{"id":4553,"date":"2003-08-18T23:49:12","date_gmt":"2003-08-19T03:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2003\/08\/18\/mass-legislature-acts-quickly"},"modified":"2011-08-05T15:00:44","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T19:00:44","slug":"mass-legislature-acts-quickly-in-response-to-bar-advocate-boycott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/08\/18\/mass-legislature-acts-quickly-in-response-to-bar-advocate-boycott\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass. Legislature Acts Quickly in Response to Bar Advocate Boycott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a197'><\/a><\/p>\n<p><P><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\">To avoid further judicial gridlock, both houses of the Massachusetts Legislature approved a supplemental budget today, which&nbsp;would pay &#8220;bar advocates&#8221; for services provided in Fiscal 2003 but not yet paid by the State.&nbsp; Just this morning, the court-appointed lawyers for indigent parties had started a joint refusal to accept new cases until they were paid for their earlier work.&nbsp; (<FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\">&#8220;<A href=\"http:\/\/www.projo.com\/ap\/ma\/1061246704.htm\">Lawmakers respond<\/A> as lawyers stop taking cases,&#8221; <\/FONT>Providence Journal\/Associated Press, by Ken Maguire, 08-18-03, free registration needed for access)&nbsp; <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\">The group Suffolk Lawyers for Justice annouced the boycott last Thursday (see our posting on <A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2003\/08\/15#a189\">July 15<\/A>)..<\/FONT><\/P><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Arial\">ProJo.Com\/AP also reported that the legislation <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\">was sent to Gov. 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