Foley Hoag Receives ACLU of Massachusetts Beacon of Liberty Award
October 30, 2026
Foley Hoag has been honored with the ACLU of Massachusetts Beacon of Liberty Award, which recognizes individuals and organizations that have made exceptional contributions to advancing civil liberties and civil rights.
The firm received the award in recognition of its pro bono work protecting the constitutional rights of immigration detainees in Massachusetts. Foley Hoag is working with the ACLU of Massachusetts and co-counsel to represent a certified class of immigration detainees in litigation challenging prolonged detention without individualized review, helping safeguard due process protections for hundreds of individuals facing immigration proceedings.
The Beacon of Liberty Award reflects the firm’s longstanding commitment to public service and pro bono advocacy on behalf of vulnerable communities and in support of fundamental constitutional rights.
The Foley Hoag team representing the immigration detainees includes Anthony Mirenda, Gilleun Kang, Hampton Dellinger, Spenser Angel, Daniel Zaleznik, Joshua Nacht, and Judy Gallant, alongside co-counsel from the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire, the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine, the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, Araujo & Fisher LLC, and Anderson & Krieger LLP.
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