Mary Philbrook Annual Public Interest Awards Celebration

28 TH MARY PHILBROOK ANNUAL PUBLIC INTEREST AWARDS CELEBRATION

Thursday, October 3, 2013 28 TH ANNUAL CELEBRATION The Women’s Law Caucus The Association for Public Interest Law Rutgers School of Law–Camden and The Camden County Bar Association proudly present the 2013 MARY PHILBROOK PUBLIC INTEREST AWARDS to The Honorable Virginia Long Former Associate Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court

And honor Eve Biskind Klothen Former Assistant Dean, Pro Bono and Public Interest Program at Rutgers Law–Camden

October 3, 2013 PROGRAM

Welcome Kathryn Somerset, Class of 2015 President Women’s Law Caucus

Maura Burk, Class of 2014 President Association for Public Interest Law

Dean Rayman Solomon Rutgers School of Law–Camden

Meredith Olearchik ‘05 Chancellor, Law Alumni Association

Gary W. Boguski President Camden County Bar Association

Introduction of the Dean Jill Friedman and Marshall-Brennan Fellows and Professor William McLaughlin ‘04 Michael Young Scholars Co-Directors Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project

Presentation of Jill Friedman Student Awards and Acting Assistant Dean Acknowledgment of Pro Bono and Public Interest Program Past Student Honorees Amy Sobotka, Class of 2015 Chair, Student Public Interest Honoree Selection Committee Introductions of Honoree The Honorable Barry Albin and Presentation of Award Associate Justice New Jersey Supreme Court

Lauren Alfaro, Class of 2014 Women’s Law Caucus Philbrook Co-Chair

Honoree’s Remarks The Honorable Virginia Long Associate Justice (ret.) New Jersey Supreme Court

Introduction to the Louis S. Rulli, ’74 Movement for Civil Right Past Philbrook Honoree to Counsel Practice Professor of Law and Clinical Director University of Pennsylvania Law School

Recognition of Wali Rushdan II ‘12 Distinguished Service Past Philbrook Student Honoree Associate, Fox-Rothschild LLP

Eve Biskind Klothen Founding Assistant Dean Pro Bono and Public Interest Program 2002-2013

Samantha Gross, Class of 2013 APIL Philbrook Chair

Closing Professor Ann E. Freedman Philbrook Advisor and Co-Founder VIRGINIA LONG

Virginia Long served as an Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1999 to March 1, 2012, when she reached the age of mandatory retirement. Justice Long has been a voice of wisdom and humanity throughout her distinguished legal career, bringing intellect, integrity and commitment to everything she undertakes. While on the Supreme Court bench, she authored many opinions, but is perhaps most known for her stance on the death penalty, which she believed was impossible to apply ra- tionally and consistently. After leaving the Court, Long joined Fox Rothschild, where she spearheads the firm’s pro bono efforts in New Jersey.

Long’s judicial opinions impacted the lives of people throughout New Jer- sey and addressed such topics as establishing standards for defining who constitutes a “psychological parent;” determining that the refusal to renew the employment contract of an employee over the age of 70 violated the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination; first recognizing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a basis for workers compensation and disability retirement benefits; and noting that any physician who performs a physi- cal examination on behalf of a third party, as in the case of a pre-employment exam, has a duty to advise the examinee of any negative findings.

“New Jersey’s state Supreme Court has long been viewed by many as a national model for its handling of legal issues, and Justice Long’s uncom- mon wisdom and profound humanity have greatly influenced many of the decisions issued by the court on some of today’s most controversial issues,” according to Phillip E. Griffin, co-chair of Fox Rothschild, the firm where Justice Long now heads pro bono activities out of the Princeton office.

A 1963 graduate of Dunbarton College of the Holy Cross, Justice Long was one of only four women to earn a law degree from Rutgers School of Law- Newark in the 125-member Class of 1966. Justice Long served as a Deputy Attorney General in New Jersey, as Director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs and as Commissioner of the former New Jersey Depart- ment of Banking. In 1978, Governor Brendan T. Byrne appointed her to the New Jersey Superior Court, where she presided over civil, criminal and family law cases. From 1983 to 1984, she was the General Equity judge for Mercer, Somerset and Hunterdon counties. In 1984, then-Chief Justice Robert N. Wilentz elevated her to the Appellate Division, where she penned—literally, since she reportedly shuns the computer in favor of legal pads and a pen--more than 2,000 opinions during her 15-year tenure and became a presiding judge in 1995. Justice Long was nominated by Governor Christine Todd Whitman on June 17, 1999 to serve on the New Jersey Supreme Court. Her position was confirmed by the New Jersey Senate on June 21, 1999, and she was sworn in as only the third woman ever to serve on the Court on September 1, 1999. On June 21, 2006 the state Senate granted her tenure following the initial seven years.

“Because of you, individual rights are more secure. Because of you, our system of justice is fairer,” Justice Barry Albin told her on the last day she sat for oral arguments. “I have no doubt that you will be regarded as one of the greatest jurists of your generation and perhaps of any generation.”

At Fox Rothschild, Justice Long assists clients with ethics and appellate matters; advises on corporate governance and governmental integrity investigations; and serves as a mediator and arbitrator.

As a director of Centurion Ministries, Long works with her law firm colleagues to provide pro bono services to unjustly prisoned and factu- ally innocent individuals. Justice Long has been recognized with many prestigious awards including the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Civil Practice Committee’s 2013 James J. McLaughlin Award for Civility, Legal Competence and Professionalism; the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Women in the Profession Section’s 2012 Marie L. Garibaldi Award for Distinguished Service and Excellence; New Jersey Psychiatric Association’s Citizen of the Year Award, 2012; the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Serpentelli Award in 2012; designation in the Rutgers University Hall of Distinguished Alumni in 2001; Douglass College’s New Jersey Women of Achievement Award in 2001 and Rutgers School of Law–Newark’s Fannie Bear Besser Award for Public Service in 1999.

She has also chaired and served as a member of numerous Supreme Court committees, including Extra-judicial Activities and Judicial Performance. She served on the working group that in 2013 recommended a pro bono service requirement for prospective New Jersey bar applicants.

Justice Long’s commitment to the people of New Jersey and her unas- suming public spirit came to the fore when she was invited to deliver the keynote speech at Rutgers University’s May 2013 commencement. Long, who was awarded an honorary doctorate at the ceremony, was offered a $35,000 honorarium to deliver the speech. According to a reporter who called her for comment, Justice Long said, “I am not going to accept it. I’m happy to do this for Rutgers.”

The only child of a deputy police chief and a city hall secretary in Eliza- beth, Long was a voracious reader, a trait that helped her become a contes- tant on the TV game show Jeopardy! a few years after law school. Justice Long is married to Jonathan D. Weiner, also a partner at Fox Rothschild of Philadelphia and Lawrenceville, and has three children, Bernardita, John, and Jane. EVE BISKIND KLOTHEN

As its inaugural assistant dean, Eve Biskind Klothen built the Pro Bono and Public Inter- est Program at Rutgers Law School in Camden, transforming it from a small collection of projects when she arrived, into the national model it is today. Klothen joined the law school in 2002 and served as Assistant Dean from 2004 until she decided to devote more time to teaching and consulting as of July 2013. Dean Klothen increased pro bono program and public interest activities from four to 15 programs, providing thousands of hours of pro bono legal assistance to those with nowhere else to turn, and inculcating scores of law students with the pro bono ethic. Under her tenure, the law school adopted a public interest loan repayment program and inaugurated an alternative spring break program, and saw several students placed in prestigious post-graduate public interest fellowships.

