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The Garden State Bar Association congratulates:The Association of Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey http://www.abwlnj.org/ for the creation and implementation of the Honorable Anne E. Thompson Inns of Court, one of the American Inns of Court. http://www.innsofcourt.org/ - PDF brochure Greta Gooden Brown, Esq., on being nominated by
Governor Jon Corzine, confirmed by the Senate, and appointed by
Glenn Grant as a Superior Court Judge, assigned to Criminal Division,
Passaic County (Vicinage 11). Joan Burke, Esq., of Lumberton in Burlington County
on being nominated by Governor Jon Corzine her nomination for an
Administrative Law Judge's position in Burlington County. Tracy Thompson, Esq., who on October 22, 2009will
be receiving a Professional Lawyer of the Year Award presented by
the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law. Yvonne Segers, Esq., http://www.state.nj.us/defender/yssegarsbio.shtml
who on October 1, 2009 will receive the Mary Philbrook Public Interest
Award at Rutgers Law School, Camden New Jersey. "The Mary Philbrook
Public Interest Award is given annually, at a gala event held each
fall and organized by the Women's Law Caucus and the Association
for Public Interest Law (APIL), in recognition of Mary Philbrook,
the first woman admitted to the New Jersey Bar. Ms. Philbrook was
a prominent leader in the campaign for women's suffrage and the
Equal Rights Amendment, and was instrumental in the formation of
New Jersey's first statewide legal aid society. She also worked
in the settlement houses of slums, educated immigrants, organized
workers, and attempted to reform prison and the juvenile justice
system. As a tribute to her lifelong struggle for justice, the Mary
Philbrook Public Interest Award is presented each year to a leading
contemporary advocate of social justice and equality.
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