Nancy Hathaway Receives Juvenile Bar Association Award April 3, 2015 Ben Vivante Children and Family Law, Uncategorized Comments Off on Nancy Hathaway Receives Juvenile Bar Association Award Nancy Hathaway, a supervising attorney in CPCS’s Children and Family Law Division office in Boston, was honored by the Juvenile […] Read more
Reasonable Accommodations: Do the lives of the mentally ill matter to the Supreme Court? March 26, 2015 Ben Vivante Criminal Defense, Mental Health, Uncategorized Comments Off on Reasonable Accommodations: Do the lives of the mentally ill matter to the Supreme Court? This week the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case of San Francisco v. Sheehan. The case could settle […] Read more
Out of Detention: How to Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline – Harvard Political Review March 10, 2015 Ben Vivante Criminal Defense, Mental Health, Uncategorized, Youth Advocacy Comments Off on Out of Detention: How to Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline – Harvard Political Review A single instance of incarceration in a young person’s life increases the risk of future imprisonment, at a cost to […] Read more
Vera Institute – The Current State of Institutionalization: Addressing the Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars Right now February 26, 2015 Ben Vivante Mental Health, Uncategorized Comments Off on Vera Institute – The Current State of Institutionalization: Addressing the Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars Right now The Current State of Institutionalization: Addressing the Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars Read more
In Memoriam: Pamela Webb February 22, 2015 Ben Vivante Criminal Defense, Human Resources, Public Defender Division, Uncategorized Comments Off on In Memoriam: Pamela Webb On January 31, 2015, longtime CPCS employee, Pamela Jean Webb of Springfield, unexpectedly passed away. Pam worked as an Administrative […] Read more
CPCS is a “Champion of Justice” February 13, 2015 Ben Vivante Public Defender Division, Uncategorized Comments Off on CPCS is a “Champion of Justice” On January 30, 2015, the Roger Williams University School of Law held its inaugural Champion of Justice dinner at the […] Read more
U.S. Department of Justice and HHS Find that DCF Violated ADA and Section 504 February 5, 2015 Ben Vivante Children and Family Law, Uncategorized Comments Off on U.S. Department of Justice and HHS Find that DCF Violated ADA and Section 504 In a Letter of Findings made public Monday, the U.S. Dept. of Justice and the U.S. Dept. of Health and […] Read more
Notice Regarding Application for Appointment of GAL’s in Juvenile Court January 22, 2015 Ben Vivante Children and Family Law, Uncategorized No comments yet The current lists of individuals eligible for appointment as guardians ad litem in all categories and in all divisions of […] Read more
Boston Globe Letter to the Editor December 31, 2014 Ben Vivante Children and Family Law, Uncategorized No comments yet In a recent letter to the Boston Globe, CAFL’s Deputy Chief Counsel, Michael Dsida, emphasized the importance of frequent parent-child […] Read more