clinic system, where amputations were almost done unnecessarily and cancer remained undiagnoseduntil dangerously late. These outcomes were not race neutral. In NewYork, people of color are farmore likely to have public insurance than whites, which means that when hospitals create two sys-tems of care based on insurance they are also perpetuating a de facto segregation based on race.

Under federal law, hospitals are required to open their doors to Medicaid beneficiaries and providethem care without discrimination. To this end, NewYork Lawyers for the Public Interest successfullyadvocated for the introduction of State Senate Bill S7807 and Assembly Bill A10988 which will, ifpassed, amend the state’s public health law to ensure that all patients receive affordable, qualityhealth care at NewYork City academic-medical centers, regardless of their type of insurance. This billrequires three main changes. First, it requires hospitals to treat patients in an integrated setting whereall patients are seen in the same place with the same technologies and staff, regardless of their pay-ment type. Second, all patients must be informed about the availability of hospital financial assistanceprograms. Finally, academic-medical centers must make their best efforts to negotiate with Medicaidmanaged care plans so more providers can care for Medicaid patients. The increased resources andmixed patient population would help ensure that the quality of clinic care would improve dramati-cally and that high-quality care would be equally accessible to all patients.

The fight to integrate our health care system and to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities is goingto be just as messy as the historic battles to integrate our educational system or our housing. But fightis what Bronx residents and NYLPI will do, even in the face of uncertainty and resistance. As one faithleader said at the town hall meeting, quoting a song from the civil rights movement of the deep South,we must “run on and see where it ends.”

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A YEAR LATER: NEWYORK LAWYERS FORTHE PUBLIC INTEREST STILL AT THE FORE-FRONT OF IMMIGRANT CIVIL RIGHTSIn 2008, NYLPI brought state-wide attention to the pressing issue of languageaccess in pharmacies by filing a civil rights complaint with the New York StateOffice of the Attorney General on behalf of Make the Road New York. Thiswork culminated in settlement agreements with Wal-mart, Duane Reade,Costco, Target, CVS, Rite Aid and A&P-owned pharmacies. In September 2009,we went on to lobby successfully for the passage of the Language Access andPharmacies Act in the New York City Council, which requires all major phar-macy chains in New York City to provide translation in the six most prevalent

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foreign languages in the city and oral interpretation in all languages for all limited-English proficientpatients.

But our work on behalf of immigrants and those with limited English proficiency is not done. A yearlater, we have launched a citywide monitoring campaign to measure the effectiveness of the settle-ment agreement as well as the local law. We are also working actively to push a bill we helped draftand champion in the State Legislature that seeks to codify the language access provisions of the At-torney General’s settlement agreements and also calls for the standardization of instructions on medi-cine labels to make them easier to understand for patients with low levels of health literacy, theelderly and people with disabilities. As part of these advocacy efforts, we have begun investigatingthe practices of independent pharmacies around the city, many of which provide models for howlanguage assistance services can be provided at a low cost. By scaling up our efforts and conductingongoing research in language access and surveying pharmacies to ensure compliance, NYLPI is dedi-cated to achieving justice on behalf of millions of immigrants.

NYU CHILD STUDY CENTER OPENS DOORSTO MEDICAID PATIENTSNYLPI, along with co-counsel Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and LatinoJustice/PRLDEF, suc-cessfully campaigned for the Child Study Center of the NewYork University Medical Center to desig-nate doctors who will accept Medicaid and other health insurance. Previously, NYU’s Child StudyCenter had a cash-only policy and did not accept any insurance at all. NYU has taken a step in theright direction towards eradicating a few of the many institutional barriers keeping low-income NewYorkers from accessing quality health care.

As part of the advocacy campaign, a group of parents represented by NYLPI and our co-counsel metwith NYU leadership and explained how the cash-only policy impacted them and the thousands ofother families who were unable to access the Center’s state-of-the-art evaluations and medical servicesfor children with disabilities. Without cash to pay forevaluations, many low-income and minority childrenwere unable to obtain the medical attention they neededin times of serious illness.

As a result of NYLPI’s action, the Child Study Center hasannounced that it will designate certain providers whowill begin accepting fee-for-service Medicaid and ChildHealth Plus. According to one parent, Lorraine Ali, “Nomother wants to be told she can’t provide her child withthe medical attention he needs. Now I can finally get myson to a doctor who can treat him. It’s the best newswe’ve gotten in a long time.”

