Massachusetts lawmakers are looking to approve a pay raise for public defenders in hopes of ending a legal crisis.

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

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

Seeking higher pay, lawyers for indigent defendants won’t take new clients. As a result, judges must dismiss cases against ...

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

As the courts are ground to a halt with a work stoppage, is it time for the state to change its public defender system?

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

Over 100 criminal cases in Massachusetts have been thrown out due to an ongoing work stoppage by disgruntled lawyers who ...

A bill that gives attorneys a pay bump is heading to Gov. Healey to sign into law. On Thursday, the Massachusetts House of ...

Just as the Republic Services strike has been called out as a threat to public health, the bar advocate work stoppage ...

More than 120 cases, including some for assault on family members and police, were dismissed Tuesday in Boston.

Court-appointed attorneys say an agreement reached with Massachusetts lawmakers is a "critical starting point" toward ending ...