Borchard Fellowship in Law & Aging

The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging offers two-year fellowships to law school graduates interested in, and perhaps already in the early stages of pursuing, an academic and/or professional career in law and aging.

The two-year fellowship is $62,000 a year and is intended as a full-time position only. During the fellowship period, the Center’s director and former fellows are available to help fellows with the further development of their knowledge, skills, and contacts. Fellows may also receive from the Center financial support to attend appropriate professional education program opportunities. A fellow is expected to provide the Center with monthly activities reports. Fellows may live and work where they choose in the United States. Fellows must be either U.S. citizens or legally resident in the U.S.

A legal services or other non-profit organization involved in law and aging must serve as the fellow’s host agency and supervise a fellow’s activities and projects. The fellow’s host agency is responsible for providing employee benefits, employer’s FICA payment, administrative support, workspace, computer, telephone, and email access.

The two-year fellowship period typically starts around July 1 for those already admitted to the Bar and from not later than September 1 for those who must sit for the Bar exam after law school graduation.

Fellows participate in conference calls and other planned activities with other current and former fellows to encourage networking. Former fellows who successfully complete the fellowship period may also participate in the Center’s Former Fellows Grant Program.

Examples of some activities and projects by Borchard Fellows:

• Working with an established legal services program to enable vulnerable, isolated, low-income seniors to age-in-place by addressing their unmet legal needs;
• Providing holistic services to older clients facing consumer debt and foreclosure-related concerns;
• Providing direct legal representation and holistic services to older tenants in “clutter cases”;
• Implementation of a courthouse project to help elderly pro se tenants achieve long-term housing stabilization through the interdisciplinary use of legal representation and social services, allowing more elderly tenants to “age in place” at home; 
• Increasing access to legal representation for older adults in immigration detention facilities;
• Development of mobile clinics to help Chinese-speaking elders improve their access to public benefits and health care;
• Development of a medical-legal partnership for low-income older adults;
• Development of educational outreach efforts and legal services for older LGBTQ+ adults;
• Development of legal services and informational materials to caregivers working on behalf of beneficiaries with cognitive impairment;
• Development of a non-profit senior law resource center providing direct legal services and public education;
• Development of an interdisciplinary elder law clinical program at a major public university law school;
• Development of a mediation component for a legal services program elder law hotline;
• Development of an interdisciplinary project for graduate students in law, medicine, and health advocacy to foster understanding and collaboration between professions;
• Development of training materials and statewide trainings for lawyers, judges and other court personnel, and social service providers on new comprehensive state guardianship laws;
• Development of legal services programs for older clients in consumer law and small claims matters, end-of-life matters, and in protection from financial and elder abuse for older clients whose first language is other than English;
• Development of free legal clinics for older clients in suburban areas;
• Development, administration, and interpretation of statewide senior legal hotline outcomes study;
• Organizing and/or attending national conferences on law and aging issues;
• Writing and publication of law review articles on law and aging issues;
• Writing and publication of state specific, consumer oriented handbooks on legal issues affecting older persons;
• Analysis of Medicare policies;
• Analysis of Medicaid Home and Community Based Services with a focus on improving racial equity;
• Analysis of SSI non-disability appeals; and
• Teaching elder law and related courses at law schools where fellows reside.

Fellowship Application Annual Timeline

• Application submission deadline: April 1
• Application review process: April 1 through May 1
• Fellows announced: No later than June 1
• Fellowship period: July 1 through June 30 for two years (unless otherwise arranged)
• Reports due: Monthly reports during the fellowship period; final report no later than one month following the end of the fellowship period.

Application Requirements

Applicants must submit a completed online application including:

• an information form with the name of the applicant's host organization and the applicant's name and contact information;
• a description of the applicant’s planned activities and projects;
• a description of the applicant's interest in law and aging;
• a current curriculum vitae;
• a law school transcript;
• a letter of support from the proposed supervisor at the host agency; and
• two other letters of support.

Submit your online application here.

Questions? Contact Mary Jane Ciccarello, Director, at

2024 Grant Recipients

Grantee: Anne Barrett, PhD

Anne Barrett, Professor of Sociology, Mildred & Claude Pepper Eminent Scholar, Pepper Institute on Aging & Public Policy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

Project Title: Pro-Tech Ageism? A Qualitative Document Analysis of U.S. Aging Policy’s Depiction of Technology 

Grantee: Sarah B. Mancini, JD; Nketiah Berko, JD

Sarah B. Mancini, Co-Director of Advocacy, National Consumer Law Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Nketiah Berko, Equal Justice Works Fellow, National Consumer Law Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Project title: Preserving Stable Homeownership for Older Adults of Color: Towards an Environmental Justice Paradigm for Heirs Property Owners 

Grantee: Angela Perone, PhD, JD

Angela Perone, Assistant Professor, School of Social Welfare, and Director, Center for the Advanced Study of Aging Services, University of California, Berkeley, California

Project title: The CARE Project: Addressing Conflicts between Safety and Autonomy in Nursing Homes 

Grantee: Pamela Teaster, PhD

Pamela Teaster, Professor and Director, Center for Gerontology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia

Project title: Guardian ad Litem Reports: Providing Vital Information to the Court? 

