March 24, 2022

Community Legal Aid Attorney Julie Dick Elected to Executive Board of the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts

BY LAURA HANCOCK BARRY, DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, COMMUNITY LEGAL AID(508) 425-2798 / LHBARRY@cla-ma.org

Community Legal Aid, the non-profit organization that provides free legal services to low-income and elderly residents of Central and Western Massachusetts, is pleased to announce that Staff Attorney Julie Dick was elected as to the Executive Board (Vice President, Operations) for the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts (WBA) for the 2022-2023 year.

The WBA’s Board represents varied legal experience, diversity, and a steadfast commitment to advocating on behalf of women’s issues. Said Dick, “I am honored to serve as the Vice President, Operations for the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts, and am ready for both the challenges and opportunities it will bring. The WBA is a gathering place for women attorneys and others who share an interest in achieving ‘the full and equal participation of women in the legal profession and in a just society.’ It is a powerful force for positive change in Massachusetts, and I am delighted to be a part of it.”

Raised in Canada and in Ohio, Attorney Dick earned her B.A. from The Ohio State University, where she majored in political science and classical humanities with a minor in linguistics, and her J.D. from Ohio State Moritz College of Law. For her third year of law school, Attorney Dick studied at Harvard Law School as a visiting student. During law school, she served as a law clerk with the Juvenile Public Defenders office in Franklin County, Ohio, and as a legal intern with GLAD Legal Advocates and Defenders in Boston. Before joining Community Legal Aid as a Staff Attorney in the Family Law Unit in 2017, she handled pro bono (volunteer) family law and guardianship cases through the Women’s Bar Foundation (the WBA’s sister organization) and Volunteer Lawyers Project, and received the Meg Connolly MVP Award from Senior Partners for Justice in February 2017.

In 2019, Attorney Dick was elected to the WBA Board of Directors and served a two-year term as a Regional Director representing Central Massachusetts. She was first elected to the WBA Executive Board as Secretary in 2021. In her free time, Attorney Dick enjoys baking, being active, reading, and spending time with her dog.

About the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts:
Founded in 1978 by a group of activist women lawyers, the Women’s Bar Association boasts a large membership of women lawyers, judges, policy makers, and law students across Massachusetts. The WBA is committed to the full and equal participation of women in the legal profession and in a just society. For more information, visit www.womensbar.org.

About Community Legal Aid:
Community Legal Aid provides free civil legal services to the low-income and elderly residents of the five counties of Western and Central Massachusetts (Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, and Worcester), and maintains offices in Worcester, Fitchburg, Springfield, Northampton, and Pittsfield. CLA works to assure fairness for all in the justice system, protecting homes, livelihoods, health and families. For more information, please visit www.communitylegal.org.