Dean Klothen has been recognized for her work with the Father Robert Drinan Award for Outstanding Public Service from the AALS in 2009; the Pro Bono Coordinator of the Year Award from the National Association of Pro Bono Coordinators; the Equal Justice Award from Community Legal Services in Philadelphia; the Outstanding Service Award from the Pennsyl- vania Bar Association; and the Excellence Award from Pennsylvania Legal Services.

After receiving her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in 1972 and graduating from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1975, Klothen worked as a staff attorney and subsequently managing attorney for Legal Services in Georgia and as a federal agency fraud litigator in Washington, D.C. Later, she served as the founding director of Philadel- phia Volunteers for the Indigent Program (VIP) and as director of the Phil- adelphia Bar Foundation, both of which have been honored with national and state awards. In these capacities, Klothen also facilitated the estab- lishment of several specialty legal services organizations in Philadelphia, such as the Homeless Advocacy Project and the Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project, to serve unique client populations and tap the unique abilities and energies of members of specialty bars. These “boutique” organizations have flourished and have, in large part due to Dean Klothen’s leadership, developed into interdependent and mutually supportive agencies. In 2011, at the 30th anniversary celebration of Philadelphia VIP, she was honored for her critical role in the organization’s success, and she continues to donate time to VIP and to the Bar Foundation every year.

During her tenure at the Law School, Klothen partnered with local legal services organizations to provide structured opportunities for students to learn substantive legal skills; serve unmet legal needs in the community; and develop an understanding of the pro bono ethic. With Clinical Profes- sor Sarah Ricks, Klothen inaugurated a Pro Bono Legal Research Project that engages law students in performing legal research and writing under faculty supervision for legal nonprofits, government entities and private attorneys performing pro bono work; the project has been replicated at other law schools. The daughter and daughter-in-law of immigrants, Klothen’s involvement was critical to the success of Citizenship Rutgers, a university- wide naturalization project for legal permanent residents of New Jersey; for this work, Klothen was recognized, along with Clinical Professor Joanne Gottesman, with a Chancellor’s Award for Academic Civic Engagement in 2013.

Her other professional activities include appointments to the Federal Judi- cial Nominating Commission for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; the Civil Justice Advisory Committee for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania United States District Court; and membership, with a year as chair, on the University of Pennsylvania Law School Public Service Advisory Committee. Klothen also serves on the boards of City Year Greater Philadelphia and MAZON: a Jewish Response to Hunger, among others.

Dean Klothen plans to serve as a consultant to the law school and other organizations, and will continue to teach courses in negotiation, interviewing, and counseling. Her husband Kenneth Klothen served as executive director of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States under President Clinton, and has held many positions in the public sector. Thanks to her daughter Becky, Klothen is adoring grand- mother to twin 4-year old boys; her son Erich is slated to go into the Peace Corps soon. PAST MARY PHILBROOK AWARD RECIPIENTS

1986 1994 The Honorable Betty J. Lester The Honorable Mary Ellen Superior Court of New Jersey Talbott Superior Court of New Jersey 1987 Professor Nadine Taub 1995 Director, Women’s Rights Joan Pennington ’81 Litigation Clinic, Rutgers Founder, National Center Law School–Newark for Protective Parents in Civil Child Sexual Abuse Cases 1988 Reverend Russell L. Harrison 1996 Director, Camden Rescue Mission Zulima V. Farber Former New Jersey Public 1989 Advocate Kathryn Kolbert ACLU Reproductive Rights 1997 Freedom Project The Honorable Marie L. Garibaldi Diane E. Straus, R.N Justice, Supreme Court Director, Cherry Hill of New Jersey Women’s Medical Center 1998 1990 Louis S. Rulli ‘74 The Honorable Paulette Sapp- Former Executive Director, Peterson Rutgers ‘77 Community Legal Services of Superior Court of New Jersey Philadelphia

1991 1999 Susan Knispel ’79 Allison E. Accurso ‘85 Legal Aid Society of Mercer Assistant Attorney General, County New Jersey

1992 2000 Linda J. Wharton ’81 The Honorable Lillian Ransom Women’s Law Project, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia Philadelphia

1993 Frank P. Cervone Deborah Willig Director, Support Center for Former Chancellor, Child Advocates, Philadelphia Philadelphia Bar Association 2001 2007 Renee Steinhagen The Honorable Deborah Poritz Executive Director, Public Interest Chief Justice, New Jersey Law Center, New Jersey Supreme Court (Retired)

William H. Buckman ‘78 2008 Private Practitioner, Morristown, Carol E. Tracy New Jersey Executive Director, The Women’s Law Project 2002 Philadelphia Alba E. Martinez Former Commissioner, 2009 Department of Human Services, Yvonne Smith Segars Philadelphia Public Defender The State of New Jersey 2003 The Honorable Judith H. 2010 Wizmur ‘74 Drewry Nash Fennell ’97 United States Bankruptcy Court, Executive Director, Camden, New Jersey Delaware Criminal Justice Council 2004 Judith Bernstein-Baker 2011 HIAS and Council, Harold B. Garwin ’72 Migration Service of Executive Director, Philadelphia Community Health Law

Carole Wood 2012 Immigration Coordinator, Kevin D. Walsh ‘99 Camden Center for Associate Director, Law and Social Justice Fair Share Housing Center

2005 The Honorable Theodore A. McKee United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

2006 Catherine C. Carr Executive Director, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia PAST STUDENT AWARD RECIPIENTS Listed By Law School Graduation Year

Nii Obeng (Sonny) Ankrah, 1999 Rachel Fais Partyka, 2003 Jacqueline Caban, 1999 Stephanie Sanderson, 2003 Meredith Schalick, 1999 Carolyn Buccerone, 2004 Kevin Walsh, 1999 Keith Campbell, 2004 Jean Connolly, 2000 Trevor Kwan, 2004 Elizabeth Livingstone, 2000 Bill McLaughlin, 2004 Kay Radwanski, 2000 Belinda Roberts, 2004 Robert Wright, 2000 Krista Trani, 2004 Kelly Coia, 2000 Oliver Cleary, 2004 Susanna Gray, 2000 Keith Walsh, 2004 Valarie McPherson, 2000 Matthew Abatemarco, 2005 Karen Francis, 2001 William “Rob” Frantz, 2005 Christine Heer, 2001 Daniella Gordon, 2005 Danielle Joseph, 2001 Shawnda Grady, 2005 John Price, 2001 Maggie Niebler, 2005 Marisa Krause, 2001 Joseph Turk, 2005 James Lubrich, 2001 Temperance Williamson, 2005 Zoe McLaughlin, 2001 Kristy Hausinger, 2005 Michael Schleigh, 2001 Kyle G. Phillips, 2005 Mellany Alio, 2002 Macavan Baird, 2006 Lynne Killmeyer, 2002 Sam Hoffman, 2006 Jodina Hoobler-Hicks, 2002 Amanda M. Lanham, 2006 Megan Willoughby, 2002 Robert “Reb” Loucas, 2006 John Cardwell, 2002 Kristina Rencic, 2006 Sharon L. Piccioni, 2002 Jennifer Shamwell, 2006 Lisa Raufer, 2002 Dina Wizmur, 2006 Dalia Zaza, 2002 Lisa Junghahn, 2006 Ellen Bailey, 2003 Kevin Leipow, 2006 Matt Burns, 2003 Bridget Coyne, 2007 Jared Littman, 2003 David Gallivan, 2007 Blaise Pittman, 2003 Maria Hernandez, 2007 Debra Rainey, 2003 Jeffrey Klamut, 2007 Kimm Tynan, 2003 Robert O’Brien, 2007 PAST STUDENT AWARD RECIPIENTS Listed By Law School Graduation Year