2023 Grant Recipients

Grantee: Rebekah Diller, JD

Rebekah Diller, Clinical Professor of Law and Co-Director, Bet Tzedek Civil Litigation Clinic, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, New York, and Researcher with Project Guardianship, Inc., New York, New York

Project Title: Building Blocks for Piloting Supported Decision-Making with Older Adults

Grantee: Rajean Moone, PhD; Tetyanna Shippee, PhD

Rajean Moore, Long Term Care Administration Faculty Director, College of Continuing and Professional Studies, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota

Tetyana Shippee, Associate Director for Research, School of Public Health, Center for Healthy Aging & Innovation, and Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Health Policy & Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Project Title: Analysis of and Recommended Changes to Minnesota’s Assisted Living Regulatory Reform from Culturally Specific Senior Care Provider Prospectives

Grantee: Angela Murolo, PhD; Lena Campagna-Gil, PhD

Angela Murolo, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, New York

Lena Campagna-Gil, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice, Caldwell University, Caldwell, New Jersey

Project Title: Reentering Society: Elderly Support Post-Release and Successful Community-Based Aging

Grantee: Eugene Rusyn, JD; Stacie Sinclair, MPP, CSW

Eugene Rusyn, Associate Research Scholar, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut

Stacie Sinclair, Associate Director, Policy & Care Transformation, Center to Advance Palliative Care, New York, New York

Project Title: Exploring State Strategies to Expand the Palliative Care Workforce

2022 Grant Recipients

Grantee: Allen Glicksman, PhD, MA

Research Consultant, Asociación Puertorriqueňos en Marcha, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Project Title: From Migration to Access of Long-term Care Services and  Supports: Modeling the Experience of Limited English Speaking Elders

Grantee: Jacqueline McGinley, Ph.D., LMSW; Christina N. Marsack-Topolewski, PhD, MSW

Jacqueline McGinley, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York

Christina N. Marsack-Topolewski, Associate Professor, Eastern Michigan University, School of Social Work, Ypsilanti, Michigan

Project Title: How We Die Alone: A Content Analysis of Healthcare Facility Visitation Policies During the Pandemic

Grantee: Lindsay Peterson, PhD, MS

Lindsay Peterson, Research Assistant Professor, School of Aging Studies, Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

Project Title: Assessing the Impact of a New Personal Care Attendant Program in Nursing Homes in Florida

Grantee: Anna-Marie Tabor, JD, MSc in Economics; Elizabeth Dugan, PhD, MA

Anna-Marie Tabor, Director, Pension Action Center, Gerontology Institute, McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts

Elizabeth Dugan, Professor, Gerontology Department and Gerontology Institute, University of Mass, Boston, Massachusetts

Project Title: The Role of Aging Services in Preventing Technology-Based Scams

Grantee: Cindy Vang, Ph.D.,MSW; Yeonjung Jane Lee, PhD, MSW; Youjung Her-Xiong, PhD, MSW

Cindy Vang, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota

Yeonjung Jane Lee, Gerontological Specialization Chair, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work, Honolulu, Hawaii

Youjung Her-Xiong, Research Consultant

Project Title: Transcending invisibility and silence: Experiences of challenges and discrimination among Asian and Asian American older adult

2021 Grant Recipients

Grantee: Deborah Carr, PhD; Pamela Smock, PhD

Deborah Carr, Professor, Department of Sociology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

Pamela Smock, Sociology and Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Project Title: Revamping Social Security Rules for 21st Century Families

Grantee: Courtney Hughes, PhD, MS; Erin Vernon, PhD, MA

Courtney Hughes, Associate Professor, School of Health Studies, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois

Erin Vernon, Assistant Professor, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington

Project Title: Telehealth for Hospice Care: Implications for Racial/Ethnic and Rural Disparities

Grantee: Gary Stein, JD, MSW; Cathy Berkman, PhD, MSW

Gary Stein, Professor, Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University, New York, New York

Cathy Berman, Professor and Director, Palliative Care Fellowship, Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University, New York, New York

Project Title: Experiences of LGBTQ Patients and Families in Hospice and Palliative Care: Survivor Perspectives

Grantee: Xiaochuan (Sharon) Wang, PhD, MSW

Xiaochuan (Sharon) Wang, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida

Project Title: Examining Facility, Quality, and State Contextual Factors Associated with COVID-19 Outbreaks in U.S. Nursing Homes

2020 Grant Recipients

Grantee: Nadia Greenhalgh-Stanley, PhD; Katie Fitzpatrick, PhD

Nadia Greenhalgh-Stanley, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

Katie Fitzpatrick, Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

Project Title: How to Incentivize Eligible Elderly to Take-Up SNAP Benefits

Grantee: Nina Joyce, PhD

Nina Joyce, Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Project Title: The Effect of Driving Cessation on Mental Health Outcomes and the Transition to Long-Term Care Among Community Dwelling Older Adults

Grantee: Anna Muraco, PhD; Sylvia Zamora, PhD

Anna Muraco, Professor, Department of Sociology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California

Sylvia Zamora, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California

Project Title: Advance Care Planning Among Older Latinx Immigrants in Los Angeles

Grantee: Lindsay Peterson, PhD

Lindsay Peterson, Research Assistant Professor, School of Aging Studies/Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida

Project Title: State Laws and Policies for the Protection of Older Adults in Natural Disasters

2019 Grant Recipients

Grantee: Patrick Button, PhD; Mashfiqur Khan, PhD

Patrick Button, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana

Mashfiqur Khan, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Economics and Murphy Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana

Project Title: Do Stronger Employment Discrimination Laws Soften the Blow of Social Security Cuts? Evidence from State Laws and the Social Security Amendments of 1983

Grantee: Allen Glicksman, PhD; Laura Ring

Allen Glicksman, Director of Research and Evaluation, Philadelphia Corporation for Aging, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Laura Ring, Assistant Planner, Philadelphia Corporation for Aging, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Project Title: Modeling Pathways to Access of Long Term Care Services and Supports among Limited English Speaking Elders

Grantee: Kathy Lee, PhD, MSW; Rebecca Mauldin, PhD, LMSW

Kathy Lee, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work, Arlington, Texas

Rebecca Mauldin, University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work, Arlington, Texas

Project Title: Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparities among Older Adults in Long-Term Care Facilities