Since the victory NYLPI, along with other advocates, hascontinued to monitor NYU’s compliance and implemen-tation of this new policy. But NYU’s Child Study Center currently does not have plans to accept anyMedicaid managed care plans. “There continues to be an acute shortage of evaluative and medicalservices for children with psychiatric disabilities in NewYork City,” said Kelly McAnnany, Director ofthe Opportunity & Access Program at NYLPI. “We will continue to work with providers and with stateagencies to open the doors to quality health care and educational opportunity for low-income chil-dren with disabilities.”

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“NYLPI and Make the Road, ourcommunity partner, have been pio-neers in terms of advocating forlanguage rights in pharmacies, andwe will continue to advocate untilall New Yorkers have equal accessto safe and high-quality prescrip-tion medications.”

—Nisha Agarwal,Director of Health Justice

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Lawyers Respond to the Crisis in HaitiBy JoannaWasick, Litigation and Pro Bono Associate of Hogan Lovells US LLP,and member of NYLPI’s Pro Bono Advisory CouncilIn May, I travelled to Haiti with a team of NewYork attorneys1 led by Jayne Fleming, pro bono counsel to ReedSmith, to interview women living in Internally Displaced Persons Camps. We were there in response to thecatastrophic earthquake and our project focused on identifying potential candidates for humanitarian parole –a means for temporary entry into the United States for “compelling” reasons – and documenting conditions to

support those applications. While I had seen post-earthquake images in the media, noth-ing could have prepared me for the absolute devastation we witnessed the moment wetouched down in Port-au-Prince. There was rubble and trash everywhere, the few buildingsthat were still standing were just barely so, and the smell of corpses was palpable eventhrough the closed windows of our car. “Look at the people’s faces,” our driver told us.“You used to hear music in the streets – see people smiling. Now everyone is empty.” Hewas right. Four months later, the people were still in absolute shock.

Our team spent each day interviewing women living in the camps. Everyone told us of in-sufficient food supplies, scarce clean water, and the many horrors of living in “tents” thatwere nothing more than sheets and sticks. But, by far, the most shocking accounts werethose of rape. I heard account after account by women who were attacked in their tentslate at night by groups of men, usually armed with machetes and machine guns. Womenbrave enough to report the crimes were often turned away by the police or camp guardsand told there was nothing that could be done. I did not hear of one attack that had beenprosecuted or even investigated. The vast majority of victims also went without any mean-ingful medical care. One woman I interviewed walked miles from her tent so she couldtell us about how she and her daughter were raped, and then how both, along with her 16year old son, were savagely beaten. When I asked about her most immediate needs, she

lifted her skirt up so I could see her leg, which had tripled in size and had turned a deep shade of purple.“They hurt my leg. Maybe you can find a doctor to look at it.”

By the end of our week in Haiti, we had collected data and helped some get basic medical attention, includingthe mother with the broken leg. We also identified a number of humanitarian parole candidates who we arenow representing. But it is a drop in the bucket. This urgent humanitarian issue must move into the forefront ofAmerican consciousness so that proper and effective help can finally reach our Haitian neighbors who are insuch desperate need.1 Jerri Shick,O’Melveny & Myers LLP; Jennifer Brown,Morrison Foerster LLP; Jeffrey Salinger, Shearman & Sterling LLP; and Joyce Chen,

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP.

Jayne Fleming, assisted bythe Institute for Justice &Democracy in Haiti, began afoundation in the memory ofher mother, Patricia Fleming.This fund is dedicated toimproving the lives of womenand children living in Haiti.Donations all go to resourcessuch as safe houses, educa-tional tools, and emergencyfood aid. If you are interestedin learning more, you can doso by going to the Institute’swebsite, http://ijdh.org/get-in-volved/donate.

(Clockwise from upper left) JenniferBrown of Morrison & Foerster LLP,Joanna Wasick of Hogan Lovells USLLP, Dr. Roslyn Murov, Alain Charlesof Bureau des Avocats Internationaux,Ernest Pinchinat, Jeffrey Salinger ofShearman & Sterling LLP, Jerri Shickof O’Melveny & Myers LLP, andDr. Christina Nichols

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NYLPI as Friend of the CourtIn December 2009, NYLPI contributed to and signed on to an amicus brief filed on behalf of

NYLPI and the Disability Advocates, Inc. in NewYork Coalition for Quality Assisted Living, Inc.

v. MFY Legal Services, Inc. and Coalition of Institutionalized Aged & Disabled. Attorneys work-

ing pro bono atWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP drafted the brief arguing for advo-

cates’ access to adult homes and residents of these homes, whose civil rights are often routinely

abused. In February 2010, the Appellate Division unanimously reversed the lower court’s opin-

ion, denied plaintiff’s cross motion for summary judgment, granted the motion to dismiss and

declared the proposed guidelines unenforceable.