Matthew Rudolphi, 2007 Brian Robert Brotman, 2011 Sarah Wang, 2007 Jason Fortenberry, 2011 Lloyd Freeman, 2007 Jeanette Kwon, 2011 Wesley Huber, 2007 Kate Reilly, 2011 Kimberly Wong, 2007 Michael P. Sawka, 2011 Marissa Band, 2008 Erik L. Solivan, 2011 Carrie S. Ford, 2008 Michael Christian Younker, 2011 Ariel Gornizky, 2008 Jocelyn Fowler, 2011 Esther Huang, 2008 Christine McDevitt, 2011 Tiffany Dionne Johnson, 2008 Theodora Stringham, 2011 Zorayda J. Moreira-Smith, 2008 Elliott Almanza, 2012 Catherine Salansky, 2008 Alysa Castro, 2012 Gregory B. Thomlison, 2008 Brandon Croker, 2012 Joseph A. Venti, 2008 Matt DePasquale, 2012 Michelle A. Westcoat, 2008 Elena Fikaris, 2012 Lynda Hinkle, 2009 Jacquie Huynh-Linenberg, 2012 Shana Mattson, 2009 Wali Rushdan II, 2012 Nhan Tu, 2009 Brisa De Angulo, 2012 Catherine Williams, 2009 Parker Palmer, 2012 Conor Wilson, 2009 Kayci Petenko, 2012 Laura Ann Pontelandolfo, 2009 Abraham Tran, 2012 Melissa Bowe, 2010 Jennifer Kim, 2013 Lisa Geis, 2010 Jennifer Martin, 2013 Amanda Harber, 2010 Colleen McCafferty, 2013 Cori Harvey, 2010 Michael Perez, 2013 Jonathan Klein, 2010 Jonathan Sacks, 2013 Andrew Linenberg, 2010 Ryan Schaffer, 2013 Chris Markos, 2010 Matan Shmuel, 2013 Noah Marlier, 2010 Melissa Osorio, 2010 Jenna Fliszar, 2010 Suehail Perez, 2010 Beverly Beaver, 2011 About Mary Philbrook

Mary Philbrook was born in Washington, DC, on August 6, 1872. The daughter of a feminist mother and a lawyer father, she only received formal education through high school, and a course in stenography. Mary apprenticed in the law with the firm of Russ and Oppenheimer, of Hoboken, NJ, where she met James Minturn, who later became a New Jersey Supreme Court Justice. It was Minturn who encouraged Mary’s interest in the law and made a motion for Mary to be admitted to the New Jersey Bar on February 20, 1894. Mary’s petition for admittance rested on her rights as a citizen and the equal protection guarantees to citizens of the state. However, she was denied admission by the Court despite the fact that over 300 women were already practicing as attorneys in 30 other states.

In 1895, a bill was passed in New Jersey stating that “no person would be denied admission to examination for license to practice as an attorney…” and following another motion by Minturn, Mary was admitted to the New Jersey Bar on June 6, 1895. Subsequently, Mary became the first woman appointed to practice before Chancery Court and the second to be a no- tary public. In 1906, Mary also became the first New Jersey woman to be admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.

After beginning to practice, Mary began a lecture series in which she en- dorsed “plain justice,” meaning that women should not receive any special treatment. She moved her practice to Newark and began working for Legal Aid, as well as championing such causes as child labor reform, exten- sion of the probation system, a state reformatory for women and separate juvenile courts. Her volunteerism even extended to taking street children into her own home until she could find adequate placement for them. She participated in investigations into “white slavery,” which contributed to the passage of the Mann Act, and also fought for women’s right to vote.

After 1919, however, Mary’s focus became the complete emancipation of women, especially in New Jersey. She resigned from a position for the City of Newark in protest because she was being treated differently than the men, assigned only cases in family law and not given the same desk or office space as other legal assistants in the office. During that period, women’s rights made many advances, with the adoption of an interna- tional treaty by the Pan-American states at Montevideo which included an equal rights provision, and with the 1937 League of Nations Assembly appointment of a committee to examine the legal status of women around the world. Mary organized several committees and wrote various petitions to amend the state constitution to include an equal rights provision and to reword the preamble to affirm women’s rights. Mary’s last major triumph was the replacement of references to ‘men’ in the New Jersey Constitution with references to ‘persons.’

After prolonged illness, Mary Philbrook passed away on September 2, 1958. We are grateful for her contributions to social justice and equality and for her inspiring example. THE HISTORY OF THE MARY PHILBROOK AWARD CELEBRATION

The Philbrook Celebration began in 1986, as the successor event to the Rutgers Women’s Law Caucus’ networking dinner. The Rutgers Women’s Law Caucus was founded in the 1970s to advocate for equality of treatment for women in the legal profession and in society, educate its members and the law school community about legal issues affecting women’s lives, and provide opportunities for women law students, faculty, attorneys and judges to network with each other. In 1986, at the suggestion of Pro- fessor Ann Freedman, its faculty advisor, the Women’s Law Caucus joined with other law school student organizations, interested faculty and alumni to re-invent the WLC’s annual gathering of students, faculty and alumni as the Mary Philbrook Public Interest Award Celebration. Professor Robert F. Williams suggested naming the award after Mary Philbrook because of her pathbreaking achievements as New Jersey’s first woman lawyer, her role in obtaining the equal rights provision of the 1947 New Jersey state constitution, and her outstanding career as an advocate for social justice and equality. Val Myntti, ’87, the chairperson of the original Philbrook Celebration, and the Honorable Betty J. Lester, of the Superior Court, Essex County, New Jersey, the first Philbrook honoree, helped us start the enjoy- able Philbrook tradition of combining a wonderful social occasion with inspiring reflections on a life and career shaped by dedication to the public interest. Linda J. Wharton, ’81 (also our 1992 Philbrook honoree), and Dean Angela V. Baker, ’85, are members of the first Philbrook organizing committee who continue to be involved today.

In 1998, when Professor Louis S. Rulli, ’74, was the Philbrook honoree, the law school’s Alumni Association became a co-sponsor of the event with the Women’s Law Caucus. The next year, at the suggestion of Profes- sors Rulli and Freedman, the event sponsors inaugurated the Mary Phil- brook Student Public Interest Awards, which have allowed the law school community to recognize dozens of outstanding students for their dedicated work on behalf of social justice and equality. In 2000, the Association for Public Interest Law joined the Women’s Law Caucus and the Alumni Association as a co-sponsor of the program, helping to take the event to another level. In 2005, the Camden County Bar Association became the event’s fourth official sponsor, and Professor Freedman was honored for her role in promoting the spirit of Mary Philbrook in the Rutgers Law School community and for her ongoing leadership in creating each year’s celebration. From 1986 to the present, the Mary Philbrook Award Celebration has benefited from outstanding leadership on the part of students, alumni, faculty, staff, and members of the bench and bar. While their names are too numerous to list, we want to express our heartfelt appreciation to everyone who has helped create the distinctive tradition which has now continued for more than a quarter of a century.

