The following op-ed appeared recently in the Boston Business Journal Justice requires keeping the pro bono flame alive By Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal | Damian Turco Lawyers for Civil Rights | Turco Legal PC The residents of a mobile-home park in Auburn organized to fight...
Victory! In Response to Lawsuit, Secretary Galvin Agrees to Issue Jail-Based Voting Report Voting Rights Settlement Advances Transparency and Access In a victory for democratic transparency, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ordered the Secretary of the Commonwealth to release long-overdue data on jail-based voting. This settlement marks the...
Voting Rights Advocates Sue Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth for Failing to Disclose Information on Jail-Based Voting Voting rights and prisoners’ rights advocates filed a lawsuit in Massachusetts’ highest court seeking an order compelling Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin to release reports on jail-based voting, as...
Sue. And Build. Our New Year’s commitment is simple: sue—early and often—and build.There’s a hockey lesson that captures our approach: if you skate to where the puck is, you miss it. You have to anticipate where it’s going. That kind of forward-looking strategy—anticipating need—has been one of our most powerful contributions to the civil rights...
Voting Rights Groups Demand That Massachusetts Public Hospitals Help Patients Register To Vote, As Required By Federal Law *** Upcoming webinar scheduled for December 9, 2025 at noon. Free registration is available here *** Lawyers for Civil Rights has sent a demand letter to Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin, Massachusetts’ chief elections...
Statement from Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, the Executive Director of Lawyers for Civil Rights, a legal organization in Boston providing free legal support to people of color, immigrants, and low-income people: At Lawyers for Civil Rights, our commitment to advancing civil rights remains unshaken. As a non-profit, non-partisan organization, our mission...
As Election Protection volunteers identified on Election Day, multiple polling places in Boston—including Hyde Park and Roslindale—completely ran out of ballots. This colossal planning failure on the part of the Secretary of State’s Office, which is responsible for overseeing elections in Massachusetts, resulted in significant disenfranchisement,...
Protecting our Democracy in Countdown to Election Day With just days to go until Election Day 2024, Lawyers for Civil Rights is mobilizing the full force of our New England legal network to protect our democracy, monitor the polls, stand up to voter suppression, and ensure access to the ballot box for all voters. Our Election Protection program is already...
