A prosecutor based in Milton, Massachusetts, Susan Corcoran has served the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office as assistant district attorney since 2019. When she is not using her experience as a prosecutor to support district attorneys in all phases of criminal matters, Susan Corcoran spends time as a member of professional groups such as the Women’s Bar Foundation.
The Women’s Bar Association exists as a community of women lawyers working to improve the state of their profession, as well as society as a whole, through quality legal services. The Women’s Bar Foundation (WBF) functions as a philanthropic extension of this mission, with a focus on providing low-income women with access to quality legal services and representation. The WBF manages a number of pro bono projects.
The Elder Law Project (ELP) operates with two objectives. First, the project strives to provide low-income senior citizens with education regarding the importance of drafting end of life documents, including wills. In addition to this mission, the ELP assists seniors in preparing these documents at no cost.
The Family Law Project for Domestic Abuse Survivors provides free legal representation to domestic violence survivors. In addition to representing individuals in legal matters, the WBF team assists survivors in avoiding related challenges, ranging from homelessness to loss of child custody.
Finally, the Women’s Prison Re-Entry Project works with women engaged with various aspects of the criminal justice system. Women in the program have the opportunity to work with teams of volunteer attorneys who provide insight into a variety of legal topics, including child custody, housing, and matters of criminal warrant cleaning. WBF has expanded the program to include the Clemency Pro Bono Project. Clemency is a unique and rare legal condition in states like Massachusetts that allows older women who have served more than a decade of their sentence to petition for commutation.
