MBF Awards $36,000 to Six Law Students Participating in Public Interest Internships

Written By Susannah Thomas

The 2022 Massachusetts Bar Foundation Legal Intern Fellowship Program (LIFP) Review Committee members - Chair G. Perry Wu, Esq., Corey M. Carvalho, Esq., Hon. Marguerite T. Grant, Melissa Langa, 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.

2022 LEGAL INTERN FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM RECIPIENTS

Christine Batista

School: Suffolk University Law School

Internship: Harvard Legal Aid Bureau

Supported by: MBF Fellows Fund

 

Dhairya Bhatia

School: Boston College Law School

Internship: Greater Boston Legal Services

Supported by: MBF Fellows Fund 

 

Caitlin Fisher-Draeger

School: New England Law | Boston

Internship: Greater Boston Legal Services

Supported by: MBF Fellows Fund

 

Rachel Niegelberg

School: Harvard Law School

Internship: Children’s Law Center of Massachusetts

Supported by: Smith Family Fund

 

Mariatu Okonofua

School: Boston College Law School

Internship: Youth Advocacy Foundation

Supported by: Smith Family Fund

 

Rebecca Sennott

School: Suffolk University Law School

Internship: Harvard Legal Aid Bureau

Supported by: MBF Fellows Fund

Susannah Thomas
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