We are a collective of open source developers, legal scholars, and policy analysts & advocates seeking to leverage digital technology to improve our capacity and ability to self-govern.
MAPLE platform is a project of the NuLawLab developed with Code for Boston.
The NuLawLab is the interdisciplinary innovation laboratory at Northeastern University School of Law. The Lab is a leader in the global legal design movement and incubates projects that advance the democratization of law.
Code for Boston addresses local social and civic challenges through creative uses of technology. Despite the name, they are not solely focused on coding!
They foster relationships between government, nonprofit, academic, for-profit companies, residents, civic technologists, analysts, designers, and many more. Code for Boston's volunteer contributors have led the technical implementation and development of this website and platform as an open source project (see our repository on GitHub).
MAPLE is a fiscally sponsored initiative of the 501(c)(3), the Open Collective Foundation (OCF). You can see a full list of our donors and expenditures on our Open Collective webpage. You can also join the list and make a donation through the site.
MAPLE is an independent project, not affiliated with the Massachusetts legislature