BOSTON —

The Committee for Public Counsel Services has reached out to 50 law schools and hired 22 new attorneys over a 17-day span in August as it moves forward with "the largest staffing expansion in the agency's history."

In a mandated update filed with the Legislature, CPCS said the hires were scheduled to begin training Monday. Latest Forecast

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The Legislature and Gov. Maura Healey this summer agreed to a law requiring the CPCS Public Defender Division to hire 320 attorneys over two fiscal years. The law also granted raises to part-time bar advocate attorneys, and its passage came after some bar advocates stopped accepting cases to protest pay levels.

The supplemental budget signed by Healey included a $40 million reserve to hel

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