Grantee: Stacey Wood, PhD; Pi-Ju (Marian) Liu, PhD

Stacey Wood, Professor of Psychology, Scripps College, Clarement, California

Pi-Ju (Marian) Liu, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

Project Title: Susceptibility to Mass Marketing Fraud among the Elderly

2018 Grant Recipients

Grantee: Julie Bobitt, PhD; Julie Carter, JD; Jamie Kuhne, LISW-S

Julie Bobitt, Assistant Director, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Program, Univerisity of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Julie Carter, Federal Policy Associate, Medicare Rights Center, Washington, DC

Jamie Kuhne, Associate Director, Columbus VA Ambulatory Care Center, Columbus, Ohio

Project Title: State Implementation of the Adult Protective Services National Voluntary Guidelines

Grantee: Carole Cox, PhD; Israel (Issi) Doron, LLM, PhD

Professor Carole Cox, Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University, New York, New York

Professor Issi Doron, Israel Institute Visiting Professor, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Project Title: National and International Human Rights of Older Persons Index

Grantee: Mary Helen McNeal, JD; Maria Teresa Brown, LMSW, PhD

Mary Helen McNeal, Professor and Director, Elder and Health Law Clinic, Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, New York

Maria Teresa Brown, Researcher, Syracuse, New York

Project Title: Exploring Restorative Justice as Remedy for Elder Abuse and Exploitation

Grantee: Gary L. Stein, MSW, JD; Cathy Berkman, PhD

Professor Gary Stein, Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University, New York, NY

Cathy Berkman, Director, Palliative Care Fellowship, Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University, New York, New York

Project Title: Experiences of LGBT Patients and Families in Hospice and Palliative Care

2017 Grant Recipients

Grantee: Brian Chen, PhD, JD; Tony Yang, ScD, LLM, MPH; and, Rachelle Gadjahar, MD

Assistant Professor Brian Chen, University of South Carolina

Associate Professor Tony Yang, George Mason University

Assistant Professor Rachelle Gadjahar, University of South Carolina

Project Title: Payment Integration and Care Coordination for Elderly Medicare-Medicaid Dual Eligibles with Chronic Illnesses: Evidence from the South Carolina Financial Alignment Demonstration Project

Grantee: Karen Levy, JD, PhD, and Clara Berridge, MSW, PhD

Professor Karen Levy, Cornell University

Assistant Professor Clara Berridge, University of Washington

Project Title: A Sociolegal Analysis of U.S. State Laws Regulating Resident-Room Cameras in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Communities

Grantee: Maggie Syme, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Kansas State University

Project Title: Examining Jury Decision-Making in Sexual Consent and Dementia Cases: Implications for Law and Policy

Grantee: Odette Williamson, JD; Margot Saunders, JD; and, Sarah Bolling Mancini, JD

Odette Williamson, Staff Attorney, National Consumer Law Center

Margot Saunders, Of Counsel, National Consumer Law Center

Sarah Bolling Mancini, Of Counsel, National Consumer Law Center

Project Title: Enhancing Financial Security for Elderly Homeowners: An Analysis of Changes in Reverse Mortgage Regulations and Recommendations for Policy Solutions to Protect Elderly Americans

2016 Grant Recipients

Grantee: Tamara Baker, PhD

Tamara Baker, Associate Professor, University of Kansas

Project Title: Identifying Social Determinants in Disparities in Advance Care Planning Between White and African-American Older Adults

Grantee: Donna Cohen, PhD

Donna Cohen, Professor, University of South Florida

Project Title: Family Caregiver Homicides of Older Persons

Grantee: Eleanor Lanier Crosby, MA, JD

Eleanor Lanier Crosby, Managing Attorney Mediation Practicum, University of Georgia School of Law

Project Title: Statutory and Practical Barriers to Tailored Guardianships and Conservatorships

Grantee: Pi-Ju (Marian) Liu, PhD

Pi-Ju (Marian) Liu, Associate Research Specialist, Institute for Health & Aging, University of California, San Francisco

Project Title: Moving Towards Uniform Statewide Reporting: Evaluating California Adult Protective Services Readiness to Participate in National Maltreatment Program

2015 Grant Recipients

Grantee: Sheyna Alterovitz, JD, MA; John Calvin Scott, PhD; and, Thomas R. (Bob) Konrad, PhD

Sheyna Alterovitz, Executive Director, Friends of Residents in Long-Term Care, Raleigh, North Carolina

Johna Calvin Scott, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Thoma R. (Bob) Konrad, Research Professor, Department of Health Policy & Management, Gillings School of Global Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Project Title: Lessons from Preschool: Building on proven successes in child care programs to create a quality rating system for assisted living facilities

Grantee: Mary Joy Quinn, MA; Lisa Nerenberg, MSW, MPH; and, Adria E. Navarro, PhD, LCSW

Mary Joy Quinn, Author, Consultant, Director, Probate (Retired), San Francisco Superior Court

Lisa Nerenberg, Chair, California Elder Justice Coalition

Adria E. Navarro, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California

Project Title: Developing an Undue Influence Tool for Adult Protective Services Personnel

Grantee: Pamela Booth Teaster, PhD, and Jyoti Savla, PhD

Pamela Booth Teaster, Professor and Associate Director for Research, Center for Gerontology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Jyoti Savla, Associate Professor, Department of Human Development, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Project Title: The Importance of the Values History for Public Guardianship

2014 Grant Recipients

Grantee: Nina Kohn, JD, and Israel Doron, LLB, LLM, PhD

Nina Kohn, Professor of Law, Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, New York

Israel Doron, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Work, Department of Gerontology, Haifa University, Israel

Project Title: Connecting ElderLaw and Gerontology

Grantee: Lauren Lisi, JD, and Pennelope Hommel, MSc

Lauren Lisi, Consulting Attorney, The Center for Social Gerontology, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Pennelope Hommel, Co-Director, The Center for Social Gerontology, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Project Title: National Survey of Statewide Reporting Practices for Title III-B Legal Services, Creation of Guidelines for Uniform Statewide Reporting Systems & Steps Needed to Move Toward Uniform Nationwide Reporting

