MLAC's Bart J. Gordon Memorial Fellowship improves access to legal assistance for communities whose linguistic and cultural backgrounds are barriers to the delivery of legal aid.
The Fellowship, which rotates among the Massachusetts legal aid programs that receive funding from MLAC, provides financial support to new attorneys qualified to address these barriers. One new Gordon Fellow is funded each year for a one-year term (there is an option to renew for a second year).
There currently are two first-year Gordon Fellows: Weayonnoh Nelson, serving at South Coastal Counties Legal Services, and Nina Sa', serving at Legal Assistance Corporation of Central Massachusetts. June Beack is completing the second year of her fellowship at Neighborhood Legal Services. Below is a full list of Gordon Fellows since 1991.
For more information on the Gordon Fellowship, please contact Program Director Pat Swansey at pswansey@mlac.org.
| YEAR |
FELLOW |
LEGAL AID PROGRAM |
| 1991-1992 |
Lorena Sol |
Western Massachusetts Legal Services |
| 1991-1993 |
John Dones |
South Middlesex Legal Services |
| 1993-1994 |
Jennie Lee |
Legal Services of Cape Cod and the Islands |
| |
Blane Brooks |
Neighborhood Legal Services |
| 1993-1994 |
Francisca Fajana |
Legal Assistance Corporation of Central Massachusetts |
| |
Bernard Lee |
Center for Law and Education |
| 1994-1995 |
Man Chak Ng |
Greater Boston Legal Services |
| |
Chanda Tuck |
Cambridge and Somerville Legal Services |
| 1995-1996 |
Harvey Bazil |
Legal Assistance Corporation of Central Massachusetts |
| |
Tuesday Cooper |
Western Massachusetts Legal Services |
| 1996-1997 |
Karen Nixon |
Southeastern Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation |
| 1997-1998 |
Marisol Garcia |
Children’s Law Center of Massachusetts |
| 1998-1999 |
Gretchen Zegarra |
Greater Boston Legal Services |
| 1999-2000 |
Jennifer Huggins |
Neighborhood Legal Services |
| 2000-2001 |
Bruce Morgan |
Western Massachusetts Legal Services |
| 2002-2003 |
Regina Hill |
Center for Public Representation |
| 2003-2004 |
Crystal Chow |
Disability Law Center |
| 2004-2005 |
Nilda Rodriguez |
Massachusetts Advocacy Center |
| 2005-2007 |
Sherley Cruz |
Greater Boston Legal Services |
| 2005-2007 |
Lyonel Jean Pierre |
Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services |
| 2006-2008 |
Edelina Munoz Burciaga |
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute |
| 2007-2009 |
Jennifer Rocha |
South Middlesex Legal Services |
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