Office of the Executive Director
Frank J. Laski
Welcome to the Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee (MHLAC). For thirty-five years MHLAC has played an important role in protecting and advancing the legal rights of Massachusetts citizens involved in the mental health system. MHLAC helps children and adults with mental disabilities protect their rights and obtain appropriate services. We are an independent state agency of the Supreme Judicial Court that can provide advice and direct legal representation to our clients.
This website is intended to provide individuals and families with important information about the work of MHLAC and the ways MHLAC may be of assistance with a variety of issues related to mental disability. This website is also intended to be a resource to advocates, lawyers, mental health professionals and others interested in assisting individuals to assert their rights and advocate for themselves.
On this website you will find information about our intake help line, trainings for attorneys, and our publications as well as descriptions of our priority projects such as the DYS Advocacy Project and the Clubhouse Legal Support Project.
I hope you will find our website informative and useful. MHLAC welcomes your comments, questions and suggestions about our site via email mhlac@mhlac.org.
Frank Laski
Executive Director