Grantee: Jan Mutchler, PhD; Caitlyn Coyle, MS; and, John Kramer, PhD

Jan Mutchler, Director, Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging, Gerontology Department and Institute, Univeristy of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts

Caitlin Coyle, Researcher, Gerontology Department & Institute, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts

John Kramer, Research Associate, Institute for Community Inclusion, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts

Project Title: Bridging Aging and Disability: The Role of Aging and Disability Resource Centers in Serving Adults Aging with Intellectual Disabilities and Their Family Caregivers

Grantee: Diane Thompson, JD

Of Counsel, The National Consumer Law Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Project Title: The Need for Mortgage Modifications When a Spouse or Long-Term Partner Dies

2013 Grant Recipients

Grantee: Rachel Gershon, JD, MPH, and Stephanie Anthony, JD, MPH

Rachel Gershon, Senior Research Policy Analyst, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine Center for Health Law and Economics, Charlestown, Massachusetts

Stephanie Anthony, Principal Associate, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine Center for Health Law and Economics, Charlestown, Massachusetts

Project Title: Thinking Long-Term: An Evaluation of Financing Options for Long-Term Services and Supports

Grantee: Andrew Hostetler, PhD, and Robin Toof, EdD

Andrew Hostetler, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts

Robin Toof,Co-Director and Senior Program Evaluator, Center for Family, Work, and Community, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts

Project Title: Remodeling Senior Centers for Diverse Populations and a “New Old Age”

Grantee: Tara Twomey, JD

Of Counsel, National Consumer Law Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Project Title: Addressing the Debt Burdens of Older Americans: An Examination of the Intersection of Bankruptcy and Reverse Mortgages

Grantee: Stacey Wood, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Scripps College, Claremont, California

Project Title: Developing a Laboratory Model for the Rigorous Study of Elder Financial Exploitation

2012 Grant Recipients

Grantee: Teresa Ghilarducci, PhD, and Joelle Saad-Lessler, PhD

Teresa Ghirladucci, Professor, Department of Economics, The New School for Social Research, New York, New York

Joelle Saad-Lessler, Economist/Statistician, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, The New School for Social Research, New York, New York, and Assistant Professor of Economics, Long Island University, Brookville, New York

Project Title: The Crisis of Jobs and Healthcare for Unemployed Americans Aged 55-64

Grantee: Gilbert Gimm, PhD, MBA, and Tony Yang, JD, PhD, MPH

Gilbert Gimm, Associate Professor, Dept. of Health Administration and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

Tony Yang, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Health Administration and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

Project Title: The Effect of Paid Leave Policies on Family Caregivers for the Elderly: Evidence from State Laws

Grantee: Maureen Henry, JD

Executive Director, Utah Commission on Aging and the Utah Aging and Disability Resource Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

Project Title: Evaluating the Accuracy of POLST Form Content

Grantee: Katherine C. Pearson, JD

Professor of Law and Director, Elder Protection Clinic, Pennsylvania State Universitiy, The Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Project Title: Crossing Borders and Barriers: How Older Adults Access Legal Advice and Information for Effective Justice

2011 Grant Recipients

Grantee: Claudia Martin, JD, LLM; Diego Rodriquez-Pinzon, JD, LLM, SJD: and, Vladislav Michalik, JD, LLM

Claudia Martin, Professor, Co-Director, Academy of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Washington College of Law-American University, Washington, D.C.

Diego Rodriquez-Pinzon, Professor, Co-Director, Academy of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Washington College of Law-American University, Washington, D.C.

Vladislav Michalik, Project Coordinator, Academy of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Washington College of Law-American University, Washington, D.C.

Project Title: Global and Regional Rights of Older Person (book project to compile and critique international human rights regimes for protection of civil, political, economic, and cultural rights of older persons)

Grantee: Margot Saunders, JD, and Leah Plunkett, JD

Margot Saunders, National Consumer Law Center, Washington, D.C.

Leah Plunkett, National Consumer Law Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Project Title: Protecting Older Americans' Social Security Benefits from Illegal Seizure by Banks (analysis of and recommended improvements in proposed federal regulations governing mandated electronic deposit of benefits and exemption from creditor garnishment or set off)

Grantee: Richard Van Duizend, JD, and Brenda K. Uekert, PhD

Richard Van Duizend, Principal Court Management Consultant, National Center for State Courts, Arlington, Virginia

Brenda K. Uekert, Senior Research Associate, National Center for State Courts, Arlington, Virginia

Project Title: Revisions and Updating of the 1993 National Probate Court Standards (to be guided and overseen by a nine-person national task force with representatives from probate court judges, probate court administrators, and trusts and estates practitioners)

2010 Grant Recipients

Grantee: Israel Doron, LLB, LLM, PhD, and Kim Dayton, JD

Dr. Israel Doron, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Work, Department of Gerontology, Haifa University

Professor Kim Dayton, William Mitchell College of Law, Center for Elder Justice & Policy

Project Title: Municipal Law and the Rights of Older Persons

Grantee: Elizabeth Dugan, PhD

Professor, Gerontology Institute, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Project Title: Older Driver Safety and States' Licensing Policies

Grantee: Samantha Morton, JD

Executive Director, Medical-Legal Partnership, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Project Title: Collaborative Research Providing Medical-Legal Services to Elders

Grantee: David Neumark, PhD

Professor, Department of Economics, University of California, Irvine

Project Title: Population Aging, Social Security Reform, and the Employment of Older Americans: The Role of Stronger Age Discrimination Laws

2009 Grant Recipients

Grantee: Betsy Abramson, JD

Elder Law Consultant

Project Title: Wisconsin's New Individuals-at-Risk Restraining Order: Evaluation, Refinement, Training and National Model

Grantee: Mary Joy Quinn, MA, and Deana A. Piazza, MA

Mary Joy Quinn, Director of Probate, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco

Deana Piazza, Senior Research Analyst, California Administrative Office of the Courts

Project Title: Undue Influence: Definitions and Applications

Grantee: Carmel Dyer, MD

Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Professor of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston

Project Title: Forensic Markers and Risk for Death in Cases Reported to Adult Protective Services

2008 Grant Recipients

Grantee: Edith Greene, PhD

Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Project Title: Using Psychological Evidence to Enhance Prosecution of Elder Financial Abuse

Grantee: Wayne Nelson, PhD

Professor, Towson University, Towson, Maryland

Project Title: The Ombudsman As a Community Presence in the Fog of Disaster

Grantee: Barbara Soniat, PhD

Professor, School of Social Science, Catholic University, Washington, D.C.

