US EditionBar Advocates Rally in Opposition to Proposed Pay Changes
MASSACHUSETTS, JUL 30 – Massachusetts plans to double the public defender workforce and raise Bar Advocates' pay by $20 per hour over two years to address a legal representation shortage.
- Top Democrats on Beacon Hill proposed a supplemental budget Wednesday to raise Bar Advocates' pay by $20 over two years and double the CPCS workforce.
- Stopping new assignments for over two months, Bar Advocates halted cases to push for a pay raise, under the Lavallee protocol and recognized by the Supreme Judicial Court.
- Amid the work stoppage, CPCS reported nearly 3,200 people without counsel and 145 unrepresented defendants, leading judges to dismiss over 100 cases.
- The House and Senate plan to vote Thursday on the measure, which includes $40 million for CPCS to hire 300 public defenders, with future case refusals flagged as antitrust violations.
- Despite praise, lawmakers admit the deal may not end the work stoppage, House Ways and Means Chair Aaron Michlewitz said they hope advocates will accept it, but no guarantee exists.
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Beacon Hill leaders propose pay raise for court-appointed lawyers in effort to end work stoppage - The Boston Globe
Leaders on Beacon Hill also floated structural changes aimed at heading off future work stoppages like the one that has gripped the state court system for weeks.
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