Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association

What Is Your Civic Responsibility? Representative Ayanna Pressley, Senator Liz Miranda and Professor Renee Flanders answer this question on the MBLA's podcast "Democracy in Action". Next week the Block, NBA and other MBLA partners will host the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Representative Yvette Clarke, Harvard Professor and other leaders on the "Democracy in Action" podcast to take us into election week ensuring that our civic responsibility remains an integral part of our engagement in this election season. Please watch our website for more information. Find "Democracy in Action" on your favorite podcast streaming platform.

What's on the Ballot! MBLA is partnering with the MBWA, Partners in Democracy and others to help voters understand the questions on the ballot. Dont miss this lunch and learn tomorrow. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gk54m-KK

Early Voting Starts TODAY!!! Find polling locations at www.sec.state.ma.us/OVR/

Do you LOVE working with young people???? We’ve got a meaningful and discrete way for you to give back! Join the MBLA next Saturday 10/24 as we help high school juniors and seniors with their college essays! You can sign up thru the QR Code TODAY. And after today by emailing info@mablacklawyers.org. Hope to see you there!!!

There is a lot on the ballot this election! You are voting for more than just candidates. Read through our helpful guide on all 9 Ballot Questions so you can show up to the polls informed!

We extend our sincere gratitude to Goodwin Procter LLP for continuing its longstanding tradition of hosting the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association’s Fall Student Reception. This year we enhanced the program by including an opportunity for students to hear directly from attorneys in our membership. Thank you to all the students who showed up! We are excited to welcome you to the Massachusetts legal community. To the attorneys and legal professionals who have joined us at the tables, Commissioner Nakisha Skinner, Travis Salters, and Supreme Court Justice Clerk Allison S. Cartwright , MBLA Past President and founder James S. Dilday, Esq. and Attorney Arianne Waldron, thank you for making yourselves available, for engaging in these conversations, and for demonstrating through your presence that our legal community is invested in the success of its future members.

Join us for a LiteWork Events, LLC event: The Black Leadership Collective, an evening dedicated to bringing together professionals, organizations, and community members to foster meaningful connections, celebrate leadership, and create opportunities for growth and collaboration.

Join The Block Coalition and Partners in Democracy for a voter education workshop on what will be on your ballot this November: the races, the nine questions, and what’s at stake. You’ll leave ready to vote with confidence and help others do the same. Open and free to the public.

Join our President-Elect Sania Santos and our Treasurer Morenike Adams as they serve as panelist for Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Women's Leadership Summit. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gh4eUZ8V

On October 8, 2026, the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association, hosted our Annual Student Reception and the official kickoff of our Student Mentoring Program! We brought together two important parts of the MBLA’s commitment to the next generation of attorneys: a longstanding tradition of welcoming our law students into the legal community and the revitalization of a mentoring program designed to help them navigate that community and ultimately thrive within it. For decades, Black attorneys and others have been significantly underrepresented in the profession. And despite years of effort to expand access and opportunity, we have not made nearly enough progress. Now, we find ourselves confronting a new challenge. Across the country, efforts to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives are threatening many of the pathways that were created to address that historic exclusion. We must ask ourselves: What happens to the next generation of Black attorneys when those pathways begin to disappear? The MBLA will answer that question because we believe our responsibility is not simply to celebrate those who have already succeeded. It is to ensure that we are creating opportunities for those who will come after us. We extend our sincere gratitude to Goodwin Procter LLP for continuing its longstanding tradition of hosting this program for the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association. A very special thank-you to Arianne Waldron Waldron, our Mentoring Program Director, thank you for accepting the responsibility of helping us bring this important program back to life. Thank you to Stacy C. Daniel, Esq., and Dominique Dembo, Esq., our Student Mentoring Program Co-Chairs. I would also like to recognize and thank Attorney James Dilday, our Keynote speaker, past president and one of the founders of the MBLA. To the attorneys and legal professionals who have joined us at the tables, Commissioner Nikisha Skinner, Travis Salters, and Supreme Court Justice Clerk Allison S. Cartwright, thank you for making yourselves available, for engaging in these conversations, and for demonstrating through your presence that our legal community is invested in the success of its future members. To our mentors thank you for volunteering.