MBF Awards $36,000 to Six Law Students Participating in Public Interest Internships
The 2023 Massachusetts Bar Foundation Legal Intern Fellowship Program (LIFP) Review Committee members - Chair G. Perry Wu, Esq., Corey M. Carvalho, Esq., Hon. Marguerite T. Grant, Paul J. Klehm, Esq., and Mary Jeanne Stone, Esq. - selected six Legal Intern Fellows from a diverse and competitive pool of 26 applicants. The MBF Trustees unanimously approved the committee’s selections.
This year’s Fellows are supported through generous contributions from MBF Fellows, the Smith Family Fund, and a new partnership with the Massachusetts Bar Association’s (MBA) Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee.
2023 LEGAL INTERN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM RECIPIENTS
Virginia Ambeliotis
School: Boston College Law School
Internship: The Political Asylum/Immigration Representation (PAIR) Project
Supported by: MBF Fellows Fund
Katherine Blankinship
School: Boston University School of Law
Internship: MetroWest Legal Services
Supported by: Smith Family Fund
Sydney Blomstrom
School: Boston College Law School
Internship: Volunteer Lawyers Project
Supported by: Smith Family Fund
Abby Gould
School: Boston University School of Law
Internship: MetroWest Legal Services
Supported by: MBF Fellows Fund
Timothy Scalona
School: Suffolk University Law School
Internship: Harvard Legal Aid Bureau
Supported by: MBF Fellows Fund
Ali Shafi
School: Boston College Law School
Internship: Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts
Supported by: MBF Fellows Fund and the MBA DEI Committee