry with Catalyst for Change Award

Organization to recognize Henry in April 2022 for his work on behalf of vulnerable communities Boston, Mass. (November 4, 2021) – The Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (MLRI) will honor Brent Henry, a leading health care attorney at Mintz, as the latest recipient of the organization’s prestigious Catalyst for Change Award. MLRI is a nonprofit poverty law […]

MLRI Signs Race Equity Statement on House ARPA Plan

Statement on House ARPA Plan The Massachusetts Law Reform Institute has joined a number of organizations in signing a statement regarding the plan by the Massachusetts House of Representative to distribute American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds in relation to promoting racial equity in the Commonwealth. Below, please find the text of the statement, which […]

MLRI Celebrates Signing of Meal Debt Legislation

Governor Baker Signs Law that Will Ensure More Children Have Access to Free Lunches at School and Curtail Practice of Shaming Children with Meal Debt Boston, Mass. (October 14, 2021) – The Massachusetts Law Reform Institute (MLRI) is celebrating the enactment of new legislation that addresses the challenge that children and families living in poverty […]