Sen. William Golden and Rep. Frank Hynes receive awards at an MLAC board meeting (December 1988).

2. Sen. William Golden and Rep. Frank Hynes receive awards at an MLAC board meeting (December 1988).

3. Jim Breslauer of Neighborhood Legal Services and Monica Halas of Greater Boston Legal Services.

4. Former MLAC board members Jack Curtin, Michael Edgerton and Karen Ludington at MLAC’s 20th anniversary (May 2003).

5. Bob Sable of Greater Boston Legal Services, Rep. Byron Rushing and legal aid client Melvin Fransisco at MLAC’s legislative recognition awards ceremony (2004).

6. DAVID THOMASWhen David was hospitalized for six weeks, he gave his friend access to his bank account to pay his rent, but his friend took his money, and David received an eviction notice. A legal aid attorney negotiated an affordable payment plan with David’s landlord and found a local charity willing to pay part of his overdue rent.

7. Former MLAC staff member Sue Perry.

8. MLAC Executive Director Lonnie Powers speaks at MLAC’s first statewide conference (June 1988).

9. MLAC board chair Nancy Beecher and board member Jack Curtin, with the late Chief Justice Paul Liacos of the Supreme Judicial Court (May 1989).

10. Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall of the Supreme Judicial Court and MLAC board member Peggy Santos at MLAC’s 20th anniversary (May 2003).

12. Mary Waver of Greater Boston Legal Services.

13. THE VYCE FAMILYWhen Jason Vyce lost his job, he could no longer pay rent. After red tape at the Department of Transitional Assistance delayed their admission to a shelter, a legal aid attorney navigated them through the process and helped place them in shelter.

14. Former MLAC board chair Nancy Beecher with outgoing board chair Karen Ludington (May 1989).

15. Former Western Massachusetts Legal Services Executive Director Andy Steinberg and IOLTA Executive Director Jayne Tyrrell.

16. MLAC staff: Bruce Stone, Anita Leger, Barbara Callwood, Irene Demers and Lonnie Powers (1989).

17. Massachusetts Legal Aid Programs: CENTRAL-WEST Massachusetts Justice Project

18. Children waiting for their parents who are looking for housing at the offices of Legal Services for Cape Cod and Islands in Hyannis (1991).

19. LINDA LONGWhen Linda’s Medicare plan refused to cover four of her prescription drugs, a legal aid attorney contacted her doctors and compiled a detailed medical history, which helped her file a successful appeal to have the plan approve ongoing coverage for her medication.

20. MR. TURNER“Mr. Turner,” a victim of a second mortgage scam whose home was saved from foreclosure by Greater Boston Legal Services (1997).

21. DEVONTAEDevontae suffers from rheumatoid arthritis, gastritis and several other ailments. His grandmother’s application for Social Security disability benefits for him was twice rejected until a legal aid attorney helped compile Devontae’s medical records and gain retroactive payments for him from his grandmother’s first application.

23. Sen. Robert Travaglini receives an award from a domestic violence survivor at an event celebrating the expansion of the Battered Women’s Legal Assistance Project (October 1995).

24. Megan Christopher of South Middlesex Legal Services at an Equal Justice Conference (1998).

25. GLADYS DIXONWith representation from Greater Boston Legal Services, Gladys finally began receiving much-needed federal disability benefits.

26. A mother and child waiting in a legal aid program office.

27. Equal Justice Coalition chair Steve Oleskey addresses the audience at the 8th Annual Walk to the Hill for Legal Aid (2007).

28. Massachusetts Legal Aid Programs: NORTHEAST

29. A car crashes through the Massachusetts Bar Association office.

30. Rep. Anne Paulsen speaks at an event celebrating the expansion of the Battered Women’s Legal Assistance Project (November 1997).

31. MARY MARCOWhen Mary couldn’t get into her new apartment, which was supposed to be wheelchair accessible, an attorney from South Middlesex Legal Services negotiated with her landlord, the local Housing Authority, to make modifications to accommodate her wheelchair.

32. Clients at the Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance in Worcester.

34. John Brooks, lifelong champion of civil legal aid.

35. Former MLAC staff member Maureen Ann O’Neill.

36. Lucy Williams introducing the late Gary Bellow at MLAC’s statewide legal aid conference.

37. PEDRO VASQUEZAfter Pedro was told he owed the IRS nearly $5,000, a legal aid attorney discovered that Pedro’s manager had been cashing a second set of paychecks in Pedro’s name using forged signatures. With affidavits and proof of Pedro’s work hours, a judge ruled in favor of clearing Pedro’s IRS record.

38. Donna Southwell, Elaine O’Reilly and Jen Wofford at an event celebrating the expansion of the Battered Women’s Legal Assistance Project (November 1997).

39. Massachusetts Legal Aid Programs: EAST

40. Former MLAC staff members Gene Koo and Dan Collis-Puro.

41. Marilyn Lee-Tom, Jacquelynne Bowman, Senator Stanley Rosenberg, and Bob Sable at an event celebrating the expansion of the Battered Women’s Legal Assistance Project (November 1997).

42. ANTONIA GARCIAAntonia’s landlord refused to fix her flooded apartment. Her legal aid attorney filed a lawsuit against the landlord and won, forcing him to fix the apartment and pay damages.

43. Diana Mazola of Neighborhood Legal Services.

45. MLAC’s first statewide conference for legal aid program board members (November 2007).

46. Steve Oleskey, former chair of the Equal Justice Coalition and former MLAC board member, at an Equal Justice Conference (1998).

47. Former Senator William Keating at a press conference for the Commission on Equal Justice (1996).

48. Sen. Marian Walsh, Sen. Andrea Nuciforo, Jr., Rep. Charles Murphy, and Rep. Robert DeLeo receive recognition awards from MLAC.

49. IN MEMORIAMNancy KingExecutive DirectorSouth Middlesex Legal Services

50. MLAC board member Peggy Santos (1999).