“Mauricio España and Shaila

Rahman of Mayer Brown have

exhibited profound dedication

both to our client Loretta Cer-

belli and to her cause, the rights

of people with psychiatric dis-

abilities in the criminal justice

system. Their leadership on the

case and the issue has had im-

mense value.”

—Miranda Massie,Director of Litigation

and Training

Progress on Policing and Mental IllnessIn April 2010, NYLPI with the Law Office of Carmen Giordano andMayer Brown LLP, reached a settlement with the NYPD in thewrongful death lawsuit brought in the matter of Kevin Cerbelli, whohad been diagnosed with schizophrenia and who was fatally shot bypolice officers in 1998. The settlement provides for a meeting withthe NYPD and Kevin’s mother, Loretta Cerbelli, which will focus onpolice interactions with Emotionally Disturbed Persons (EDPs). TheNYPD has never before met with a plaintiff in a wrongful death law-suit to discuss policy reform.

NYLPI seeks to urge the NYPD to review its practices and close thegaps between its much improved training on EDP issues and imple-mentation of that training in the field. Maintaining the safety of everyone involved is paramountand current practices have too often fallen short. Many police departments across the country

have implementedmethods to defusepotentially volatilesituations. For exam-ple, an emphasis ondecelerating the po-lice response to EDPsituations can estab-lish safer conditions.It is the hope ofNYLPI that thismeeting will bringNewYorkers onestep closer to pre-venting such atragedy from hap-pening again.

Mauricio España, a key memberof the Mayer Brown team

Members of the legal and expert team with Loretta Cerbelli (third from left)

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� NYLPI IN THE NEWS

Settlement Reached inFatal Police Shootingof EmotionallyDisturbedMan in 1998

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SPECIALEVENTS

Executive Director Michael A. Rothenberg, Board Chair Shelley J. Dropkin of Citigroup Inc., Paul N. Roth of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, Lawand Society Honorees Theodore V. Wells Jr. and Michael S. Helfer, Board Member Martin Flumenbaum of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &Garrison LLP, Richard D. Parsons of Citigroup Inc.

LAW & SOCIETY2010 Award Luncheon Honors Michael S. Helfer and TheodoreV. Wells Jr.

OnThursday, February 11, 2010, NYLPI hosted the Law & Society Award Luncheon, honoring Michael S. Helfer,General Counsel of Citigroup Inc., and TheodoreV. Wells Jr., a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &Garrison LLP. The event was held at the Waldorf Astoria, and was attended by over 850 people – including 20members of the Federal and NewYork State Judiciary and hundreds of attorneys from NewYork City’s most presti-gious law firms and corporate law departments.

Mr. Helfer joined Citigroup Inc. in 2003 and is respected throughout the legal community for his legal acumen, hisdeep commitment to pro bono work, and his devotion to public service.He is a member of the Financial Services Roundtable and the AmericanLaw Institute, and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Mr. Helferis a founding member of Lawyers for Children America and continues toserve on the board, as well as on the boards of The Legal Aid Society ofNewYork and the Lincoln Center Theatre.

Mr. Wells is a partner and serves as co-chair of the Litigation Depart-ment at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. He is admired forhis accomplishments as a litigator, his considerable public service, andhis staunch commitment to social justice. A consummate litigator, Mr.Wells was recently named by The National Law Journal as one of “TheDecade’s Most Influential Lawyers.” Mr. Wells’ deep commitment to so-cial justice is reflected in his service as the co-chair of the NAACP LegalDefense Fund Board of Directors and as trustee of the New Jersey Insti-tute for Social Justice. He has served as pro bono general counsel to theNew Jersey NAACP and was the New Jersey co-chairperson of theUnited Negro College Fund.Board Member John S. Siffert of Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP, Emeritus Board Member Sharon Y.

Bowen of Latham &Watkins LLP, Board Member Christopher K. Tahbaz of Debevoise &Plimpton LLP, and Emeritus Board Member Kent T. Stauffer of Chartis

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Cyrus Vance, Jr., District Attorney of NewYork County

Board Chair Shelley J. Dropkin of Citigroup Inc., Board MembersJamie A. Levitt of Morrison & Foerster LLP and Sharon Katz ofDavis Polk & Wardwell LLP

“Members of our Cyrus VanceCircle are the heart of our support.Their generosity makes possibleour innovative community lawyer-ing approach to advancingequality and civil rights.”

