CONTACT INFORMATION

Name: Julia Gordon
Address: 1200 Noyes Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: (202) 669-0424
Email:

CAPACITY / CAPABILITY

Number of consultants (if group/company):

1

Area(s) of expertise:

Program evaluation/outcome measurement; Hotline outcome measurement; technology planning; case management system selection and implementation; website planning; needs assessment; strategic planning; training/workshop development; program development; grantwriting; state justice community development; large firm pro bono program development; meeting facilitation.

JD and/or other degrees:

Harvard Law School, Juris Doctor, 1992
Harvard College, Bachelor of Arts, 1985

Languages spoken other than English, and level of fluency:

N/A

Information regarding race, ethnic background, and gender: (optional - LSC and its recipients strive for racial, ethnic, and gender diversity in choosing consultants)

Female; Caucasian; mother and grandmother have been legal services clients.

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

Years of experience as consultant:

I've been running my own consulting business since April '03 but served in a consulting capacity frequently during my six year tenure at the Center for Law and Social Policy.

If applicable, please write a brief paragraph about your history as a consultant for LSC:

I've served as a grant reviewer for LSC's TIG grant program since its inception.

If applicable, please write a brief paragraph about your history as a consultant for other organizations involved in the delivery of civil legal assistance, including local, state, and national organizations (NLADA, ABA, MIE):

My legal services-related clients in the past year include:

• Neighborhood Legal Services Program (grantwriting)
• Legal Services Alabama (grantwriting)
• DC Bar Foundation (analysis of DC's legal services delivery system)
• Legal Aid of East Tennessee (national case management system report)
• NLADA and ABA (trainings/workshops)
• Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center (TIG grant evaluation)
• National Technology Assistance Program (trainer)

Brief paragraph regarding other consulting experience:

As senior counsel to the Project for the Future of Equal Justice at CLASP, I advised numerous legal services providers (both LSC and non-LSC) and state justice communities on state justice planning, technology-related issues, and evaluation/outcome measurement issues, and I developed and taught numerous trainings and workshops on technology and evaluation-related issues for the NLADA/ABA Equal Justice Conference, all of the NLADA civil legal services conferences, MIE, Legal Aid of Ontario, and others . In addition, I've served as a resource for the District of Columbia's efforts to create a robust local justice community.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professional experience (staff, board member, volunteer) in LSC-funded program(s):

• Student Attorney, Hale & Dorr Legal Services Center, Boston, MA (1990-1992)
• Summer Associate and Student Attorney, Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services (formerly LSC funded) (1990-1992)
  

Experience in other legal aid programs (staff, board member, volunteer):

• Senior Staff Attorney, Center for Law and Social Policy (1997-2003)
• Outside Grant Reviewer, Violence Against Women Act Legal Services Grant Program, Department of Justice (1998)
• Deputy Director, Equal Justice Works (1996-1997)
• Pro Bono Coordinator, Wilmer Cutler & Pickering (1994-1996)
• Pro Bono/Volunteer Attorney, Disability Rights Center (1995-1996)
• Pro Bono/Volunteer Attorney, DC Bar Pro Bono Program (1994-1996)
• Pro Bono/Volunteer Attorney, DC Prisoners Legal Services Project (1993-1996)
• Pro Bono/Volunteer Attorney, Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program
• Student Research Assistant, Interuniversity Consortium on Poverty Law (1990-1992)
  

Other professional experience:

• Board Secretary, Washington Council of Lawyers (pro bono and public interest bar association) (current)
• Adjunct Lecturer in Public Interest Law, Washington College of Law, American University (1997-1999)
• Litigation Associate, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (1992-1996)
• Pro Bono/Volunteer Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union of the National Capital Area (1993-1995)
• Debate Preparation Staff, Clinton-Gore for President (1992)
• Planning Coordinator, People for the American Way (1986-1989)
  

RATE / FEE INFORMATION

Available upon request.

REFERENCES

Available upon request.

RESUME

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