Pro Bono

Mintz Member and Chair of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee Susan M. Finegan was selected to participate in Law360’s 2021 Access to Justice Editorial Advisory Board, which is a designated group of attorneys that provide feedback on the publication’s access to justice news coverage and insights on how best to shape future coverage.

The Boston Globe covered the launch of the Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants Access to Justice Fund, a collaboration between the Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants Access to Justice Fund Advisory Committee, Massachusetts Bar Association, and the Massachusetts Bar Foundation, which will support initiatives to advance access to justice, racial equity, and criminal justice reform in the legal system. 

An article published by the ABA Journal featured nonprofit Building for Good, Inc. (B4G), founded and led by Mintz Member and Co-chair of the firm’s Construction Law Practice William M. Hill, which links other nonprofits and charities with skilled pro bono construction lawyers. The article detailed some of B4G’s pilot projects in Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and New Jersey, and included commentary from Mr. Hill on the organization’s mission and growing membership.

Mintz was featured in a special publication from the National Legal Aid & Defender Association highlighting its Beacon of Justice 2020 awardees. The firm was selected for its “robust response to the country’s immigration and humanitarian crisis,” which included staffing clinics to assist legal permanent residents in their applications for U.S. citizenship, representing 15 unaccompanied children seeking Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, and engaging in strategic pro bono litigation, among other efforts.

Mintz Member and Chair of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee Susan Finegan was featured in an article published by Law360 on how some attorneys have left BigLaw for public interest work. In the article, Ms. Finegan discussed her own move to public interest work, serving as Legal Director of nonprofit the Victim Rights Law Center, before returning to Mintz as its first full-time pro bono partner.

Mintz Member and Chair of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee Susan Finegan, and Lynne Parker, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation, co-authored an op-ed published by Commonwealth Magazine on the need for greater funding for civil legal aid in Massachusetts as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.