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Grantee: Stacey Wood, PhD

Associate Professor, Scripps College, Claremont, California

Project Title: Development of Capacity Assessment Handbook for Psychologists

2007 Grant Recipients

Grantee: Rosemary K. Chapin, PhD

Professor and Director, Office of Aging and Long Term Care, Kansas University School of Social Welfare

Project Title: The Community Tenure of Older Adult Hoarders: Identifying Risks and Enhancing Opportunities

Grantee: John Howat, JD, and Philene Taormina, JD

John Howat, National Consumer Law Center

Philene Taormina, AARP

Project Title: Energy Affordability Crisis and Its Threat to Independent Living

Grantee: Tara L. Victor, PhD, and Andrew Dean, PhD

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Department of Psychiatry

Project Title: Assessing Effort During Competency Evaluations with Individuals Who May Be Demented

Grantee: Lisa M. Brown, PhD

Department of Aging and Mental Health, FMHI, University of South Florida

Project Title: Hurricanes and Long Term Care Facilities: Creating State Models for Legal and Regulatory Responsibility for Disaster Preparedness, Response and Recovery

2006 Grant Recipients

Grantee: Allen Glicksman, PhD, and Sanford Pfeffer, JD

Philadelphia Corporation for Aging

Project Title: Incapacity and Guardianship: Addressing the Additional Demand on the Court System from Increases in the Number and Complexity of Guardianship Cases

Grantee: Edith Greene, PhD

Department of Psychology, University of Colorado

Project Title: Legal Assessment of Decision Making in Older Adults

Grantee: Whitney Brosi, PhD, and Richard Ingham, JD

Whitney Brosi, Assistant Professor of Gerontology, Oklahoma State University

Richard Ingham, Legal Services Developer, Aging Services Division Oklahoma Department of Human Services

Project Title: Legal Service Utilization and Policy Needs of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

2005 Grant Recipients

Grantee: Jennifer Moye, PhD

Director, Geriatric Mental Health Clinic,VA Boston Health Care System and Assistant Professor Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Project Title: Aging, Capacity and Limited Guardianship: A Guide for Judges on Obtaining, Interpreting and Applying Functional Assessments of Capacity for Guardianship

Grantee: Deanne Loonin, JD, and Elizabeth Renuart, JD

National Consumer Law Center

Project Title: Aging into Debt: Solutions for the Growing Threat to Elder Finances

Grantee: Eric Carlson, JD

National Senior Citizens Law Center

Project Title: Using Anti-Discrimination Laws to Protect Assisted Living Residents

2004 Grant Recipients

Grantee: Eric Carlson, JD

National Senior Citizens Law Center

Project Title: Maximizing Choice or Waiving Rights? A Comprehensive Legal Evaluation of the Use of Negotiated Risk Agreements in Assisted Living Facilities

Grantee: Alfred J. Chiplin, Jr., JD, MDiv

Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.

Project Title: Fashioning a “Transitional Care Services” Benefit in Medicare

Grantee: Ellen Martin, JD

Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University, College of Human Environmental Sciences, Gerontology Institute and Department of Human Development and Family Sciences

Project Title: Assessment of and Recommended Changes to Delivery of Medicare Diabetes Prevention and Self-Maintenance Programs for Affected Elderly, Low Income, Uneducated, Black Women

Grantee: Max B. Rothman, JD, LLM

The Center on Aging at Florida International University

Project Title: Judicial Responses to an Aging America

Grantee: Thomas E. Finucane, MD

Johns Hopkins Geriatric Center

Project Title: Weight Loss in Nursing Homes: Policy, Science and Surveyors

2003 Grant Recipients

Grantee: Robin Fretwell Wilson, JD, and J. Wanzer Drane

Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson, University of South Carolina, School of Law

Professor J. Wanzer Drane, University of South Carolina, School of Public Health

Project Title: Closing the Gaps in the Medicare Assistance Programs for the Low-Income Elderly

Grantee: Professor Yvonne L. Michael, ScD

School of Community Health, Portland State University

Project Title: Neighborhood, Built Environment, and Health Among Urban Seniors

Grantee: Natalie K. Thomas, JD, and Richard Ingham, JD

Natalie K. Thomas, Division of Aging Services, Atlanta

Mr. Richard Ingham, Legal Services Developer, Aging Services Division, Oklahoma Department of Human Services

Project Title: State Legal Services Development: Where is It and Where Should It Be?

