Legal Key Welcomes Our Fall Intern, Meryam!
In her own words, here are Meryam’s goals for her time with Legal Key: I’m a Senior at Brandeis University, and I am really excited to be interning with Legal Key this fall. I study Politics, Sociology, and Legal Studies, and I hope to one day go into the legal profession! In my free time, I enjoy traveling, reading, and crafting. I joined Legal Key with the hope of gaining a better understanding of how organizations across the state provide support and resources to care teams in order to better address and prevent legal concerns within the communities they serve.
Legal Key Law & Policy Consultant, Sarah Yan, has been accepted to the Boston Bar Association’s Public Interest Leadership Program for 2025-2026. Each year, this program welcomes a select group of talented and highly motivated lawyers to participate in a year-long program designed to provide intensive leadership and professional development training.
Congratulations, Sarah!
Our Executive Director, Amy Copperman, traveled to New York in late September to attend the International Access to Justice Forum sponsored by New York University and Fordham Law Schools. This forum brought together members of the A2J community across the globe. It was a packed two days of learning about research, policy developments, and innovative programs in the global movement for civil justice. And a great opportunity to catch up with some Massachusetts and Rhode Island A2Jers!
Amy will also be highlighting Legal Key’s work at a Buzz at this year’s Putting Care at the Center 2025. Camden Coalition’s annual conference brings together a wide range of stakeholders in the complex care field, and this year they are also hosting a medical-legal partnership track. If you’ll be at the conference, find Amy’s Buzz on October 16!
September is National Preparedness Month!
| Massachusetts In Massachusetts, the Disability Indicator Program alerts 9-1-1 personnel that an individual may have unique safety, communications or other special needs in case of an emergency. Legal Key’s Digital Digest Interpersonal Safety page for Massachusetts has more information on this program. |
| Rhode Island RIDOH’s Special Needs Emergency Registry (RISNER) is a service that shares information with first responders about who may need extra help during an emergency. Legal Key’s Digital Digest Community and Interpersonal Safety page for Rhode Island has more information on the registry. |
At Legal Key, we believe in the legal system and its potential to protect the most vulnerable in our communities. Your contribution helps us to realize our vision of a society where information about legal rights and systems is widely accessible and used to help people thrive.
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Legal Key Partnership for Health and Justice envisions a society where information about legal rights and systems is widely accessible and used to help people to thrive. To realize this vision, Legal Key’s mission is to create access to legal knowledge for health and social service sectors and empowers those communities to use legal problem-solving to improve wellbeing. Through legal education, workforce support and social care program design, Legal Key impacts systems, care professionals, and the individuals they serve.
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