Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Program of Massachusetts
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To Volunteer, Contact:
https://macasa.org/volunteer/
- Organization Type: Nonprofit Legal Services Provider
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Location:
867 Boylston Street5th floorBoston, MA 02116
- Phone: 617-997-5719
The (Court Appointed Special Advocate) Program recruits, trains and supervises volunteers appointed by a MA juvenile court judge to advocate for children who have experienced abuse and neglect. There are active CASA programs in: Boston, Berkshire County, Bristol County, Hampden County, Worcester County, Essex County, and Franklin/Hampshire.
Volunteers are screened and go through a minimum of 30 hours of pre-service training. You must be over 21 and be able to commit to 10-15 hours of volunteer work.
Listing up-to-date as of September 2023.
- County(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Suffolk, Worcester
- Area of law: Family & Juvenile
- Populations Served: Children, Communities of Color, Domestic Violence Victims, Low Income
- Opportunities For: Interpreters, Law Students, Lawyers, Nonlitigation Projects, Paralegals, Senior Lawyers, Small and medium law firm attorneys
- Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Flexible
- Malpractice insurance is provided for volunteers: No
- Training Provided: Yes
- Training Required: Yes
- CLE credit for trainings: No
- CLE credit for pro bono: No
- Mentoring or supervision offered: Yes
- Volunteer lawyers need to meet a caseload or hours requirement: Yes
- Other Case Load Requirements: 10-15 hours per month
- Types of projects in need of Pro Bono help: Client counseling (e.g., brief advice)
- Other Project Types: Volunteer advocacy
- Volunteers may participate long-distance: No
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