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General Legislation Clinic

For 30 years, students in the General Legislation Clinic (formerly Legislative Services) have designed, drafted and evaluated legislation on the leading issues of the day.

They were Legislation Clinic projects. Now they're laws:

Increased Organ Donations through Education and Access
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Chapter 466 of the Acts of 2002

Legislation Clinic Client: Rep. Thomas N. George
Legislation Clinic Drafter: Laura Martin ('01)

Insurance and Genetic Testing and Privacy Protection
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Chapter 254 of the Acts of 2000

Legislation Clinic Client: Sen. David P. Magnani
Legislation Clinic Drafter: Sherry Ruschioni (’99)

General Legislation Projects

• Preventing teen dating violence
  Rep. Peter Larkin, Chair, Joint Committee on Education, Arts and Humanities
• Aiding resolution of landlord-tenant disputes
  Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation
• Preventing electric power shortages
  Massachusetts Senate/House Joint Committee on Energy
• Increasing voter participation
  Rep. Anthony Verga
• Increasing affordable housing for students
  Citizen’s Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA)
• Improving bilingual education
  Rep. Mary S. Rogeness, House Ass’t. Minority Whip
• Preventing racial bias by mortgage companies
  Sen. Dianne Wilkerson
  Rep. Jarrett T. Barrios
• Encouraging municipal cooperation in promoting high-tech development
  Sen. David P. Magnani
• Protecting privacy of social security numbers
  American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts
• Discouraging "spam" (unwanted advertising) on the Internet
  Rep. Patricia D. Jehlen
• Establishing mentor programs for new teachers
  Rep. Kathleen Teahan
• Improving the adoption process for foster children
  Massachusetts Appleseed Center
• Discouraging trade in looted artworks
  Rep. J. James Marzilli, Jr.
• Compensating persons wrongfully imprisoned
  Rep. Patricia D. Jehlen
• Protecting consumers from telephone "slamming" (unauthorized service changes)
  Sen. Charles E. Shannon
• Bottle Bill II: improving recycling of beverage containers
  Massachusetts Senate/House Joint Committee on Energy
• Protecting privacy of customer lists on the Internet
  Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation
• Protecting consumers’ right to withhold or limit the use of personal information
  Sen. David P. Magnani