Each summer, since 1993, the BBA has helped Boston high school students work in law offices around the city. George Field and Frances Cohen chair the Summer Jobs Program. The BBA strongly encourages law firms and offices to develop a bond with a Boston School. Several Boston firms have developed lasting relationships with local schools. Firms provide tutoring, college prep assistance, career presentations, mentoring, and substantive legal curricula, to name a few.
Volunteers donate three or four mornings each year.
These volunteers have done a great deal to promote resolution and streamline cases in Boston Municipal Court. At the BBA Annual Meeting in September, we held a book sale where members purchased their favorite children's books for distribution in local elementary schools. Attendees browsed a selection of books and designated which book title he or she wished to donate. Joan Lukey and Ian Crawford distributed the new books at Boston elementary Schools. The BBA will hold another book sale at its Law Day Dinner this spring.