Grantee: Pamela B. Teaster, PhD

Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky

Project Title: End-of-Life Decision Making for Incapacitated Persons: The Resolution of a Life Under Guardianship

2002 Grant Recipients

Grantee: Eleanor Crosby, JD, and Rose Nathan, JD, MPH

Eleanor Crosby, Managing Attorney, Georgia Senior Legal Hotline, Atlanta Legal Aid Society

Rose Nathan, Policy Analyst, Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Project Title: Adult Guardianship in Georgia

Grantee: Madonna Harrington Meyer, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology; Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research, The Maxwell School; Director, University Gerontology Center, Syracuse University

Project Title: Feasibility of a National Medicaid Equalization Law

Grantee: Diane E. Hoffman, JD

Associate Dean for Faculty and External Affairs; Professor of Law & Director, Law & Health Care Program, University of Maryland School of Law

Project Title: Impact of Office of Inspector General Fraud Alerts on Use of Hospice by Nursing Homes

Grantee: Elizabeth Capezuti

Associate Director for Nursing Science, Emory Center for Health in Aging, Emory University School of Medicine

Project Title: Medico-Legal Analysis of Bed-Related Fall Injuries Among Hospitalized Older Adults

2001 Grant Recipients

Grantee: Perry Edelman, PhD

Assistant Professor of Research, Northwestern University, Institute for Health Services Research & Policy Studies

Project Title: Maximizing Quality of Life in Assisted Living for People With Alzheimer's Disease

Grantee: Kevin D. Frick, PhD

Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Economics and School of Hygiene and Public Health

Project Title: The Political Economy of the Experience Corps

Grantee: Alison E. Hirschel, JD

Adjunct Professor Law and Attorney at Michigan Poverty Law Program University of Michigan

Project Title: Predicting Nursing Home Closures: A Study of Troubled Nursing Homes

Grantee: Anne J. Kisor, PhD

Faculty, School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University

Project Title: Older Homeless Women and Their Social Services Experiences and Needs

Grantee: Claudia Martin, JD, and Diego Rodriquez-Pinzon, JD

Project Co-Directors, Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Washington College of Law, American University

Project Title: Current International Legal Status of Elderly Rights

2000 Grant Recipients

Grantee: Rebecca Dresser, JD

Professor of Law, Washington University, School of Law and Center of Biomedical Ethics

Project Title: Advance Directives in Dementia Research

Grantee: Barbara Noah, JD, and David B. Brushwood, PhD

Barbara Noah, Professor of Law, University of Florida, College of Law

David B. Brushwood, Professor of Pharmacy Health Care Administration, University of Florida, College of Pharmacy

Project Title: Predicting and Preventing Unexpected Adverse Drug Reactions by Elderly Patients

Grantee: Donna S. Harkness, JD

Managing Attorney, Clinical Instructor, University of Memphis, Elder Law Clinic

Project Title: Exploration and Development of New Approaches to Prevention of Predatory Home Mortgage Lending Practices that Victimize Elderly Homeowners

Grantee: Adam D. Shapiro, PhD

Assistant Professor, University of North Florida, Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Criminal Justice

Project Title: Estimate the Impact of a New Early Intervention Social Services Program on the Quality of Life for Poor Elderly Citizens

Grantee: Pamela B. Teaster, PhD and Karen A. Roberto, PhD

Pamela B. Teaster, Assistant Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Center for Gerontology

Karen A. Roberto, Director and Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Center for Gerontology

Project Title: Filling the Need: A Comparative Study of Rural and Urban Programs of Public Guardianship

The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging underwrites an Academic Research Grant Program to further scholarship about new or improved public policies, laws and/or programs that will enhance the quality of life for older adults. Each grant recipient is required to publish a scholarly article on their research in an academic journal. Applicants are encouraged to disseminate research findings through additional channels such as conferences, stakeholder meetings, and white papers.

Applications must be submitted online.

The online application process for 2025 applications is available on September 16, 2024. The submission deadline for 2025 applications is October 15, 2024.

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The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging underwrites an Academic Research Grant Program to further scholarship about new or improved public policies, laws and/or programs that will enhance the quality of life for older adults. Each grant recipient is required to publish a scholarly article on their research in an academic journal. Applicants are encouraged to disseminate research findings through additional channels such as conferences, stakeholder meetings, and white papers.

Academic Research Grant Program Information and Request for Proposals

The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging awards up to four grants of up to $20,000 each year. Online applications may be submitted starting on or about September 15 and are due on or about October 15. Selections are made on or about December 15 of each year. Funded projects must begin no later than June 1 and should be completed one year after commencement. No-cost extensions may be granted on a case-by-case basis.

What Are the Objectives of the Grants?

The Center recognizes the need for further research and scholarship about new or improved public policies, laws and/or programs that will enhance the quality of life for older adults (including those who are poor or otherwise isolated by language, culture, disability, lack of education, or other barriers).

What Kinds of Projects Will be Funded?

The Center expects grantees to meet the objectives of the grant program through individual or collaborative research projects that:

• Analyze and recommend changes to one or more important existing public policies, laws, and/or programs relating to older adults; or
• Anticipate the need for and recommend new public policies, laws, and/or programs for older adults necessitated by changes in the number and demographics of the country’s and the world’s elder populations, by advances in science and technology, by changes in the health care system, or by other developments.

Scholars in the fields of health, law, medicine, economics, gerontology, psychology, and sociology have been awarded grants. Topics are demonstrated by past recipients.

IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE RESEARCH PRODUCT WILL BE PUBLISHABLE IN A FIRST-RATE ACADEMIC JOURNAL.

Action research projects may be funded. However, projects that are primarily educational or service-oriented will not be considered. For example, hosting a series of workshops and collecting pre- and post-surveys to measure what was learned would most likely not be considered a research project.

Who May Apply?

This Academic Research Grant Program is open to all interested and qualified legal, health sciences, social sciences, and gerontology scholars and professionals. Organizations per se are not eligible to apply, although they may administer the grant. Two or more individuals in the same institution or different institutions may submit a collaborative proposal as long as one researcher is designated the principal investigator. The principal investigator must be a U.S. citizen or legal resident of the U.S. and must be affiliated with a U.S. based tax-exempt institution or organization such as a university, government agency, or charitable organization.

Prior and current grant recipients are eligible to apply for support for new research projects. The Foundation will not provide continued funding for previously- or currently-funded projects through multi-year grants.

How Much Funding is Available and How is Funding Used?

