Joe Mazraani died in pursuit of the ‘Big Engine Steamer,’ a wreck lying 200 feet beneath the Atlantic on the eastern edge of ...

Dozens of criminal cases are being dismissed in Massachusetts and other states as public defenders refuse to take on new cases until they get a pay raise.

The husband of a top New Jersey lawyer has tragically died during a deep-dive expedition to a shipwreck off the coast of Cape ...

ACCORDING TO the Lowell Folk Festival tracker, there are only 355 days until next year’s 39th Lowell Folk Festival. Mark your ...

Following a work stoppage in May, bar advocates are getting a pay raise–but it is not as high as they requested.

More than 100 criminal cases in Boston, including with serious charges such as domestic violence, have been thrown out due to ...

From Oregon to Massachusetts, states are struggling to maintain a roster of attorneys to take on public defense cases. The ...

Massachusetts lawmakers passed a funding bill that includes a pay raise for public defenders as part of an effort to end a ...

So-called "bar advocates"  — private attorneys who take on the criminal cases of indigent defendants — have stopped accepting ...

Michael Absher served four years on the Henderson County School Board and is CEO of a nonprofit that serves homeless children.

One day before Beacon Hill lawmakers passed legislation to raise pay for bar advocates — prompting disappointment from attorneys who called it a “slap in the face” — a judge authorized $100 per hour ...

A group of advocates gathered at the State House Thursday to protest the deal, which they say, was constructed in a back room ...