Marie-Therese Connolly

Marie-Therese Connolly is an American lawyer, Coordinator at the Elder Justice and Nursing Home Initiative, at the US Department of Justice, and Senior Trial Counsel, in the Civil Division.^[1] She won a 2011 MacArthur Fellowship.^[2]

Life

She graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in 1981, and from Northeastern University School of Law with a J.D. in 1984. She helped draft the Elder Justice Act.^[3][4]

She is Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.^[5] She is a Director of Life Long Justice at the Appleseed Foundation.

References

1. ^ http://www.tbd.com/articles/2011/09/marie-therese-connolly-wins-genius-grant-from-macarthur-foundation-66788.html
2. ^ http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.7730829/k.6709/MarieTherese_Connolly.htm
3. ^ http://www.wjla.com/articles/2011/09/marie-therese-connolly-d-c-lawyer-receives-macarthur-foundation-genius-grant-66777.html
4. ^ Christian Davenport (September 20, 2011). "MacArthur ‘genius’ grant goes to D.C. activist who fights elder abuse". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/llifestyle/style/macarthur-genius-grant-goes-to-dc-activist-who-fights-elder-abuse/2011/09/19/gIQANERzgK_story.html. 
5. ^ http://www.wilsoncenter.org/staff/marie-therese-connolly

External links

• "A Longer, and Safer, Life". The New York Times. March 25, 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/26/opinion/lweb26elder.html. 
• "Read this: Marie-Therese Connolly wins MacArthur grant; Lonni Sue Johnson, artist with amnesia; women in the White House", Washington Post Reliable Source blog

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