The Center makes no more than four grants of up to $20,000 each annually. Larger budgets using outside matching funds are encouraged but not required. Favorable weight will be given to proposals that indicate, where appropriate, that active attempts will be made to solicit required additional funds for the project (including a list of sources to be approached). Grant funds may be used for the approved budget purposes, which may include reasonable compensation for the investigator(s), consultant(s) and research assistants, print and computer-based research materials, and other necessary expenses. Faculty salary support will not be approved other than for (1) summer when the applicant is not eligible for summer support from their university or (2) buying out a course.

Grant funds may not be used for university overhead or administrative charges, and the Foundation will not otherwise pay any such costs. Grant funds may be used to pay for undergraduate or graduate student salary, but not tuition or fees. Travel costs to attend conferences are generally not funded unless participation is integral to the research project. Dissertation or thesis research is not eligible for funding.

Who Reviews Applications and Awards Grants?

Applications are reviewed and grants awarded by a committee composed of the Foundation Center’s academic advisory board members and the Center Director. Reviewers are academics and practitioners in the law and aging field. As such, they are knowledgeable about aging demographics, legal issues affecting older adults, and government programs serving elders. When providing statistical or background information, applicants are encouraged to focus on information that is specifically relevant to their proposed projects.

Reviewers' ratings and comments are confidential. Post-review feedback will not be provided to applicants.

What are the Reporting Requirements?

A short progress and status report must be submitted via email no later than eight months following project commencement. A final report and financial accounting must be submitted via email no later than three months after project completion. The final report should include a description and chronology of the research and results. Upon publication of any research product, copies (either printed or electronic) should be submitted.

Application and Grant Annual Timeline:

• Online application process available: On or about September 15
• Online application submission deadline date: October 15 (if falls during a weekend, due the following Monday)
• Application review process: October 15 through December 15
• Grant awards announced: No later than December 30
• Funds disbursed to fiscal agents: Upon receipt of signed agreement letter, generally no later than February 1
• Grant Period: May begin as early as January 1 and must begin no later than June 1; end one year from commencement unless a no-cost extension is granted
• Grant reports due: Interim report due eight months after project commencement; final report and financial accounting due three months after project completion

How to Apply?

Please complete the online application form. We accept only online submissions. The Research Grant Proposal should include:

• Proposal narrative that includes:
  • a description of the research project;
  • a discussion of how the research meets the objectives of our grant program;
  • why the project is otherwise important;
  • a statement if IRB approval is required, by whom, and timeline for obtaining;
  • a description of your intended written research product(s), the academic journal(s) to which your work product(s) will be submitted for publication, and other plans for dissemination (if applicable);
• curriculum vitae of the applicant(s);
• a project timeline;
• a detailed budget (including matching support if applicable), and
• federal tax exemption letter evidencing the administrating organization is not classified as a private foundation (questions regarding this requirement should be directed to the Director of the Borchard Center on Law & Aging).

The proposal narrative is limited to five pages. The five-page limit includes references (which should be kept to a minimum), but does not include the curriculum vitae, project timeline, budget description, or tax letter.

Appendices may be added only if necessary to support the proposal narrative and should not be used merely to exceed the five-page limit.

If two or more individuals are submitting a collaborative proposal, please complete the online application for the principal researcher but explain the collaboration in the proposal narrative and attach a curriculum vitae for each of the individuals involved in the collaborative proposal.

Letters of support are accepted only if the applicant is working in collaboration with another organization. Letters of support should be submitted separately and sent by email to Mary Jane Ciccarello, Director, .

The online application process for 2025 applications is available on September 16, 2024. The submission deadline for 2025 applications is October 15, 2024.

Submit Your Online Application Here

Questions? E-mail Mary Jane Ciccarello, Director, .

The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging provided for several years funding for law student summer internships in elder law. These internships were with non-profit agencies around the country. Applications for the internships were made directly with these agencies.

Past summer internships have been with the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging in Washington, D.C., the Senior Lawyer Volunteer Project with Utah Legal Services in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Senior Legal Hotline with Northern California Legal Services in Sacramento, California, and the National Senior Citizens Law Center offices in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and Oakland, California.

Partnership in Law & Aging Program

The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging and the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging in Washington, D.C. collaborated for several years to co-sponsor the Sharpe-Borchard Foundation Center Partnership in Law and Aging Program (PLAP), which until 2005 awarded 10 $7,500 mini-grants annually to bar associations, legal services providers and other local organizations to encourage the development of collaborative, law-related projects.

The goal was to encourage programs to explore alternative methods for educating the elderly about their legal rights and expanding the elderly's access to legal services. In February, 2005 the PLAP awards was restructured to provide for two different funding levels and two different terms.

Eight (8) “original” one-year grants were awarded annually in the amount of $7,500 on topics proposed by the applicant. Two (2) “special initiative” eighteen (18) month grants were awarded every other year in the amount of $15,000 on topics selected by the grant co-sponsors. Since 2009 the program has been suspended.

For further information on the program and a list of past recipients, visit the American Bar Association Commission on Law & Aging website on the Partnership Program.

A retrospective of this innovative grant program aimed at increasing awareness and access to legal services for older people appeared in the March-April 2010 edition of Bifocal.

Summer Internships

The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging provided for several years funding for law student summer internships in elder law. These internships were with non-profit agencies around the country. Applications for the internships were made directly with these agencies.

Past summer internships have been with the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging in Washington, D.C., the Senior Lawyer Volunteer Project with Utah Legal Services in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Senior Legal Hotline with Northern California Legal Services in Sacramento, California, and the National Senior Citizens Law Center offices in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and Oakland, California.

2014 National Aging and Law Conference

The Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging is a co-sponsor of the ABA Commission on Law and Aging's October 2014 National Aging and Law Conference in Washington, D.C. The conference will bring together substantive law, policy, and legal service development and delivery practitioners from across the country. The program will include sessions on Medicare, Medicaid, guardianship, elder abuse, legal ethics, legal service program development and delivery, consumer law, income security, and other issues.