Over the years, Lisa Alston, Diana Avella, Jay Cholera, Linda Comuso, Christen Conway, Kate Cranston, Susan Doughty, Rob Goodman, Theresa McCuen, Colleen McNally, Pam Mertsock-Wolfe, Teresa Moffett, Zaharati Morfesis, Jane W. Rhodes and Carol Shaner have provided staff support above and beyond the call of duty. The Campus Center staff, Dining, Events Office, Facilities, Rutgers Camden IT, and Media Relations Depart- ments have provided expert and invaluable assistance. Associate Chancel- lor Mary Beth Daisey, the Honorable Jack Sabatino, Deans Victoria Chase and Angela V. Baker, and Professor John Beckerman have assumed critical leadership roles and helped mentor the students involved in creating the event. Former Assistant Dean Eve Biskin Klothen played an important role in embedding the Philbrook celebration in the law school’s culture, expanding the event’s support for student public interest work and strength- ening ties with the legal community. Special thanks are due to the outstanding honorees who have graced us with their presence and inspired us by their work, as well as to Chancellor Wendell Pritchett and former Deans John Pittenger, Rick Singer, Paul Robinson, Roger Dennis (also our former Provost), Jay Feinman and our current Dean, Rayman Solomon, who have always provided generous support, financial and otherwise, to make this event possible. Philbrook Celebration Proceeds Help Support the Association for Public Interest Law (APIL) Summer Stipends

The APIL summer stipend program funds students in unpaid summer public interest jobs. The fund is supported by the spring APIL Auctions, which last year raised over $50,000, and by Philbrook ticket sales. Stipend recipients assist government and public interest agencies working with underserved populations. In 2013, 20 students were awarded stipends ranging from $2000 to $4250. Employment sites included, among others: Community Health Law Project, Education Law Center, Fair Share Housing Center, Legal Clinic for the Disabled, and the U.S. De- partment of Education, Office of Civil Rights. One APIL scholarship awardee said about her experiences, “In working with both the juvenile and adult criminal units, I was able to experience many aspects of what a public defender does, from ap- pearing on the record on behalf of clients, interviewing and counseling clients and family members, researching and writing briefs, and seeing the day to day work of attorneys in the office. Thank you very much again for your generous grant and the opportunity to have funding for my summer work.” Another wrote, “I truly cannot be more thankful to have received summer stipend from APIL and for the opportunity to pursue my dreams of public service.“

Loan Repayment Assistance Program

In 2003, Rutgers law students voted to establish a Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP) to provide financial assistance to help defray law school debt obli- gations for law school graduates choosing lower paid public interest and public service careers. More information can be found on the pro bono and public interest page of the law school website: camlaw.rutgers.edu/probono/fundingpubint.html.

The Movement for a Civil Right to Counsel

In the landmark case of Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963), the United States Supreme Court ruled that indigent defendants have a constitutional right to be represented by an attorney, at no charge, in state criminal cases. In recent years, a growing national movement, often called “civil Gideon,” or “civil right to counsel (CRTC)” has developed to explore strategies to provide legal counsel, as a matter of right and at public expense, to people who cannot afford counsel in civil legal proceedings of fundamental importance. In 2006 the American Bar Associa- tion (ABA) unanimously adopted a resolution urging “federal, state, and territorial governments to provide legal counsel as a matter of right at public expense to low income persons in those categories of adversarial proceedings where basic human needs are at stake, such as those involving shelter, sustenance, safety, health or child custody, as determined by each jurisdiction.” The Movement for a Civil Right to Counsel

Indigent litigants in a majority of states now enjoy a right to appointed counsel in some types of cases, such as termination of parental rights, abuse/neglect, guard- ianship, civil contempt, involuntary mental health commitment, quarantine, and proceedings to grant minors a judicial waiver of an abortion statute’s parental consent requirement. In some states, indigent litigants are also provided counsel in proceedings involving adult protection, paternity, nonconsensual adoption, sexually dangerous/violent person proceedings, and parole revocation. Only a few states provide a right to counsel in proceedings involving custody, domestic violence, special immigrant juvenile status, or certain types of benefits.

While these developments are positive, no state provides a right to counsel in matters involving shelter or health. And only a very few provide a right to counsel for proceedings involving sustenance, safety, or child custody. To this end it is important for the legal community and other concerned groups to research the consequences of unmet needs for representation, develop pilot projects to evaluate potential methods for providing legal representation and educate the profession and public about this issue.

Through our experience of providing pro bono and clinical legal services to a wide range of individuals and groups throughout the region who otherwise would have gone without the help they desperately need, our law school community has come to appreciate the huge unmet need for publicly funded legal services and its consequences. In the past year, professors and students in the Advanced Domes- tic Violence Clinic filed an amicus brief urging the provision of counsel for both parties in domestic violence cases, and the Children’s Justice Clinic has assisted in legislative reform efforts to protect due process rights, including counsel, for juve- niles committed to the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission. The organizers of this event invite the students, staff, faculty, alumni and friends who come together to celebrate Mary Philbrook’s legacy and the accomplishments of our honorees to join the cause of expanding CRTC.

For more information or to get involved: • National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel civilrighttocounsel.org • American Bar Association CRTC Toolkit americanbar.org/groups/legal_aid_indigent_defendants/ initiatives/civil_right_to_counsel.html • Philadelphia Bar Association philadelphiabar.org/page/CivilGideon • Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going: A Look at the Status of the Civil Right to Counsel, and Current Efforts” By John Pollock Available at nlada.org/DMS/Documents/1342803913.27/ Clinical Programs and Pro Bono and Public Interest Law at Rutgers Rutgers Law–Camden has an exciting range of clinical programs, pro bono activities and public interest law programs. These include:

The Clinics

Under the leadership of Department Chair Professor Victoria Chase, the clinical offerings include regular and advanced clinical courses that allow law students intensively supervised by members of the faculty to represent real clients with legal problems.

Child and Family Advocacy Clinic In the Child and Family Advocacy Clinic, third-year law students represent children in child abuse and neglect cases in Family Court in Camden. Clinic students advocate both in court hearings and administrative proceedings for each client’s medical, mental health, education, public benefit and immigration needs. The clinic is taught by professor Meredith Schalick.

Children’s Justice Clinic Under the leadership of professor Sandra Simkins, the Children’s Justice Clinic represents children in juvenile delinquency proceedings using a holistic model of representation with the intent to provide children and families with assistance in resolving the problems that led to the court encounter.

Civil Practice Clinic Students represent low income residents of South Jersey in a wide variety of matters such as family law, immigration, landlord/tenant issues and estate planning. The course is co-taught by Clinical Staff attorney Traci Overton and professor Anne Mallgrave.

Domestic Violence Clinic Students represent domestic violence victims at final restraining (protective) order hearings in Family Court. Students spend substantial time intensively investigating cases and presenting those cases in court, and may also write appellate briefs. The clinic is taught by professor Victoria Chase.

Federal Prisoner Reentry Clinic Students represent ex-offenders in resolving civil legal matters that present sig- nificant barriers to successful reintegration into society. Under the supervision of visiting professor William McLaughlin, students work in partnership with federal probation officers to identify and address clients’ legal issues.

Immigrant Justice Clinic Students fully assume the role of attorney as they represent immigrant clients in cutting edge matters at the intersection of immigration law and state law. Students interview and counsel clients, advocate in immigration and state court, research and draft legal documents and grapple with difficult strategic decisions and professional responsibility issues. In addition to engaging in individual client representation, students may undertake community education or policy advocacy projects. The course is taught by professor Joanne Gottesman. Clinical Programs and Pro Bono and Public Interest Law at Rutgers

Hybrid Clinics

Advanced Legal Writing: Community Based Practice Students research complicated legal issues for the legal department of the Mazzoni Center, a Philadelphia Based LGBT social service provider. Students also have an opportunity to meet and interact with the assigning attorney(s) from the Center’s legal department.

Human Rights Advocacy & Litigation Students research and write briefs, complaints, memos, and reports for non-governmental, non-profit human rights litigators and advocates. Projects are designed to expose students to the different tools available to promote respect for human rights and to integrate the theory and practice of human rights advocacy.

Mediation The Family Mediation and Mediation Clinics provide students with the opportunity to apply mediation skills to state court matters.

Public Interest Research and Writing Students undertake real legal research assignments from practicing lawyers who represent non-profits or government agencies. The course culminates in submit- ting a written product to the outside lawyer and students’ oral presentation of their research results to the outside lawyer. Each semester the course is taught, all assignments are for a single outside entity such as the Philadelphia Commission for Human Relations or the Philadelphia Law Department Civil Rights Unit.

Small Business Counseling Students provide advice, counsel and assistance to community members seeking to incorporate small businesses.

