The Bristol County Bar Advocates played a role in the struggle from 2002 through 2005, to recognize that fair compensation was needed to assure a supply of attorneys willing to defend the indigent in Massachusetts.

The following issues relate to that time period, and that activity:

Submission material to the Legislative Commission studying Massachusetts Indigent Defense, with Executive Summary and Final Report
Information on the Legislative Process, specifically the compensation legislation (H4321) is now organized on a single page.
For information on the status of the Commonwealth's Budget for Bar Advocates and those who support Bar Advocates,
For information on Attorneys who were recently refusing to accept new cases,
Lawsuit for fair wages for Bar Advocates,
For issues relating to compensation of Bar Advocates,
Recent Resignations from the Bristol Superior Court list
Table of number of open duty days, unrepresented defendants, and defendants held without attorneys