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Contact: Rosanne M. Van Heertum
Director of Development, The New York Bar Foundation
rvanh@tnybf.org
518-487-5650
February 12, 2009
NEW YORK BAR FOUNDATION ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR
2009 JUDGE BERNARD S. MEYER SCHOLARSHIP
$5,000 Scholarship Open to Second-year Students
Enrolled in New York State Law Schools
ALBANY – The New York Bar Foundation is accepting applications
for the 2009 Judge Bernard S. Meyer Scholarship. The $5,000 scholarship
is open to all second-year (2L) students enrolled in a law school in the
state of New York as of the spring 2009 semester. An essay that relates
to the law and displays excellence in legal writing and advocacy skills
must be submitted for consideration of this scholarship. The deadline
for submission of applications is Wednesday, April 1, 2009. The
scholarship will be applied to the student’s tuition for the
2009-10 academic year.
Judge Bernard S. Meyer was an associate judge of the New York State
Court of Appeals from 1979-1986 and practiced with Meyer, Suozzi,
English & Klein, P.C from 1987 until his death in 2005. Among his
notable accomplishments, he served as special Deputy Attorney General of
New York in charge of the Special Attica Investigation and was a member
of the Governor’s Commission on Integrity in Government.
A graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law, LL.D. (1938),
and Johns Hopkins University, B.A. (1936), Judge Meyer practiced law in
Maryland, Washington, D.C., and New York until his election as a justice
of the New York State Supreme Court in November 1958. During his 14-year
tenure as a justice of that Court, he served as Chairman of the National
Conference of State Trial Judges, president of the Association of
Justices of the New York State Supreme Court, a member of the Board of
Directors of the National Center for State Courts, chairman of the New
York State Bar Association's Judicial Section, and was a founder of the
Council of Judicial Associations and of the New York Fair Trial Free
Press Conference. Between 1968 and 1974 he also served as a member of
the Board of the National College of the State Judiciary located in
Reno, Nevada.
The scholarship is administered by The New York Bar Foundation and
was established in 2004 by the law firm, Meyer, Suozzi, English &
Klein, P.C., Garden City, to honor Judge Meyer for his outstanding work
and dedication to the law. Founded in 1960, Meyer, Suozzi, English &
Klein, P.C. is recognized as one of New York’s premier
full-service law firms and has a demonstrated commitment to its clients,
and to community and public affairs. Corporate, institutional,
governmental and individual clients rely on the firm for dependable and
responsible legal counsel and vigorous representation. In five practice
locations (Garden City, Melville, New York City, Albany and Washington
DC), the firm's professional roster of more than 65 attorneys includes
former judges and government officials, leaders of civic and legal
communities, and attorneys widely recognized as outstanding
practitioners of their profession.
For complete details about the scholarship, please go to
www.tnybf.org or contact The New
York Bar Foundation at 518/487-5651 or foundation@tnybf.org. Established
in 1950, The New York Bar Foundation is dedicated to aiding charitable
and educational projects to meet the law-related needs of the public and
the legal profession.
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