Practice Externship and Judicial Externship

Under the direction of professor Harriet Katz, third-year law students receive academic credit while working for one of various public and private non-profit agencies. Under the supervision of professor Patricia Legge, third-year and second term second-year students may earn credit for work for a state or federal trial or appellate judge.

The Rutgers Law Pro Bono Domestic Violence Project

The Rutgers Domestic Violence Project is a pro bono program staffed by volunteer law students who provide legal information to individuals seeking domestic violence restraining orders at the Camden and Burlington County Courthouses. The Project is supervised by professor Anne Mallgrave. The Project, begun in 1995, helped pave the way for the development of the law school’s Domestic Violence Clinic. Clinical Programs and Pro Bono and Public Interest Law at Rutgers

The Pro Bono Program

Acting assistant dean Jill Friedman heads the law school’s Pro Bono and Public Interest Program. Other professionals include the associate director, Pam Mertsock- Wolfe and the inaugural pro bono fellow, Michael Perez. The Program includes the following projects: 501(c)(3), Bankruptcy, Citizenship Rutgers, Domestic Violence (described above), Eastern District Prisoner Reentry (STAR), Federal Prisoner Reentry, Financial Literacy (FliP), Mediation, Planning for Estates (PEP), Pro Bono Research (co-directed by professor Sarah Ricks), South Jersey Educational Reentry, Street Law, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA), Voter’s Rights, and many ad- ditional opportunities, some offered in partnership with legal services providers throughout the Delaware Valley.

Through these projects, law students volunteer over 3500 hours of service annu- ally and provide invaluable assistance to strained legal service providers, dedicated pro bono attorneys, and clients with nowhere else to turn. All in-house pro bono projects include training, materials and ongoing supervision.

The Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project Fellowship

The Marshall Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project Fellowship, co-directed by dean Jill Friedman and professor Bill McLaughlin, prepares gifted second- and third-year law students to teach a course on Constitutional Law in Camden’s high schools. Since the Camden chapter of this national program was established by Traci Overton and professor Elizabeth Hillman in 2002-2003, Fellows have taught hundreds of Camden students about their rights and responsibilities under the Constitution and have served as role models for civic engagement and leadership. Schools served have included Brimm Medical Arts, Camden High, Camden Center for Youth Development, Christus Lutheran, LEAP Academy University Charter School, MetEast, Urban Promise Academy and Woodrow Wilson. Exceptional 2L Fellows are selected as Michael Young Scholars and serve as teaching assistants in their 3L years. In spring 2012, a high school member of Rutgers-Camden’s Marshall-Brennan Moot Court Prelaw Club won top honors when named “Best Petitioner” in a national competition in Washington, DC, where he argued that life without parole for a juvenile violated the Eighth Amendment. 2013 STUDENT HONOREES

Maura Burk, Class of 2014 Maura Burk embodies the spirit of public service, as is evident in her impressive contributions to both the Camden community and the Association for Public Interest Law (“APIL”). Maura has been involved with APIL since her 1L year, and currently serves as its president. In the past, she has served as the APIL Community Outreach Chair, volunteering at a local soup kitchen, participating in a Camden tree planting project, and organizing the 2013 5k Run for Justice. This year Maura is participating in the Child & Family Advocacy Clinic and organizing a Hurricane Sandy relief project, placing Rutgers Camden law students with public interest organizations devoted to legal aspects of the relief effort. Maura has also participated in the Street Law Pro Bono Project, is a Marshall Brennan Fellow, and has served as a public interest intern for the Philadelphia Bar Association.

Iveliz Crespo, Class of 2014 A Camden native, Iveliz “Evy” Crespo is resolute in her love for her city and making it a better place. Before and during law school, she has devoted countless hours to promoting social justice and equality for children, minorities, marginalized workers and members of the LGBT communities. A former president of OUTLaws, a Marshall Brennan Fellow, and a volunteer in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Street Law Pro Bono projects, Evy also has worked to establish mentor- ing programs for LGBT youths in Camden, and has organized fundraisers for the AIDS walk, the ATTIC Youth Center and other church and community programs. In the summer of 2012, Evy had a summer internship with the Children’s Justice Clinic, and the following summer, worked with Friends of Farmworkers as a Peggy Browning Fellow, utilizing her Spanish fluency to assist migrant workers with immigration and employment law issues. Evy is unparalleled in the breadth and ex- tent of her involvement with public service, her tremendous dedication and talents and her commitment to a long-term career helping others through the law.

Kiomeiry Csepes, Class of 2013 Kiomeiry’s investment in public service comes in part from a deep personal understanding of what it means to be in need of assistance, and how invaluable that help can be to those who seek it. Kiomeiry became interested in law through her work as a receptionist at the New Brunswick City Prosecutor’s office. Since, she has become passionate about immigration issues that affect many Camden families and the legal issues that face women, particularly the victims of domestic violence. While in law school, Kiomeiry was a single mother of two toddlers and worked part-time. Nonetheless, she made time to participate in Alternative Spring Break in New Orleans, Street Law and the Domestic Violence Project. She also exercised leadership, serving in her 2L year as President of Alianza and spearheading the creation of a scholarship award for college bound Latino youths from Camden. As a 3L, Kiomeiry participated in the Immigrant Justice Clinic, where she helped to develop a “Know your Rights” workshop in Spanish. Kiomeiry has volunteered with such organizations as WomenSpace, and since graduation has encouraged her legal colleagues and supervisors to provide legal aid to a local shelter to assist in domestic violence proceedings; she also has volunteered with an immigrant advocacy organization known as “La Casita.” In the true spirit of Mary Philbrook, Kiomeiry champions women’s empowerment and social justice. 2012 STUDENT HONOREES

Amanda Dalton, Class of 2013 An alumna of Rutgers–Camden, Amanda has embraced the virtues of pro bono work in and outside of the school environment. While a student, Amanda was active in the Domestic Violence and Mediation Pro Bono projects, providing over 100 hours of pro bono service. She served as an intern with Philadelphia’s Catho- lic Social Services, performing legal work for their immigration department. She also held several leadership positions in APIL, chairing Alternative Spring Break and the APIL Auction, and also serving as Fundraising Chair. Coaching a winning moot court team as a Marshall Brennan Constitutional Literacy Fellow and Michael Young Scholar was the highlight of her third year of law school, and Amanda’s enthusiasm encouraged many others to participate actively as well. In the summer after her first year, she worked with Americorps on an Equal Justice Works Schol- arship, and in her third year, pursued her interest in child advocacy in the Child and Family Advocacy Clinic. Now serving as a law clerk for the Honorable Helen Hoens, Associate Justice of the the New Jersey Supreme Court, Amanda remains active in bar association affairs.

Tiara Greene, Class of 2014 While Tiara Greene has only been at Rutgers–Camden for one year, she has already had a large impact. When she arrived as 2L transfer student, Tiara jumped right in and started giving back, continuing to pursue her passion for helping children and families. While at Stetson College of Law, Tiara had contributed to the creation of a Street Law element of the school’s Juvenile Justice Initiative, and at Rutgers she has participated in the Street Law Pro Bono Project, working to educate local youth about their rights and responsibilities under law. Tiara has interned with the Child Advocacy Unit of the Philadelphia Defenders Association and the Education Law Center; worked as a mentor with Urban Promise; and, through her work with the Honorable Judge Paula Dow, has learned firsthand the processes families go through in the courts. She has been active in BLSA and participated in the South African Constitutional Law trip last spring. She is currently a law and policy clerk with the Juvenile Law Center, a national leader in advancing the legal rights of young people. Tiara makes the most of every opportunity to deepen her understanding and enhance the already impressive skills she brings to bear in her work with and for young people in need of advocacy and support, a cause that was also dear to Mary Philbrook herself.