—Michael Rothenberg

Cyrus Vance Circle Cocktail ReceptionThis past July, NYLPI held a cocktail reception to thank all the donors of the Cyrus Vance Circle. The CyrusVance Circle is a giving program of NewYork Lawyers for the Public Interest, named after Cyrus R. Vance, ourfounding Board Chair. The commitment and energy of Mr. Vance and NYLPI’s other founding members trans-formed a compelling idea into an enduring reality – one which has immeasurably increased access to legal as-sistance for low income NewYorkers and made a difference in the lives of thousands of people. NYLPI was alsohonored to have special guest Cyrus Vance, Jr., District Attorney of NewYork County, speak at the event.

A Summer with Pro BonoNYLPI Kicks Off Visiting Summer Associates Program

This past June, NYLPI kicked off its sixth annual Visiting Summer Associates Program with a warm reception atWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.

Each summer, NYLPI places summer associates from our member firms at public interest law offices in NewYork City for two-week externships. This program provides summer associates with an invaluable experience asthey assist public interest organizations in a large range of legal needs and discover the rewards of pro bonoservice. This summer we had 10 law firms participate by sending 48 summer associates to 35 public interestlaw offices around the NewYork City area.

Our aspiration is that the externship program will serve as a foundation for a lifetime commitment to pro bonowork. NYLPI extends much gratitude to our member firms, the public interest legal organizations, and the sum-mer associates themselves for supporting the program and contributing to its success.

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“I am grateful to NYLPI and De-bevoise & Plimpton for this out-standing opportunity to workside by side with the bright andinspirational NYLPI staff for twoweeks this summer. My stint atNYLPI has reaffirmed my com-mitment to working for socialjustice and the public good, inany way I can.”

—Sasha Linney of BrooklynLaw School, Summer associateat Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

NYLPI thanks TD Bank for hosting and sponsoring the event.

A special thank you toWeil, Gotshal and Manges LLP for hosting such a rewarding event.

A DAY AT BETHPAGENYLPI Supporters Tee Off at Eighth Annual Golf Outing

NYLPI held its eighth annual golf outingon Tuesday, July 13th, 2010, at BethpageState Park. Despite rainfall in the after-noon, the event was very successful withover 130 dedicated golfers participatingon the Red Course and some playing onthe famous Black Course, home to the USOpen in 2002 and 2009. The event raisedover $100,000 to support NYLPI’s criticalwork. NYLPI sincerely thanks all of thisyear’s participants and supporters.

The panel discussion [..] provided a very pragmatic introduction to theopportunities and realities of nonprofit board service. The panelistsvery frankly shared the types of roles they have come to play, how theyeach balance the responsibilities of board service with their practiceand the personal and professional benefits they each have derivedfrom board service.

—Michael Davidson, Governance Matters/United Way

Special thank you to Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and the United Way for hosting these events.

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Pro Bono Clearinghouse Links Up with UnitedWay’s BoardServe ProgramOnWednesday, March 14th, the Pro Bono Clearinghouse, incontinued partnership with United Way’s BoardServe NYCprogram, held a breakfast and panel discussion to promoteboard service among law firm associates at Davis Polk &Wardwell LLP. Members of NYLPI’s Board and Pro Bono Ad-visory Council (PBAC) spoke to a room of over 100 law firmassociates and attorneys about the act of serving on the boardof a nonprofit organization, including practical and ethicalconsiderations.

The Clearinghouse also held a corresponding event for its non-profit clients at the United Way, exposing our organizations tothe principles of recruiting and retaining new board members.

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From left to right): Emeritus Board Member Joseph Mc-Donald, Gerald Freedman, Kevin Rover, and BoardMember and Event Co-Chair Alan Neuwirth, all ofMorgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, set out to play on theBlack Course.

For more information on United Way’sBoardServe Program, please visitwww.boardservenyc.org or email

linkages@uwnyc.org.

“I was happy for the opportunity to sharemy experiences and perspective as a non-profit board member with up and comingassociates who are interested in making adifference through their own non-profitboard service. Inspiring associates to getinvolved to enhance the lives of those whoare most in need was a pleasure for meand also is one of the unique benefits ofserving on NYLPI's executive board.”

—Edward F. Maluf,Board Member,

Bingham McCutchen LLP

Brooklyn Public Library (BPL)Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPNeil Rock, Audrey Rubin, Adir GreenfeldBPL is an independent library system that serves theborough’s 2.5 million residents, offering thousandsof public programs and millions of books. The firm ishelping them draft and review contracts with the ar-chitect and builders for a large construction project.

The Brooklyn Waldorf SchoolShearman & Sterling LLPDoreen Lilienfeld, Mark GelmanThe Brooklyn Waldorf School is a non-sectarian, ed-ucation center that seeks to provide an educationalexperience that meets the needs of the whole childin a developmentally appropriate manner, consistentwith the principles of Waldorf education. The firm ishelping the school to review and revise their em-ployee manual and other employment arrange-ments.

