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Contact: Rosanne M. Van Heertum
Director of Development, The New York Bar Foundation
rvanh@tnybf.org
518/487-5650
Contact: Nicholas Parrella
Manager of Media Services
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518/487-5532
ST JOHN’S UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL STUDENT ALET A.
BROWN WINS COMMERCIAL AND FEDERAL LITIGATION SECTION MINORITY
FELLOWSHIP
St. John’s University School of Law student Alet A. Brown has
been chosen as the 2010 recipient of the Commercial and Federal
Litigation Section Minority Fellowship. Administered by The New
York Bar Foundation, the $5,000 award is available to first-year
students attending a law school in New York who demonstrate an interest
in commercial and federal litigation.
As the winner of the 2010 Fellowship award, Ms. Brown will work this
summer in the Chambers of the Honorable Bernard J. Fried, New York State
Supreme Court, New York County, Commercial Division.
M. Catherine Richardson (Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC, Syracuse),
president of The New York Bar Foundation said, “We are pleased to
award the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section Minority Fellowship
to a St. John’s University Law School student. Ms. Brown is an
eminently qualified candidate for this Fellowship. The expertise and
knowledge she has gained through her undergraduate study, internships
and work and volunteer experiences demonstrate her commitment to the law
and public service. This fellowship will serve her well as she prepares
for a successful career in the legal profession.”
A resident of Brooklyn, Ms. Brown is a graduate of the John Jay
College of Criminal Justice (New York) where she earned a BA in Criminal
Justice (cum laude) in 2009. While at John Jay, Ms. Brown was awarded
the Howard Mann Humanitarian Award and was a member of the Alpha Phi
Sigma National Criminal Justice Honor Society. Additionally, she served
as an Associate Justice on the College’s Judicial Board, as a
member of the Commencement Awards Committee, and a tutor at John
Jay’s Writing Center. She also participated in the Ronald H. Brown
Summer Law School Prep Program at the College. Her community service
activities have included serving as a GED Tutor at the Hope Center of
the Church of God of East Flatbush, a Mentor/Tutor for the AVID
(Advancement Via Individual Determination) Program for Gifted Students
at IS 252 Arthur S. Sommers School, and a volunteer at the Urban Justice
Center.
Ms. Brown will be recognized by the Commercial and Federal Litigation
Section and The New York Bar Foundation during an awards ceremony at the
Section’s Smooth Moves IV: Career Strategies for Attorneys of
Color program on April 27th at the Lincoln Center in New York
City. In addition to the Fellowship award, at the awards ceremony
beginning at 5:30 p.m., the Section also will bestow the 2010 Honorable
George Bundy Smith Pioneer Award on attorney Glenn Lau-Kee (Kee &
Lau-Kee, PLLC) and his father, the renowned Chinatown lawyer Norman
Lau-Kee. Glenn Lau-Kee serves on the Executive Committee of the New York
State Bar Association and on the Foundation’s Board of Directors.
The awards ceremony will be followed by a cocktail and networking
reception.
Section Chair Vincent J. Syracuse (Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse &
Hirschtritt LLP, New York) said, “We are pleased to have The New
York Bar Foundation confer this year’s Fellowship on Ms. Brown and
we are confident she will have a meaningful experience working for
Justice Fried. The Commercial and Federal Litigation Section established
this Fellowship with the Foundation to help create student awareness of
commercial litigation and foster greater diversity among commercial and
federal litigators throughout the State of New York.”
Founded in 1988, the more than 2,600 member Commercial and Federal
Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association strives to
improve the quality of representation of commercial clients in
litigation matters, provides a forum for the improvement of law and
procedure in the areas of commercial and federal litigation, and
enhances the administration of justice. The Section is committed
to serving the professional development goals of attorneys of color and
to fostering diversity in the profession. For more information
about the Section, go to www.nysba.org/comfed.
The New York Bar Foundation is celebrating its 60th Year
of aiding charitable and educational projects to meet the law-related
needs of the public and the legal profession. It provides funding
through its grant making program to facilitate the delivery of legal
services; increase public understanding of the law; improve the justice
system and the law; and enhance professional competence and ethics. To
learn more about The New York Bar Foundation and how you can support its
charitable programs, go to www.tnybf.org, phone 518/487-5651 or
email foundation@tnybf.org.
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