Please join us for the Annual Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association Gala. This year, we are extremely proud to announce that we will honor, Wayne Budd, Counsel at Goodwin Procter LLP, with our Lifetime Achievement Award and Stephanie Lovell, General Counsel of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, ABA President Paulette Brown, and our Keynote speaker Patricia J. Williams, James L. Dohr Professor of Law, Columbia University School of Law, and Columnist, The Nation Magazine, with our Trailblazer Award. When: Thursday, March 24, 2016 6pm Where: Boston Park Plaza Hotel For more information, please contact: gala@mablacklawyers.org or Sean Gray, Event Producer, at 412.512.5208

Please join the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association and our host, Darryl's Corner Bar & Kitchen, for the MBLA Gala 2016 Official After Party: Gala After Dark. Brought to you by the MBLA, Darryl's and Circoc. When: Thursday March 24, 2016 9:30 PM -to- 12:30 AM Where: Darryl's Corner Bar & Kitchen 604 Columbus Ave Boston, MA 02118

As part of our Black History Month Celebrations, the MBLA Community Service Committee is proud to collaborate with the Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley, and join attorneys from his office at the Joseph Lee School, in Dorchester, for "MBLA Reading Day" on February 24th. Our hopes are to have you volunteer for a morning of reading. You would be assigned your own classroom (1st or 2nd grade - approximately 22 kids). When: February 24, 2016 8:30am-9:00am Where: Joseph Lee School, 155 Talbot Avenue, Dorchester

Please join the MBLA as it collaborates with MassMutual and the Massachusetts Bar Association to host its annual Western MA Reception in Springfield. The reception will feature a conversation with The Honorable Charles W. Groce III of the Springfield District Court and be followed by a networking reception with refreshments and light fare. Please contact Vanessa O'Connor (voconnor@goodwinprocter.com) if interested in carpooling options from the Boston area to Springfield. When: Wednesday, February 24, 2016 4:30 - 6:30pm Where: Massachusetts Bar Association 1441 Main Street, TD Bank Conference Center, 1st Floor Springfield MA 01103