| Leah Marie Barrault is a member of the Suffolk University Law School class of 2004. She completed her undergraduate work at the University of New Hampshire in 1995 with a dual major in Psychology and Women's Studies. In college, she was involved in a number of community service programs, including a local battered women's shelter. After graduation from college, Leah worked in Portland, Maine as Shelter Supervisor/Support Group Facilitator for a state-wide domestic violence organization. She acted as community liaison with key social organizations that provided services to battered women, in addition to providing direct service to the women and children living in shelter. Upon moving to Boston, Leah worked for the Massachusetts Association for the Blind where she both created and coordinated transitional living programs for adolescents living with a traumatic head injury. She worked closely with state and non-profit agencies to design housing, work and educational opportunities for the individuals in her care.
Prior to law school, Leah attended the Women in Politics and Government Program at the McCormack Institute of Public Affairs at UMass Boston. She participated in a year-long internship with the Caucus of Women Legislators at the Massachusetts State House where she researched women's policy issues, analyzed and tracked key legislation, and had the opportunity to observe policy making in action. In addition to the internship, Leah completed a research project entitled "A Study of the Welfare to Work Program and its Effect on Women in Massachusetts," analyzing the Massachusetts welfare laws enacted in 1995 from both an economic and policy standpoint. Leah's summer internship is with the Massachusetts Attorney General=s Office in the Civil Rights Bureau, where she is working on a new project to address housing discrimination issues. |
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