Gordon Fellowship

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 18 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 with a term of from one to two years.

Although there is only one fellowship awarded each year, there are two fellows currently working under the fellowship, as there is an option for continuing into the second year.

Jennifer Rocha is a Bart Gordon fellow, working at South Middlesex Legal Services.

June Beack is the other Bart Gordon Fellow and works at Merrimack Valley - North Shore Legal Services.

For more information on the Gordon Fellowship, please contact Patricia Swansey at 617-367-8544.