Borchard Center co-director, Edward D. Spurgeon, will present, along with current fellow Adrienne Lyon Buenavista, on Supporting the Next Generation of Elder Law Attorneys: The Borchard Law & Aging Fellowship Experience. Catheryn Koss, former Borchard fellow and the Center's Fellows Coordinator will present with Professor Nina A. Kohn of the University of Syracuse College of Law (and a past recipient of a Borchard academic research grant) on Lawyers for Wards? Legal & Ethical Barriers to Protecting the Rights of Persons Subject to Guardianship.

Third National Guardianship Summit 2011

The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging was a co-sponsor of the Third National Guardianship Summit that convened on October 13 to 15, 2011, at the S.J. Quinney College of Law of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. With 92 delegates, observers, authors, funders and facilitators participating, the Summit was a consensus conference on post-appointment guardian performance and decision-making for adults.

The Summit delegates adopted a far-reaching set of recommendations for Guardian Standards, as well as additional Recommendations for action by courts, legislatures and other entities. These documents from the Summit offer the groundwork for nationally recognized standards for guardians of adults.

The Summit was supported by grants from the State Justice Institute, the Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging, and contributions from the National Guardianship Network (NGN) and co-sponsoring organizations. Borchard Center delegates included Edward D. Spurgeon, Co-Director, Catheryn Koss, former Borchard Fellow and Director of the Senior Law Resource Center in Oklahoma City, and Mary Jane Ciccarello, Co-Director, who was also a group facilitator.

In preparation for the Summit, the NGN commissioned nine papers by 17 experts. In addition, the existing National Guardianship Association Standards of Practice, and 12 Summit Issue Briefs helped to inform the attendees and spur thorough consideration of issues. The Issue Briefs included Recommendations from a Family Guardian Focus Group convened by NGN planners to promote family guardian input; and a summary by the National Organization to End Elder Abuse and Guardianship Abuse. For the Standards, Recommendations, Issue Briefs, paper authors and topics, and a list of all the sponsors, see www.guardianshipsummit.org.

The summit proceedings, commissioned papers and recommendations, were published in a special issue of the Utah Law Review, Volume 2012, Number 3.

Facilitating Voting as People Age: Implications of Cognitive Impairment 2007

The Borchard Foundation Center co-sponsored a conference on March 21-24, 2007 at the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law at Sacramento, California. The goal of this conference was to facilitate voting by older persons with cognitive disabilities while avoiding fraud and exploitation of this vulnerable population. The conference brought together leaders with multidisciplinary perspectives on the legal issues that impact voting by aging persons with differing levels of cognitive impairment. The conference proceedings, recommendations and commissioned papers were published in a special Symposium issue, Volume 38, Issue 4, of the McGeorge Law Review.

Vulnerable Adult Financial Abuse Conference 2003

On April 25, 2003, the Borchard Foundation Center co-sponsored a day-long conference onvulnerable adult financial abuse with the S.J. Quinney College of Lawand Utah Adult Protective Services. The participants, which included lawyers, judges, law enforcement and adult protective services, examined the financial abuse and exploitation of vulnerable adults in Utah, focusing on the extent of the problem and exploring viable remedies.

Wingspan 2001

The Second National Guardianship Conference known as Wingspan convened at Stetson University College of Law on November 30-December 1, 2001, more than a decade after Wingspread. By invitation only, Wingspan gathered a multi-disciplinary group of experts to collaborate in writings and in workshops on the extent of and recommendations for further guardianship reform. Stetson University College of Law was the primary academic sponsor with co-sponsorship provided by the Borchard Foundation Center, the ABA Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly, the National College of Probate Judges, the Supervisory Council of the ABA Section on Real Property Probate and Trust, the National Guardianship Association, the Center for Medicare Advocacy, the Arc of the United States and the Center for Social Gerontology. Commissioned papers and conference recommendations were published in XXXI 2002 Stetson Law Review (2003).

Borchard Conference 2000

The Borchard Foundation Center served as the convener, organizer and primary sponsor for a national conference on legal and ethical issues in the progression of dementia held November 29-December 2, 2000 in Athens, Georgia. Multidisciplinary experts invited to be part of this unique conference collaborated to produce a set of recommendations and articles addressing the legal and ethical dilemmas presented by the progression of dementia. Conference co-sponsors included the ABA Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly, the Alzheimer's Association, the National Academy of Elder Lawyers, and the University of Georgia School of Law. Conference papers and recommendations were published in 35 Georgia Law Review, No. 2, Winter 2001.

Thank you for your interest in our organization.

The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging is located in Pasadena, California.

Please contact us at:

Website: www.borchardcla.org

Email: Mary Jane Ciccarello, Director, at  

To contact the Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation:

Website: www.borchardfoundation.org

Email:  

Telephone: 626-298-6980

Our Mission

The mission of the Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging is, through education, research and service, to help improve the quality of life for older adults, including those who are poor or otherwise isolated by language, culture, lack of education, disability or other barriers.

Director

Mary Jane Ciccarello

Founder

Professor and Dean Emeritus Edward D. Spurgeon (deceased)

History

The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging was authorized and created in 1998 by the Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation, which is based in Pasadena, California.

In addition to funding from The Borchard Foundation, The Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging was generously supported for several years by the members of its Professional Advisory Board, who also served on the Partnership in Law and Aging Program mini-grants selection committee. The Professional Advisory Board members were Dr. Lawrence Brennan, Elizabeth Donahue, Alexander Forger, Robert K. Johnson, Richard E. Kipper, Cara Robertson, and O.W. Moyle. 

An Academic Advisory Board helps review the annual Academic Research Grant applications. Former Borchard Fellows also participate in the selection of research grants and new fellows. 

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