Programs Sponsored or Funded by the NYWBA Foundation Include:
Five-Year Sponsorship of fellows at the Fordham Law's Feerick Center for Social Justice for Fordham Law students to engage in public service work related to women and children's issues in New York. Cardozo Law School fellowship with Sanctuary for Families
Columbia Law School student internship at Human Rights First (formerly Lawyer's
Committee for Human Rights). Fordham University School of Law student internship at Domestic Violence Advocacy Center (DVAC)/Sanctuary For Families. Provided funding to Children's Pressline, supporting adolescent journalists assigned to interview other teens currently on death row. "Growing and Keeping Talented Lawyers: New Directions in Mentoring" conference and publication of "The Lawyer's Guide to Mentoring." Grant to the Justice Resource Center in Connection with the Youth Law Manual which is distributed in New York City public high schools to educate high school teachers and students about the legal system. Sponsorship of the New York Women's Bar Association "Take Our Children To Work Day" Program at the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Funded recent grant requests for program support from Association Committees, including the Ethics and Mentoring Committees. Supporter, Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert (JALBCA) Mobile Mammogram Center.
