AmeriCorps Legal Advocates of Massachusetts (ALA-Massachusetts) places college and law school graduates to serve in legal services organizations around Massachusetts. This is full-time service position, requiring 1,700 hours over 46 weeks from September 12, 2016 to July 28, 2017. Members serve on behalf of low-income people in civil (non-criminal) matters, and receive professional supervision and
rigorous training. Our AmeriCorps advocates are placed in partner sites throughout Massachusetts, and are exposed to a wide range of legal activities including initial client contact and eligibility determinations, case development, legal research and writing, and hearings. Members also have the opportunity to do education and outreach in the community. AmeriCorps Legal Advocates of Massachusetts is a program of South Coastal Counties Legal Services, Inc. (SCCLS), a private non-profit law firm providing legal assistance to eligible low-income clients. ALA-Massachusetts is funded through the Corporation for National and Community Service, administered by the Massachusetts Service Alliance, and housed at the Justice Center of Southeast Massachusetts, a wholly owned subsidiary of SCCLS. Formerly known as the Massachusetts Legal Assistance for Self Sufficiency Program (MLASSP), this program has been in operation since 2005.
