Meredith Palmer

Pro Bono Director

Meredith has committed her career to public interest work. While studying for her M.P.H., Meredith focused on LGBTQ health issues in her work. Her advocacy for the LGBTQ community continued throughout law school, where she was named an LGBTQ Advocacy Fellow at Hofstra University School of Law. Upon graduation, Meredith served as the Fair Courts Project Attorney at Lambda Legal in NYC, where she managed a national legal education project aimed at countering harmful attacks against the judiciary that threaten LGBTQ and HIV-affected civil rights. Meredith then served as a Staff Attorney at the Children’s Law Center in Brooklyn, NY, a nonprofit organization that provides legal representation to children in family court proceedings. Upon relocating to Western Massachusetts, Meredith began volunteering at Community Legal Aid’s Northampton office in the Family Law Unit. Shortly thereafter, Meredith was hired as a Staff Attorney, where she represented victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in the Probate and Family Courts and District Courts throughout Western Massachusetts. As of August 2019, Meredith became Pro Bono Director at CLA, a newly created position aimed at expanding the pro bono programs throughout the service region.