Meaghan McDermott is the chief attorney for the Community Lawyering Initiative at Maryland Legal Aid. The Initiative conducts legal clinics in community spaces across the state. Meaghan has been with Legal Aid since February 2017. Prior to Legal Aid, she worked for eight years as an attorney-adviser for disability and health programs in the federal government. She graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law and earned her undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice and Sociology from the University of Maryland College Park.