Professional Background

Widad Bakkal is an Associate Attorney practicing primarily in family law and domestic relations matters. Her practice includes divorce, child custody and parenting time, child support, alimony, contempt and modification proceedings, and other family law matters. She regularly represents clients in the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court and has experience handling matters through all stages of litigation, including discovery, motion practice, settlement negotiations, and trial. Attorney Bakkal is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She earned her JD from New England Law | Boston in 2023 and returns to the law school as an Adjunct Professor of Legal Research and Writing.