July 2020 Volunteer Spotlight: Legal Aid Society Volunteer Meredith Kershaw

 

Growing up in Australia, Meredith Kershaw decided to become a lawyer at the age of 6 after watching a Perry Mason episode. She stuck to that decision and in 2005 graduated from Australian National University with a law degree. While studying she developed a passion for social justice work. Ten years later, she moved from Sydney, Australia to New Jersey and paused her legal career to spend time with her three young daughters.  Read more.