Category: Recent Announcements

The Department of State has released the January 2014 Visa Bulletin, which can be found here: http://travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_6228.html.  The Visa Bulletin is published monthly by the Department of State and indicates who may apply for an immigrant visa based on their preference category...

The Department of State has released the December 2013 Visa Bulletin.  The Visa Bulletin is published monthly by the Department of State and indicates who may apply for an immigrant visa based on their preference category and priority date. Please note that the Family 2A (Spouses...

The Department of State has released the November 2013 Visa Bulletin, which can be found here:   The Visa Bulletin is published monthly by the Department of State and indicates who may apply for an immigrant visa based on their preference category and priority date.  For...

In Commonwealth v. Sylvain, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) held that the duty of defense counsel, that had been previously laid out in Padilla v. Kentucky, will become a retroactive law. In Padilla, the Court held that defense counsel has a duty to inform...

The Department of State has released the October 2013 Visa Bulletin, which can be found here: http://travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_6062.html.  The Visa Bulletin is published monthly by the Department of State and indicates who may apply for an immigrant visa based on their preference category...

The verdict came in on August 12, 2013 for the trial of James “Whitey” Bulger.  He was found guilty of 11 homicides from the 1970s and 1980s as well as racketeering and various other crimes such as gun possession.  The trial had spanned a massive...

The Department of State has released the September 2013 Visa Bulletin.  The Visa Bulletin is published monthly by the Department of State and indicates who may apply for an immigrant visa based on their preference category and priority date.  For a detailed explanation of the...

The Massachusetts Department of Public Safety has created the Boston Survivors Accessibility Alliance to help those that survived the devastating Boston Marathon Bombings.  The BSAA has gathered numerous volunteers to help rebuild survivors’ homes to accommodate their new living arrangements.  This ranges from plumbers, electricians...

Collaborators from The Probate and Family Court, the Massachusetts Justice Project, the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, South Costal Counties Legal Services and the Trial Court Access to Justice Initiative have announced a new online self-help tool for parents who are representing themselves to have easier...

This past weekend, late Saturday night July 13, a Florida jury found George Zimmerman not guilty in the murder trial for the shooting of 17 year old Trayvon Martin which occurred in February 2012.   This has elicited a passionate response from most Americans.  Demonstrators protested...