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Who is Greater Boston Legal Services?
Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS) provides free civil (non-criminal) legal assistance to low-income people in Boston and thirty-one additional cities and towns. The help they offer ranges from legal advice to full case representation, depending on client need.
GBLS represents individuals and families, assisting with individual client needs as well as systemic problems. They also represent community groups and provide community legal education. They give advice and represent people in court, before agencies, and before city councils and the state legislature.
In 2001, GBLS provided critical legal assistance to more than 17,000 low-income people. Of the clients served, 76% were women and 27% were over the age of 60. The caseload broke down as follows: 26% of the cases were Housing; 19% were Health & Disability; 16% were Employment and Welfare; 16% were Family; 16% were Immigration; and 7% fell into other categories.
Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS) traces its roots to 1900 with the founding of the Boston Legal Aid Society. GBLS was formed in 1976 by the union of the Boston Legal Aid Society and the Boston Legal Assistance Project. In 1996 GBLS merged with Cambridge & Somerville Legal Services. Today, GBLS is New England's largest legal services organization.
Learn more about GBLS at http://www.gbls.org.
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