After Hours

The ACLU-NJ recognized two attorneys and a law center on March 26 at the Newark Club in Newark for work upholding the Bill of Rights. William Singer, of Singer & Fedun in Belle Mead, received the Bill of Rights Award for his four decades of pioneering legal work in securing the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities. Amy Gottlieb, director of the American Friends Service Committee’s Immigrant Rights Project in Newark, received the Legal Leadership Award for helping thousands of people navigate the complicated terrain of immigration law. Seton Hall Law Center for Social Justice in Newark received the Legal Leadership Award for groundbreaking work in civil liberties cases, including representation of Guantanamo Bay detainees.

Hispanic Bar Donates $10,000 to School Program

Shown, from left: HNBA National President Benny Agosto Jr.; HNBA National Finance Director Miguel Alexander Pozo; Jersey City public schools superintendant Franklin Walker; associate superintendent of Jersey City public schools Norma Fernandez; midyear conference co-chairwoman Nuris Portuondo; Public School No. 5 principal Wendy Perez; Public School No. 5 vice principal John Riviero; special assistant to the Jersey City public schools Noemi Velasquez; Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey vice president Anna Maria Tejada; and Assemblywoman Annette Quijano (D-Union, Dist. 20).

The Hispanic National Bar Association announced the awarding of a $10,000 grant to Public School No. 5 in the Jersey City public school system in connection with a volunteer program to assist Latino students in that community. The funds will go to assist the schools in their pipeline initiatives and to provide additional resources to promising students who are interested in careers in the law. The announcement was a highlight of the HNBA’s annual midyear corporate counsel conference, held March 28-31 at the Westin Newport in Jersey City.

Law Librarians ‘Bridge the Gap’ for Interns

Shown, from left: Marjorie Crawford (Rutgers Law School), Caroline Young (Rutgers Law School), Jay Greenstone (McCarter & English), Andrea Battel (U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit), Kathy Taggart (Lowenstein Sandler), Kathleen Agno (Greenberg Traurig), Gayle Lynn-Nelson (LexisNexis), Dianne Oster (Seton Hall University School of Law), Karen Brunner (Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti) and Anne Shulman (Riker Danzig). (Not shown: Michael Hampson (attorney, Lowenstein Sandler).)