Pro Bono

Mintz Member and Chair of the firm’s Pro Bono Committee Susan Finegan was featured in the inaugural Chambers Diversity & Inclusion North America Report. In her Q&A profile, Ms. Finegan discussed the Massachusetts Access to Justice Fellows program she co-founded as well as her work on groundbreaking immigrants’ rights cases.

Mintz was featured in a special publication from the National Legal Aid & Defender Association highlighting its Beacon of Justice 2021 awardees. The firm was selected for its efforts to further racial equity by providing pro bono assistance to marginalized individuals and groups, promoting access to justice in communities of color, and supporting civil rights-focused nonprofits, among many other initiatives.

An article published by The American Lawyer spotlighted law firm pro bono efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic, including Mintz’s initiative as part of a $9 million eviction legal aid project in Massachusetts to recruit 21 law firms and corporate legal departments to provide pro bono counsel to tenants facing eviction

Mintz Associate Deborah J. Frisch was featured in a blog post published by the COVID Eviction Legal Help Project for her pro bono work to help a single mother successfully fight an improper eviction during the pandemic after months of stress and uncertainty for the client and her children.

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.