Justice Long Family Law Inn of Court Opens First Session

On Oct. 2, New Jersey Supreme Court justices, judges, attorneys and judicial law clerks from around the state attended the inaugural celebration of the Justice Virginia Long Family Law American Inn of Court. The opening session reception took place at the Hudson County Culinary Institute in Jersey City, N.J. New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Virginia Long was introduced by her colleague, New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Barry Albin, then spoke on professionalism in the practice of law. The Inn is an association of legal professionals organized to enhance and improve the professional and ethical quality of family law practice. The programs that will be offered throughout the year are designed to increase advocacy skills, collegiality and professionalism. Shown, from left, front row: Justice Anne Patterson, Justice Jaynee LaVecchia, Justice Long, Justice Albin and Evelyn Padin, Vice President of the Inn; back row: Kevin Kelly and Karen Saminski, President of the Inn.

NJ LEEP Celebrates Grand Opening

On Sept. 18, the New Jersey Law and Education Empowerment Project (NJ LEEP) celebrated the grand opening of its new programming facility. Located on the seventh floor of 570 Broad Street in downtown Newark, NJ LEEP’s programming facility is a 6,400-square-foot space dedicated to the nearly 150 students, alumni and families it serves. The celebration marked the beginning of the program’s 2014-15 academic year. NJ LEEP is a four-year college access program serving students after school and on Saturdays during the academic year, and for five weeks during the summer. Shown, from left: at the ribbon cutting for NJ LEEP’s new programming facility are Matthew Feinstein (Executive Director, NJ LEEP, Inc.); Lynne Anne Anderson (Chair, Board of Directors, NJ LEEP, Inc.), a partner with Drinker Biddle & Reath; Bashir Herbert (student); Amanda Santiago (student); Patrick Hobbs (Dean, Seton Hall University School of Law); Philip Sellinger (Board of Directors, NJ LEEP, Inc.); Paul Brubaker (New Jersey State NJ LEEP Director); and Virginia Lazala (Board of Directors, NJ LEEP, Inc.), Vice President and Legal Head of Oncology US and Latin America Region of Novartis Oncology.

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