Catholic Diocese of Nyahuru, Inc.Bingham McCutchen LLPJoshua BeserThe Catholic Diocese of Nyahururu, Inc., aims toprevent diseases, promote health, and provide treat-ment to people living in the Central and Rift-ValleyProvinces of Kenya. The Diocese will focus on pre-ventive measures to promote better health and qual-ity of life and provide shelter for orphaned children.The firm is assisting them with obtaining tax-exemptstatus.

Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)Davis Polk & Wardwell LLPJohn Bick, Victoria Cumings, Christine OlsonCCR is a tax-exempt, legal and educational non-profit organization dedicated to advancing and pro-tecting the rights guaranteed by the United StatesConstitution and the Universal Declaration ofHuman Rights. The firm is assisting CCR review pro-posed changes to the organization’s by-laws.

Center for the Integration & Advancement of NewAmericans (CIANA)Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPBrian Robbins, Wonda Quinn, Douglas TangCIANA is a nonprofit organization that seeks to as-sist new immigrants and refugees who have come toAmerica to pursue social, economic, and profes-sional opportunities. The firm is helping CIANA’sBoard of Directors in executing an employee con-tract with the organization’s Executive Director.

Center for Working Families (CWF)Kirkland & Ellis LLPIskender Catto, Allison RidderCWF seeks to improve the lives of working familiesin NewYork by bringing innovative ideas into thepublic debate. The firm is helping CWF apply for theNewYork State Public Service Commission’s EnergyEfficiency Portfolio Standard process.

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16 Things Kids Can DoSNR DentonChritine Vrettos16 Things Kids Can Do seeks to provide programsthat educate and empower kids and parents toachieve better relationships through the use of self-help books, blogs, websites, and educational semi-nars. The firm is assisting them with incorporatingand obtaining tax-exempt status.

Active Liberty Institute (ALI)Seyfarth Shaw LLPJoel HandelALI encourages and supports domestic and interna-tional economic growth in South Asia while devel-oping a platform of cultural exchange between SouthAsia and the G-20. The firm is helping them incorpo-rate and obtain tax-exempt status.

African American Planning Commission, Inc.(AAPCI)Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPKenneth Turnbull, Geeta MalkaniAAPCI is a NewYork City-based, nonprofit organiza-tion committed to addressing issues of homelessnesswithin the community. The firm is providing legalrepresentation in litigation.

African Diaspora CouncilMilbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLPTemitope AdesanyaAfrican Diaspora Council seeks to be a communityresource center for the African diaspora worldwide,particularly those in the United States, offering jobreadiness programs and business managementcourses. The firm is helping the group incorporateand obtain their tax-exempt status.

African Rainforest ConservancySkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPStuart Finkelstein, David Robison, Eunjoo (EJ) ChungAfrican Rainforest Conservancy works to conserveand restore African rainforests by supporting training,community development, education, and research,while empowering local men, women and childrento preserve their natural heritage for future genera-tions. The firm is helping them with abatement ofpenalties from IRS.

A.J. Muste Memorial InstituteSNR DentonMark Sokolow, Yuta DelarckThe A.J. Muste Memorial Institute is a nonprofit or-ganization that seeks to keep the A.J. Muste legacyalive through ongoing support of the nonviolentmovement for social change. The firm is assistingthem with amending their by-laws, reviewing theirfiscal sponsorship model agreement, and draftingemployment documents.

Asante MariamuNixon Peabody LLPAnita PelletierAsante Mariamu is dedicated to increasing awareness aboutand empowering people living with albinism in East Africathrough social media, and partnerships with groups alreadyin the region. The firm is helping them incorporate and ob-tain tax-exempt status.

AsmatichicosWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLPJennifer ChengAsmatichicos seeks to provide low-income families in theDominican Republic with nebulizers for their asthmaticchildren as well as providing education to families aboutasthma and how to manage it in their children’s lives. Thefirm is helping them incorporate their nonprofit.

Association of Hispanic Arts (AHA)Sidley Austin LLPSamir Gandhi, Kersti Hanson, Adam SiposAHA is a nonprofit learning institution for Latino artists andart administrators. Its mission is to promote career develop-ment, financial independence and networking opportuni-ties for individual artists and artist entrepreneurs. The firm isassisting AHA seek counsel for the dissolution process.

The Auxiliary to Bellevue Hospital Center, Inc.Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLPAllan Bloom, Erin LaRuffaThe Auxilary to Bellevue Hospital Center, Inc. is a nonprofitorganization that assists the hospital’s indigent and needypatients by providing direct financial and programmaticsupport. The firm is helping The Auxiliary gain legal assis-tance in retrieving funds overpaid to a vendor.

