Jamie Sabino joined MLRI in October 2014. She is the Deputy Director of Advocacy and the Managing Attorney of the Civil Legal Needs for Victims of Crime Initiative (CLAVC). The CLAVC Initiative is supported by the Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance thought a Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (VOCA) grant from the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. In addition she serves as lead advocate for the Domestic Violence Legal Assistance Project (DVLAP) including facilitating the Family Law Task Force, a statewide group of legal services family law attorneys, attorneys in domestic violence service provider agencies and attorneys involved in family law pro bono programs and law school clinics.

Prior to this position Ms. Sabino served for over 13 years as the VAWA STOP Grant Coordinator for the Massachusetts Trial Court, were she worked at a policy level on how the Trial Court handled cases involving domestic violence and sexual assault. Ms. Sabino formally practiced in the law firm of Klibaner & Sabino in Cambridge, MA concentrating in family law and criminal defense appellate law.

Ms. Sabino is a past president of the Women's Bar Association and Women's Bar Foundation of Massachusetts and has been honored by the Boston Bar Association, the Women’s Bar Association, the National Lawyers Guild, Massachusetts Chapter and Northeastern University School of Law for her commitment to pro bono work. In additional to her legal work, Ms Sabino has broad experience in the non-profit world and has sat on a number of non-profit boards. She is a graduate of Wellesley College with a B.A. in History and Political Science and Northeastern University School of Law.