Samantha Gross, Class of 2014 Samantha has engaged in numerous pro bono and public interest activities at Rutgers Law, where she has consistently assumed leadership roles. In her 2L year, Samantha served as the Women’s Law Caucus President, spearheading various projects with “I Dare to Care,” an organization supporting high school-aged girls in Camden. She also served as APIL’s Community Outreach Chair and assisted in the planning of the second annual APIL Run for Justice, as well as serving for many years on the Philbrook Celebration Organizing Committee. Last year, Samantha served as the editor-in-chief of the Rutgers Journal of Law and Public Policy and has been actively involved in the implementation of Planning Estates Pro Bono (“PEP”), which seeks to provide wills and powers of attorney to low income area residents. She has recently been conducting research to promote health care access through a Medical-Legal Partnership project with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, focusing on socio-legal needs among low-income Philadelphians. In addition to Samantha’s exceptional contributions to the Rutgers community, she 2012 STUDENT HONOREES has volunteered with the Agatston Urban Nutrition Initiative, where she works with students in West Philadelphia on nutrition-related education. Through her passion and empathy for those she serves and her unwavering commitment to surrounding communities, Samantha is an outstanding Philbrook award recipient.

Maureen Ingersoll, Class of 2014 While Maureen Ingersoll is not one to seek accolades for her achievements or contributions, she has an outstanding record of leadership and service . Maureen, who is currently the student director of the Street Law Project, a co-chair for the APIL Auction and a editor on the Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion, is also participating in the Children’s Justice Clinic. In the past, Maureen has served in leadership positions within both the Voter’s Rights Project and the Women’s Law Caucus, serving on the Philbrook Celebration Organizing Committee. She served as a Marshall Brennan Fellow in her 2L year, while participating in VITA and Alternative Spring Break. Her spirit, devotion, level of organization and follow through, and overall efficacy have made her invaluable to the many organizations and pro bono initiatives she serves. Maureen is humble about her achievements, but has been tena- cious in her commitment to service and our community.

Ragner Jaeger, Class of 2014 Ragner chose Rutgers–Camden because he recognized a great need for service in the Camden community. Utilizing both his acquired legal skills and his bilingual Spanish-English proficiencies, Ragner has supplied translation services to the Bankruptcy Pro Bono Project and has mediated cases through the Mediation Pro Bono Project. In addition, Ragner has assisted in the Pro Bono Research Project, the Voters’ Rights Project and Citizenship Rutgers, a University-wide initiative that helps legal permanent residents complete their naturalization applications. He traveled to Miami and New Orleans through Alternative Spring Break to offer legal assistance to residents who otherwise would not have been able to afford representation, many of whom also faced language barriers. Currently, Ragner serves as ALIANZA vice president and as an executive board member of both the Hispanic Bar of New Jersey and the Hispanic National Bar Association, traveling to various parts of the country to offer guidance to Hispanic students considering attending law school. Ragner has aspired to live by the philosophy that we are only as good as the neighborhoods we help create. This philosophy shines through in his service, and Ragner has undoubtedly enriched both the Rutgers and Camden communities.

Stephen Raab, Class of 2014 Stephen expresses his commitment to social justice and equality for economically disadvantaged community members through the practice of mediation. Currently, Stephen serves as a student leader for the Pro Bono Mediation Project, mediating landlord/tenant and small claims disputes. In addition to the Mediation Project, Stephen has dedicated numerous hours to the Family Mediation Clinic in Cherry Hill, helping to resolve custody disputes that arise outside a divorce context. This past summer, Stephen mediated custody and divorce matters in Philadelphia through the Good Shepard Mediation Program. Stephen personifies dedication to promoting nonviolent conflict resolution and is a pillar of student leadership in the mediation community. Thank You to Our Supporters

BENEFACTORS

The Alumni Association of Rutgers Law School–Camden The Camden County Bar Association Fox Rothschild Mendel & Jackel City Year Mazon The 2011 Philbrook Student Public Interest Honorees The 2012 Philbrook Student Public Interest Honorees The Biskind & Klothen Families John and Harriet Beckerman The Faculty and Staff of Rutgers Law–Camden Ann Freedman and Rand Rosenblatt Chancellor Wendell Pritchett Rutgers Institute for Professional Education Dean Rayman Solomon Association for Public Interest Law Women’s Law Caucus PATRONS

Licata & Tyrell McCarter & English The Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Swartz & Campbell Thomas & Ana Csepes Klothens & Biskinds Herb Hinkle Rutgers Law–Camden Clinical Programs Rutgers Law–Camden Pro Bono Program The APIL Auction Benjamin E. Foster The Brehon Society The Journal of Law and Public Policy Marshall-Brennan Fellows

SUPPORTERS

Philadelphia VIP The Law Offices of Lynda Hinkle Ari Afilalo Victoria Chase Katie Eyer Jill Friedman, Pam Mertsock-Wolfe, Bill McLaughlin, Angela Baker, Arlene Lentini, Colleen McNally and Todd Berger Larry Rosoff Danielle Smerczynski Stan Stahl Alianza Alternative Spring Break The Black Law Students Association The National Lawyers Guild Law Students for Reproductive Justice Rutgers Run for Justice "You don't judge a society by how they treat the powerful, but by how they treat the poor and incarcerated." - Bryan Stevenson

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The 28th Annual Mary Philbrook Public Interest Award

We salute & congratulate this year’s recipient HonorableHonorable VirginiaVirginia LongLong

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Since 1881 . . . Your Home Court Advantage! The Rutgers University School of Law–Camden Alumni Association Congratulates the recipient of the 2013 Mary Philbrook Public Interest Award The Honorable Virginia Long Former Associate Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court and recognizes Eve Biskind Klothen, Former Assistant Deanfor the Pro Bono and Public Interest Program and the student public interest award recipients: Maura Burk, ‘14 Samantha Gross, ‘14 Iveliz Crespo, ‘14 Maureen Ingersoll, ‘14 Kiomeiry Csepes, ‘13 Ragner Jaeger, ‘14 Amanda Dalton, ‘13 Stephen Raab, ’14 Tiara Greene, ‘14

Alumni Association upcoming events: camlaw.rutgers.edu/alumni-event-calendar The Camden Campus of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is pleased to salute

The Honorable Virginia Long Counsel, Fox Rothschild LLP Associate Justice (retired), New Jersey Supreme Court

Eve Biskind Klothen, Esq. Inaugural Assistant Dean for the Pro Bono and Public Interest Program Rutgers School of Law–Camden

as well as the recipients of the 2013 Mary Philbrook Student Public Interest Awards

camden.rutgers.edu Congratulations to our friend and The Camden Campus of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey colleague, Justice Virginia Long, is pleased to salute recipient of the 28th annual The Honorable Virginia Long Mary Philbrook Public Interest Award Counsel, Fox Rothschild LLP Associate Justice (retired), New Jersey Supreme Court It’s an honor and privilege to work by your side. Eve Biskind Klothen, Esq. Inaugural Assistant Dean for the Pro Bono and Public Interest Program Rutgers School of Law–Camden as well as the recipients of the 2013 Mary Philbrook Student Public Interest Awards camden.rutgers.edu 550+ attorneys | 19 offices nationwide

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The Biskind & Klothen Families City Year Congratulates Eve Biskind Klothen on being honored at the Mary Philbrook Public Interest Awards and thanks her for her many years of service as a Board Member of City Year Greater Philadelphia. The Black Law Students Association would like to congratulate Tiara Greene for being awarded a Mary Philbrook Award. Congratulations Tiara!