Bethex Federal Credit UnionGibbons P.C.Ghillaine ReidBethex is a community developed credit union that pro-vides affordable financial services to low-income fami-lies throughout New York City. The firm is helping Bethexreceive legal counsel in an issue related to a member’saccount.

Brooklyn Public Library (BPL)Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & ScintoEdward Vassallo, Kristin HoganBPL is an independent library system that serves the bor-ough’s 2.5 million residents, offering thousands of publicprograms and millions of books. The firm is helping BPL re-ceive legal assistance in reviewing and negotiating a roy-alty-free and fee-free licensing agreement with anothernonprofit for use of their trademarked images.

Brooklyn Public Library (BPL)Dechert LLPGeorge Mazin, Niamh CurryBPL is an independent library system that serves the bor-ough’s 2.5 million residents, offering thousands of publicprograms and millions of books. The firm is assisting the li-brary with an extensive review of the documents and notesfrom their Investment and Endowment Committee.

Pro Bono ClearinghouseCases Placed Between7/21/09–2/28/10

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Cinderella ProjectMayer Brown LLPZoë BadgerThe Cinderella Project works to advance secondary educa-tion of girls in Rwanda by providing mentorship and finan-cial support to girls for whom secondary education isotherwise not possible. The firm is helping the CinderellaProject to incorporate and obtain their tax-exempt status.

City ScienceSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPRandall Doud, Michael WelhouseCity Science is a nonprofit organization that teaches chil-dren about the natural and built environments. The firm ishelping them incorporate, obtain their tax-exempt status,and is providing legal counsel for several transactions.

College Summit New YorkDLA Piper US LLPRobert KoenCollege Summit is a nonprofit organization that works inpartnership with schools, school districts and colleges todevelop a sustainable model for raising college enrollmentrates community-wide. The organization is looking tomove into a new space by the start of the school year. Thefirm is assisting College Summit to review and negotiatetheir new lease.

Community Health Action of Staten IslandBingham McCutchen LLPPeter Neger, Haewan BaeCommunity Health Action of Staten Island is a nonprofitorganization that seeks to improve the lives of individuals,families and communities challenged by health disparitiesrelated to poverty, discrimination and lack of accessthrough direct service, education and advocacy. The firmis helping them negotiate with a vendor.

Community Service Society of New York (CSS)Debevoise & Plimpton LLPBruce Keller, Kimberly Roller, Lila SubramanianCSS seeks to identify problems which create a permanentpoverty class in NewYork City, and to advocate the sys-temic changes required to eliminate such problems. Thefirm is providing legal counsel regarding the use of some ofthe photos in their photo archives.

Dance Project SequenceSchiff Hardin LLPHarold Nathan, Carl OberdierDance Project Sequence serves as a cultural bridge be-tween the United States and Japan through dance. The firmis assisting the group in a debt collection case.

Dianova USA, Inc.Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLPTed Wolff, Matthew DombroskiDianova USA, Inc., is a nonprofit organization whose soleactivity is the operation of Camp Deer Run, a camp de-voted to the personal and social development of disadvan-taged children and youth. The firm is counseling them onapplying for a NewYork City Department of Buildings Cer-tificate of Occupancy for their building.

Footprints Around the World, Inc. (FATW)Bingham McCutchen LLPDavid Cosgrove, Joshua Beser, Emily ZimmermanFATW seeks to research, develop, and disseminate pros-thetic and orthotic technology to underserved populationsglobally and develop more affordable methods of makingprosthetic limbs. The firm is helping them incorporate andobtain tax-exempt status and is advising them on corporatestructure and board governance.

Friends of Fort Tryon ParkMorrison & Foerster LLPLorenzo Marinuzzi, Peter Dopsch, Samantha Martin, KerryAcocella, Geoffrey PeckThe Friends of Fort Tryon Park is a nonprofit organizationthat seeks to improve the Fort Tryon Park and to engage thelocal community in the restoration of the Park. The firm isproviding legal counsel to the organization on their mergerwith Fort Tryon Park Trust.

Friends of Greenwich Street (FGS)Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLPRoger Netzer, David Gise, Dan Kozusko, Timothy McGinnFGS is a nonprofit organization that seeks to promote andmaintain the beauty and safety of Greenwich Street and theTribeca community in NewYork City. The firm is counsel-ing FGS in a slip-and-fall lawsuit that allegedly took placeon the promenade.

Fulcrum TheatreMilbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLPVictoria ZhuFulcrum is a nonprofit theater group that seeks to supportNewYork based writers of color by providing them with fi-nancial support to produce their works. The firm is assistingthem with incorporating and obtaininging tax-exempt status.

