To encourage careers in public interest law, each year the
Massachusetts Bar Foundation awards fellowships, including $6,000
stipends, to law students who intern at Massachusetts legal aid
organizations during the summer months.
Funded through the MBF Fellows Fund and the Smith Family Fund,
the Foundation's Legal Intern Fellowship Program (LIFP) serves as a
springboard to public interest law careers for the area's most
promising law students.
The MBF is pleased to announce the 2010 Legal Intern Fellows as
follows:
- Veronica Hu
Boston University School of Law
Internship: Greater Boston Legal Services/Asian Outreach Unit
- Brittany Pinson
University of Massachusetts Law School
Internship: South Coastal Counties Legal Services/Homelessness
Prevention Project
- Elizabeth Rossi
Boston University School of Law
Internship: Greater Boston Legal Services/BU Civil Litigation
Clinic
- Lumina Sato
Boston College Law School
Internship: Prisoners' Legal Services/Summer Internship
Program
- Sarah Sherman-Stokes
Boston College Law School
Internship: Asylum Immigration Representation Project (PAIR)/Pro
Bono Asylum and Detention Center Initiative
- Christopher Tirrell
Stanford Law School
Internship: Center for Law and Education/Education Advocacy
Project
Chaired by MBF Trustee Robert Marchand, this year's selection
committee reviewed a record number of applications in choosing six
students.
"Each year it is so heartening to see the talented law students
who are committing themselves to careers in public service,"
Marchand said. "The Mass. Bar Foundation is very proud to be
able to support them in their aspirations."
For more information about the MBF's Legal Intern Fellowship
Program, visit www.MassBarFoundation.org.