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on the occasion of the 28TH ANNUAL MARY PHILBROOK PUBLIC INTEREST AWARDS The 2011 Mary Philbrook Student Honorees Congratulate

2013 Mary Philbrook Award Recipients The Honorable Virginia Long, NLAW ’66 and All of the 2013 Student Honorees! And thank Rutgers Law–Camden’s Beloved Founding Assistant Dean, Pro Bono And Public Interest Program Dean Eve Biskind Klothen

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The Clinical Programs at Rutgers Law School–Camden thank our colleague Eve Biskind Klothen for her leadership and vision through many years of service and congratulate Maura Burk, Iveliz Crespo, Kiomeiry Csespes, Amanda Dalton, Maureen Ingersoll and Stephen Raab

Thank you for your work on behalf of South Jersey’s residents The Rutgers Chapter of the National Lawyers CONGRATULATIONS EVE Guild would like to congratulate the 2013 Mary Philbrook Honorees for their contributions to law in the public interest

Congratulations to the CEO of the family business of Tikkun Olam and public service. From numerous Klothens and Biskinds, with admiration and love.

Alternate Spring break

Congratulates Former ASB Co-Chair Ragner Jaeger Along with all 2013 Mary Philbrook 4th Annual Camden award recipients! Waterfront Run for Justice Spring 2014 Thank you for your selfless contributions to the community.

To donate to help this year’s trip to Nashville Contact Steve Salinger or Jessica Rodio [email protected] For more information contact Dejon Delpino: [email protected] Honoring Eve Klothen for her compassion and lifelong commitment to helping the helpless, standing for justice, and healng the world’s fractures

—Ari Afilalo

There is no real way to value a dedicated lawyer committed to the public interest; their impact on the underprivileged, disenfranchised, and vulnerable communities reaches far beyond anything that can be measured objectively.

To this year’s awards recipients, I would like to thank you for everything you do, for the furtherance of Rutgers–Camden Law School, the communities in which you continue to advocate, and for putting the public interest at the forefront of your life.

Gratefully yours,

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Eve Biskind Klothen

on being Honored at Congratulations the 28th Mary Philbrook Dean Klothen and Public Interest Reception

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CONGRATULATIONS

Eve Biskind Klothen and Samantha Reid Gross

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We thank our colleague Eve Biskind Klothen & congratulate The Honorable Virginia Long and The 2013 Mary Philbrook Student Public Interest Honorees for their outstanding work on behalf of social justice and equality

With our heartfelt thanks to the students, staff, faculty and alumni who for twenty-eight years have made each Mary Philbrook celebration the best one ever

Ann Freedman and Rand Rosenblatt Congratulations to Justice Virginia Long For her legacy of a jurisprudence of compassion and wisdom and on her selection as the 2013 Mary Philbrook Award winner; to our Student Award Winners:

Maura Burk, Iveliz Crespo, Kiomeiry Csepes, Amanda Dalton, Tiara Greene, Samantha Gross, Maureen Ingersoll, Ragner Jaeger, and Stephen Raab For their contributions to the vitality of the law school’s public interest community; and to Eve Biskind Klothen Founding Assistant Dean, Pro Bono and Public Interest Program Our mentor and friend

Jill Friedman, Acting Assistant Dean, Pro Bono and Public Interest Program Pam Mertsock-Wolfe, Associate Director, Pro Bono and Public Interest Program Michael G. Perez, Pro Bono Program Fellow

McCarter & English, LLP joins in recognizing The Honorable Virginia Long, Eve Biskind Klothen and the recipients of the 2013 Mary Philbrook Student Public Interest Award for their contributions and achievements

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BOSTON HARTFORD NEW YORK NEWARK PHILADELPHIA STAMFORD WILMINGTON The Faculty and Staff of Rutgers School of Law–Camden thank our colleague Eve Biskind Klothen for her outstanding service and congratulate this year’s recipients of Mary Philbrook Public Interest Awards The Honorable Virginia Long

Student Recipients Maura Burk ‘14 Samantha Gross ‘14 Iveliz Crespo ‘14 Maureen Ingersoll ‘14 Kiomeiry Csepes ‘13 Ragner Jaeger ‘14 Amanda Dalton ‘13 Stephen Raab ‘14 Tiara Greene ‘14

Ari Afilalo Kati Kovacs Camille Spinello Andrews Arthur Laby Angela V. Baker Greg Lastowka John S. Beckerman John C. Lore III Linda S. Bosniak Anne Mallgrave Dennis Braithwaite William McLaughlin Victoria Chase Terry McCuen Jaydev Cholera Pam Mertsock-Wolfe Roger S. Clark Louis Moffa Jason K. Cohen Kimberly Mutcherson Anne Dalesandro Alison Nissen McCarter & English, LLP Perry Dane John Oberdiek Katie R. Eyer Craig N. Oren joins in recognizing Jay M. Feinman Traci Overton The Honorable Virginia Long, Ann E. Freedman Sarah Ricks Steven F. Friedell Ed Rentezelas Eve Biskind Klothen Jill Friedman Ruth Anne Robbins Jean Galbraith Rand E. Rosenblatt and the recipients of the Sandy Gavin Larry Rosoff Sally F. Goldfarb Meredith Schalick 2013 Mary Philbrook Student Ellen P. Goodman Carol Shaner Joanne Gottesman Sandra Simkins Public Interest Award Barbara Gotthelf Stanley Stahl Philip Harvey Allan R. Stein for their contributions and achievements Stacy Hawkins Beth Stephens Herbert Hinkle Danielle Smerczynski Pam Jenoff Gerardo Vildostegui Christen Conaway Jones Carl Viniar Margo Kaplan Carol Wallinger BNY Mellon Center 1735 Market Street, Suite 700 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Harriet Katz Robert F. Williams 215.979.3800 www.mccarter.com Donald Korobkin

BOSTON HARTFORD NEW YORK NEWARK PHILADELPHIA STAMFORD WILMINGTON Kiomeiry, we are very proud of you and of everything that you have accomplished. There are no words to describe how happy and pleased we are that you have been selected for the 2013 Mary Philbrook Public Interest Award.

Love, Thomas Csepes, Ana Csepes, Tristan Bosmediano, Zuri Bosmediano, Perlamar Csepes, Miguel Juarez, Miguel Juarez Jr. ◆ The Csepes Family would also like to congratulate New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Virginia Long (ret.) and Eve Biskind Klothen along with all of the 2013 Mary Philbrook student honorees for their contributions to the community

The Fellows and Faculty of the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project at Rutgers School of Law Salute all the Philbrook Honorees and Especially Congratulate our Own:

Maura Burk, Fellow ’13 -‘14 Iveliz Crespo, Fellow ’13-‘14 Amanda Dalton, Fellow ’11–‘12 & Michael Young Scholar ’12–‘13 Maureen Ingersoll, Fellow ‘12-‘13

We salute your commitment to social justice and educational equity and your work to empower young people by teaching them their rights and responsibilities under law.

2013-2014 Fellows and Michael Young Scholars Dean Jill Friedman and Professor William McLaughlin The Brehon Law Society

CONGRATULATIONS TO BREHON’S OWN MAUREEN INGERSOLL

WE COULDN’T BE MORE PROUD OF YOU! Comhghairdeas!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HONORABLE VIRGINIA LONG RECIPIENT OF THE MARY PHILBROOK PUBLIC INTEREST AWARD

AND WE JOIN IN HONORING OF OUR FRIEND EVE BISKIND KLOTHEN, ESQUIRE FOR HER DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO PRO BONO AND PUBLIC INTEREST LAW

Samuel Milkes, Executive Director and the Board of Directors Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc. A proud sponsor of

The Mary Philbrook Public Interest

Awards Celebration

Serving the Rutgers Community Alianza extends its congratulations to this year’s honorees, and commends them for their hard work and dedication to public service!

Additionally, we would like to extend an invitation to our annual Halloween Party!

Thursday, October 31

Further details coming soon!

