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Pioneer Public Interest Law Center and New England Legal Foundation Unite Under New Banner: Pioneer New England Legal Foundation

The Pioneer Public Interest Law Center (Pioneer Law Center) today announced its strategic alliance with the New England Legal Foundation (NELF), as the Pioneer New England Legal Foundation (PNELF). Building on a common mission of advancing educational opportunity, government transparency and free enterprise, PNELF will expand services to defend and promote these freedoms across and beyond New England. 

Pioneer Law Adds Lelling, Schwartz and Carpenter to Board

Boston, MA—Pioneer Public Interest Law Center today announced that it has added three new board members including the former head of MEMA, a former U.S Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, and a prominent law firm chairman.   

American Bar Association Elects President of the Pioneer Law Center as Vice Chair of Judicial Division

The Hon. Frank J. Bailey (ret.) will Advance to Chair in 2026 (Boston,…

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Pioneer Public Interest Law Center (PPILC) is a nonpartisan, public interest law firm that defends and promotes educational options, accountable government and economic opportunity across the Northeast. PPILC achieves its mission through legal research, amicus briefs, and litigation.

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With the partisan divide, policy making on crucial topics can be challenging. To accelerate social progress, we work to bring policy questions to a dispassionate, fact-based forum — the judiciary.

Pioneer Public Interest Law Center is nonpartisan and takes a professional approach in its efforts to protect the rights of New Englanders and all Americans to pursue their lives as free and responsible citizens.

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PioneerLegal is a non-partisan, public interest law firm that defends and promotes educational options, accountable government and economic opportunity across the Northeast. PioneerLegal achieves its mission through legal research, amicus briefs, and litigation.