A large number of court-appointed defense lawyers may stop doing the work Tuesday, which could cause a crisis for criminal ...

Massachusetts courtrooms may soon face a "constitutional crisis" as court-appointed lawyers statewide begin their strike ...

Massachusetts pays public defenders, but not nearly as much as other states do, and advocates are refusing to take new cases ...

Earlier this spring, a legislative proposal to raise rates for Massachusetts bar advocates failed to gain traction.

Attorneys who take bar advocate work said the low pay has driven attorneys elsewhere and limited the pool in the state.

Private lawyers with the Massachusetts bar advocate program say they will not take new court-appointed cases until they get a pay raise.

Karen Read's defense opens their case after more than a month of testimony from prosecution witnesses. The Massachusetts ...

Two former Massachusetts Appeals Court staffers must face allegations that they bullied and disparaged an ex-staff attorney, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held Thursday.

A Boston man who police say took an officer's gun and fired it, shooting himself, was arraigned Wednesday without a ...

A Massachusetts immigration attorney says she was mistakenly sent an email by immigration authorities ordering her to leave the United States — even though she’s a U.S.-born citizen. Nicole Micheroni ...

A man living in Massachusetts who U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained in April after smashing the window of a car he was riding in with a hammer has been released.

A federal judge has ordered the transfer of a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher facing deportation from Louisiana, where she was detained by immigration authorities, to ...