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Borchard Center on Law and Aging announces 2010–11 Fellows

By Elder Law Prof Blog
October 11, 2010

Announcing the

2010-2011 Borchard Foundation Law and Aging Fellows

The Borchard Fellowship in Law & Aging affords one year for two law school graduates interested in, and perhaps already in the early stages of pursuing, an academic and/or professional career in law and aging, the opportunity to pursue their research and professional interests. This year the Foundation was able to award three fellowships instead of the usual two.

1.  RACHEL FRAZIER – a 2010 Harvard University Law School graduate, who also received a Masters in Public Health from Harvard in May and is a 2004 graduate of Wentworth College in Washington state. Rachel spent 2004-2005 in the Americorps VISTA program developing a still in place pharmacy assistance program and worked during the summer of 2009 as the Herbert Semmel Elderlaw Fellow at AARP Litigation in DC. She was one of 25 graduate students at Harvard University to be awarded a full 2010 scholarship for academic achievement and leadership potential. Rachel will partner with the DC office of the National Senior Citizens Law Center to do policy research and advocacy related to reform of the appeals processes for non-disability appeals from denial of Supplemental Security Income applications and with Whitman Walker Clinic Legal Services in DC to provide legal representation to poor elderly persons seeking income and/or health public benefits.

2.   2.      PAUL BLACK- a 2010 Georgia State Law School (Atlanta) graduate, who also received a Masters in Education from Georgia State in 2005 and is a 2002 honors graduate in History from Princeton University. Paul taught high school economics and social studies from 2005-2007 in Atlanta before entering law school. A track athlete and coach and an Eagle Scout, Paul had a Public Interest Law Fellowship at the Georgia Senior Legal Hotline in summer 2009 and has been a legal extern with the Senior Citizens Law Project at Atlanta Legal Aid during 200-2010. His article on Reverse Mortgages and the Current Financial Crisis will be published in a peer reviewed national elderlaw journal this summer. Paul will partner with both the Georgia Senior Legal Hotline and Atlanta Legal Aid’s Senior Citizens Law Project to deliver legal services to poor elderly and also develop and implement a replicable model Legal Hotlines Client Outcome Study for the Georgia Legal Hotline to assess effectiveness of prior services and serve as basis for improvements in practice and procedures.

3.   STELLA KANG- a 2010 University of California, Berkeley School of Law graduate who received her BA with high honors in Russian Language and Literature from Smith College in 2001, Stella was in Russia in 2005-2006 working as a Fulbright Fellow on women’s human rights issues. Stella speaks Russian, Korean and Spanish and has extensive experience working with low income immigrants and refugees in the Bay Area and abroad. While in law school, Stella interned at the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights, Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach and the East Bay Community Law Center. Stella will return to Asian Pacific Legal Outreach for her fellowship, to develop, strengthen and implement a sustainable model for the provision of culturally competent legal services to Asian Pacific Islanders facing elder abuse.