The Women’s Law Caucus celebrates five years of working with I Dare to Dare

Raising funds, sharing activities and having fun with Camden girls and young women from and their mentors. We invite others in the law school and legal community to join and support this work. We Dare to Care! 1D2C Co-Chairs Renee Hertz, Laura Segal & Meha Siyam

Congratulations to the Honorable Virginia Long, Dean Eve Biskind Klothen and the 2013 Student Award Congratulates Recipients. Thank you for your THE HONORABLE years of pro-bono service! VIRGINIA LONG 2013 MARY PHILBROOK PUBLIC INTEREST AWARD RECIPIENT

EVE BISKIND KLOTHEN 2013 MARY PHILBROOK PUBLIC INTEREST HONOREE

and the recipients of the 2013 MARY PHILBROOK STUDENT PUBLIC INTEREST AWARD

Sincerely, The 2012 Mary Philbrook Thank you for your service and dedication to the public. Student Honorees:

RUTGERS INSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

for a calendar of Continuing Legal Education programs go to Brisa De Angula and Kayci Petenko 2012 Parker Palmer 2012 Jonathan Sacks 2013 www.rutgerscle.com Jennifer Kim 2013 Ryan Schaffer 2013 CLE as it should be. Rutgers quality, open to all. Jennifer Martin 2013 Matan Shmuel 2013 Colleen McCafferty 2013 Abraham Tran 2012 Engaging | Informative | Convenient | Affordable

Michael Perez 2013 A partnership of Rutgers School of Law-Camden and Rutgers School of Law-Newark Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Congratulates

THE HONORABLE VIRGINIA LONG 2013 MARY PHILBROOK PUBLIC INTEREST AWARD RECIPIENT

EVE BISKIND KLOTHEN 2013 MARY PHILBROOK PUBLIC INTEREST HONOREE

and the recipients of the 2013 MARY PHILBROOK STUDENT PUBLIC INTEREST AWARD

Thank you for your service and dedication to the public.

RUTGERS INSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

for a calendar of Continuing Legal Education programs go to

www.rutgerscle.com

CLE as it should be. Rutgers quality, open to all.

Engaging | Informative | Convenient | Affordable

A partnership of Rutgers School of Law-Camden and Rutgers School of Law-Newark Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey The Women’s Law Caucus Thanks Eve Biskind Klothen for her contributions to the empowerment of women and to social justice for all And Congratulates Mary Philbrook Public Interest Award recipient The Honorable Virginia Long Associate Justice (ret.) New Jersey Supreme Court And the 2013 Mary Philbrook Student Honorees Special Congratulations to Samantha Gross, WLC Member and Former President and Maureen Ingersoll, WLC Member and Former Treasurer

Swartz Campbell would like to congratulate Sam Gross as a Mary Philbrook Public Interest Honoree for 2013. SPECIAL THANKS

Laurence B. Pelletier Executive Director, Camden County Bar Association

Chancellor Wendell E. Pritchell Rutgers–Camden

Dean Rayman Solomon Rutgers Law School–Camden

Faculty Professor Victoria Chase Professor Ann Freedman Dean Jill Friedman Professor Stacy Hawkins Eve Biskind Klothen Professor William McLaughlin Dean Ed Rentezelas Professor Meredith L. Schalick

Student Organizations Association for Public Interest Law Student Bar Association Women’s Law Caucus

Legal Community Fox Rothschild

Rutgers Staff Lisa Alston Stephanie Bernazard Erik Burns and Kris Solt Timothy DiVito and Melanie Gordon Ed Giberson Christen Conaway Jones Scott McCarthy and Joey Webb Theresa McCuen Maureen McDonald and Matt Blair Pam Mertsock-Wolfe Teresa Moffett Mike Sepanic Carol Shaner Tom Snyder Kristin Walker Patrick Wallace Kadeem Williams SPECIAL THANKS

2013 Philbrook 2013 Philbrook Public Interest Award Celebration Selection Committee Organizing Committee

Students Students Lauren Alfaro Lauren Alfaro David Boehm Evan Barker Maura Burk David Boehm Jennifer Fipp Maura Burk Renee Hertz Kayleen Egan Nicholas Hung Samantha Gross Rebecca O’Neill Renee Hertz Michael Perez Rebecca O’Neill Meha Siyam Laura Segal Jacquelyn Suarez Meha Siyam Amy Sobotka Faculty, Staff and Alumni Kathryn Somerset Professor Ann E. Freedman Jacquelyn Suarez Lloyd Freeman ‘07 Alexi Velez Dean Jill Friedman Carla Zappi Carol Shaner Faculty and Staff Professor Victoria Chase 2013 Philbrook Professor Ann E. Freedman Student Public Dean Jill Friedman Pam Mertsock-Wolfe Interest Award Carol Shaner Selection Committee

Students Amy Sobotka, Chair Alexi Velez James Campbell

Faculty, Staff and Alumni Professor Ann E. Freedman Dean Jill Friedman Professor Stacy Hawkins Professor William McLaughlin ‘04 Staff Attorney Traci Overton Pam Mertsock-Wolfe SPECIAL THANKS

Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project Fellows

Ian Bryson Maura Burk Iveliz Crespo Jacqueline DiRubbo Jasmine Harley Gina Imperato Michael Kornblau Matthew Lewis Courtney Munnings Barbara Previ Steven Salinger Jacquelyn Suarez

Michael Young Scholars

Chintan Desai Naveed Karbassyoon Timothy McCarthy SPECIAL THANKS

Sponsoring Organizations

Camden County Bar Association Gary W. Boguski, President Casey Price, President-elect Jenifer G. Fowler, First Vice President Casey Price, Second Vice President Denise K. Whybark, Lawyer Referral Service Manager Kathleen Del Prato, Member Services and Barrister Advertising Laurence B. Pelletier, Executive Director

Alumni Association of Rutgers School of Law–Camden Meredith Olearchik ‘05, Chancellor Lloyd Freeman ‘07, First Vice Chancellor Rhasheda Douglas ‘02, Second Vice Chancellor Christine Hoffman ‘97, Treasurer Laura Ann Pontelandolfo ‘09, Recording Secretary Andrew Kornblau ‘05, Corresponding Secretary

Rutgers Women’s Law Caucus Kathryn Somerset, President Jacquelyn Suarez, Vice President Carla Zappi, Secretary Kayleen Egan, Treasurer Meha Siyam, Renee Hertz, Dare 2 Care Committee Co-Chairs Kathleen Egan, Mr. Law School Committee Chair

Rutgers Association for Public Interest Law Maura Burk, President Rebecca O’Neill, Vice President Alexi Velez, Treasurer Evan Barker, Fundraising and Marketing Chair Amy Sobotka, Maureen Ingersoll, and Jackie DiRubbio, Auction Chairs Sam Gross, Philbrook Chair Dejon Delpino, Community Outreach Coordinator Chintan Desai, Webmaster and Social Media Chair Steve Salinger, and Jess Rodio, Alternative Spring Break Co-Chairs Maureen Ingersoll, and Monil Amin, Voters’ Rights Project 3L Project Leaders, Kaitlyn Compari, and Jen Houghton, Voters’ Rights Project 2L Leaders BEYOND ROE: REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE IN A CHANGING WORLD Friday, October 11 8 a.m. to 5:45 pm. Rutgers School of Law–Camden

Using the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade as a point of depar- ture, this conference will bring together scholars, activists, and practitioners to discuss a wide range of issues related to reproductive justice and reproductive oppression. Byllye Avery, founder of the Black Women’s Health Imperative (formerly the National Black Women’s Health Project), will deliver the keynote address at the conference. CLE credit (6.5 N.J., 6.5 N.Y., 5.5 Pa.) is available.

To register, visit camlaw.rutgers.edu/beyond-roe-conference. P

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