Stephanie Cocce
Host: Greater Boston Legal Services
Sponsor: Anonymous
Rachael Gardiner
- Hosted by Legal Services for Children
- Sponsored by McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Service location San Francisco, California
- Law school University of California, Berkeley School of Law
- Issue area Children/Youth, Public Benefits/Welfare Reform
- Fellowship class year 2009
- Program Design-Your-Own Fellowship
The Project
Rachael focused on providing access to public benefits for youth in out-of-home care as a means to maximize their placement stability, facilitate educational success, and increase their overall safety and well-being. Without legal assistance, the benefits to which a youth may be entitled are never applied for, may be grossly miscalculated, or may be improperly denied, the result of which is devastating on the youth’s permanency and safety in their placement.
Meet Other Fellows Like Rachael
Tara Wilson
Host: Greater Boston Legal Services
Sponsor: Biogen, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Olivia Ortiz
Host: Northwest Justice Project
Sponsor: Anonymous, The Gorder Family Foundation
Current Fellow
Maria Rodriguez
Host: Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
Sponsor: Fish & Richardson P.C., Microsoft Corporation