FXB InternationalBingham McCutchen LLPMark Williams, Joshua Beser, Felix KushnirFXB International is a nonprofit organization that seeks tofight poverty and AIDS and support the families affected byAIDS in 18 countries by advocating for their needs andbasic rights and providing direct support to families andcommunities that care for them. The firm is helping themredraft and review a sponsorship agreement used by FXBfor their Global Partners program.

GlamourGalsSutherland Asbill & Brennan LLPRobin Powers, Lisa JernGlamourGals seeks to foster intergenerational relationshipsbetween teen girls and elderly women living in seniorhomes through local intergenerational programs includingmonthly facials and makeovers that encourage compas-sionate teen leadership. The firm is assisting GlamourGalson a range of matters, including labor and employmentquestions and policies and filing in various states forfundraising purposes.

Global Advocates for Trans Equality (GATE)Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLPDoyle CampbellGATE aims to protect the human rights of transgender peo-ple worldwide. The group will engage in regional and in-ternational lobbying efforts on issues including access to

Disability Advocates, Inc.(DAI)Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLPDavid Olsky, Michael J. Sharp, Omar Khan, NatalieRastinDAI is dedicated to protecting and advancing therights of adults and children who have disabilities sothat they can freely exercise their own life choices,enforce their rights, and fully participate in theircommunity life. The firm is helping them receivelegal assistance in drafting an amicus brief that willbe filed in the Appellate Division of the SupremeCourt, First Judicial Department in the case NYC-QAL v. MFY/CIAD in support of an appeal by MFYLegal Services and the Coalition of InstitutionalizedAged and Disabled (CIAD). The case relates to advo-cates’ access to adult homes and residents of thesehomes, whose civil rights are often routinely abused.(See page 5.)

Empowering Development AlternativesKaye Scholer LLPAlison KingEmpowering Development Alternatives will create,fund, and operate community-building initiatives inimpoverished communities in Uganda. The group’stwo main areas of focus will be providing servicesfor children with HIV/AIDS and teaching womencreative skills that they can utilize to start small busi-nesses. The firm is assisting them with incorporatingand obtaining their tax-exempt status.

Energy Answers, INC.Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLPMatt Haugland, Nicholas SmallwoodEnergy Answers, Inc., is a nonprofit organization thatoffers nonprofits a variety of services to help themtransform their office building into a more energy ef-ficient, healthier, and more comfortable place towork. The firm is assisting them with obtaining tax-exempt status as well as reviewing their first contract.

Events of the Heart (EOH)Debevoise & Plimpton LLPWilliam Regner, Suzie AlwayEOH is a nonprofit organization dedicated to usingthe creative arts to make a healthy heart a primaryissue for all women. The organization recentlylaunched an initiative for 2010 called "The MillionWomen’s Heart Project," which seeks to convey theurgency for all women to be screened for heart dis-ease. The firm is helping with contracts.

Faith House ManhattanTroutman Sanders LLPShobhan ThakkarFaith House Manhattan is an experiential, inter-reli-gious community of individuals who come togetherto share a common devotional space, engage incross-religious holy days and work together to ad-dress current cultural and social issues. The firm ishelping Faith House incorporate and obtain theirtax-exempt status.

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HIV Experience Resource Organization (HERO)Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPStephen LessardHERO seeks to provide LGBTQ NewYorkers affected withHIV, with a comprehensive, clear and simple resource formaking the most of the programs that government andnonprofit organizations offer for their benefit in order toimprove their quality of life and health. The firm is helpingthem incorporate and obtain tax-exempt status, as well asdraft their by-laws.

Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy, Inc.Hogan Lovells US LLPVikram Sidhu, Maria OrecchioAn arts and cultural organization dedicated to supportingthe creative, educational and vocational development ofyouth and families of African descent seeks legal assistancein negotiations with their previous insurance carrier. Thefirm is providing assistance on an insurance matter.

India Center (IC)Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPMahesh Joshi, Olivia OdellIC works to promote and preserve Vedic culture and phi-losophy through a variety of cultural activities includingseminars, workshops, festivals, books, and newsletters.The firm is counseling IC on obtaining tax-exempt status.

Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR)Troutman Sanders LLPJoseph WalshICCR seeks to build a more just and sustainable world byintegrating social values into corporate and investor actionsand has been a leader in the coporate social responsibilitymovement. The firm is helping ICCR review and revisetheir by-laws, as well as review an agreement with a uni-versity concerning the archiving of ICCR’s papers.

International Women's Tribune CentreMorrison & Foerster LLPBrett Miller, Renee Freimuth, Stacy MolisonInternational Women's Tribune Centre is a nonprofit organ-ization that seeks to promote the increased participation ofwomen from the Global South in shaping and redefining adevelopment process is in financial crisis. The firm is assist-ing them to dissolve the organization and possibly declarebankruptcy.

The Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research(IPTAR)O'Melveny & Myers LLPChristian Nugent, Patrick DohertyIPTAR is a membership society and training institute thatacts as a community committed to the lifelong study ofpsychoanalysis and provides rigorous and thorough train-ing in psychoanalytic theory and technique. The firm ishelping IPTAR review their by-laws.

Jabari Road Runner Track Club Inc.Linklaters LLPMichael NearyJabari Road Runners Inc., was created to give low-incomeresidents an opportunity to benefit from alternative formsof fitness. The group will establish a wellness center offer-ing a track and field program for youth, healthy cooking

health, and violence/discrimination. The firm is as-sisting them with incorporating and obtaining tax-exempt status.

Green City ChallengeSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPScott WeavilThe Amazing Green Race of NYC was created to ed-ucate and promote awareness about ways to live,work, and eat green in NewYork City. The organiza-tion plans to do this primarily through an annualcompetitive race where proceeds will support othergreen-oriented nonprofits. The firm is assisting themwith incorporating and obtaining tax-exempt status.

Green Edge Collaborative NYCMilbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLPKevin Meier KerteszGreen Edge NYC seeks to connect people and or-ganizations in order to build awareness and inspireaction towards a sustainable future. The firm ishelping them with incorporating and obtaining theirtax-exempt status.

Greenhope Services for Women, Inc.SNR DentonDiana BrowneGreenhope Services for Women provides services towomen who are incarcerated, on parole, or other-wise involved with the criminal justice system. Thefirm is providing legal assistance to review an artist’scontract.

Greenhope Services for Women, Inc.Morrison & Foerster LLPChris Delson, Guy McPherson, Elisa VegaGreenhope Services for Women provides services towomen who are incarcerated, on parole, or other-wise involved with the criminal justice system. Thefirm helped them to review an option agreement topurchase a property.

Hannah Senesh Community Day SchoolSidley Austin LLPJonathan Kelly, Adam GreenhutThe Hannah Senesh Community Day School is anindependent school in Brooklyn that seeks to de-velop caring, confident and knowledgeable stu-dents, equipped with the skills and commitment tobecome lifelong learners, and capable of embracingand participating in the rich diversity of modern Jew-ish life. The firm is providing legal assistance to re-view and revise their by-laws.

The Healing CenterBingham McCutchen LLPDouglas Schwarz, Joshua BeserThe Healing Center, also known as The Trinity Heal-ing Center, Inc., is a nonprofit, community-basedagency dedicated to the intervention and preventionof family violence and abuse, serving people of di-verse faiths, cultures and personal experiences. Thefirm is assisting them with reviewing an employeemanual.

classes for local families and a ten week, one-on-one personal training program for individuals deal-ing with weight-related health problems. The firm ishelping them obtain tax-exempt status.

Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for JusticeClifford Chance US LLPBrian Hoffmann, Christopher Robinson, RichardShamos, AdamLevineThe Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice is a non-profit organization that seeks to raise awarenessabout wrongful convictions and assist in exonera-tions for wrongfully convicted prisoners. The organi-zation also provides reintegration assistance forthese individuals. The firm is helping them reviewand revise their by-laws and providing counsel oninsurance questions.

John Edward Bruce Day Care CenterHolland & Knight LLPSteven D'AlessandroJohn Edward Bruce Developmental and EducationCenter is a nonprofit organization that provides daycare services for children ages two to six from lowincome families. The firm is helping the center inretrieving misappropriated funds.

Korean American ClergywomenO'Melveny & Myers LLPJason StartThe Korean American Clergywomen Association is afellowship of Korean-American clergy women whoare ordained, commissioned, or licensed, and areinvolved in vocational ministry. The Association willaddress the unique issues facing its members andprovide ongoing support to those interested in enter-ing professional ministry. The firm is helping themobtain tax-exempt status.

KYU To SuccessO'Melveny & Myers LLPArash FarhadiehKYU To Success is a nonprofit organization that pro-vides a supportive network that cultivates talent, fos-ters professional development, and promotesentrepreneurship in underserved communities. KYUprovides its participants with an individualized cur-riculum through its five main programs: scholars, ca-reer development, entrepreneurship, arts, andmentorship. The firm is assisting them with obtainingtax-exempt status.

Latino Organization for Liver Awareness (LOLA)Dewey & LeBoeuf LLPEric Blanchard, Brian RosenzweigLOLA is a national, bilingual, bicultural voluntaryorganization dedicated to raising awareness, educa-tion and treatment referral services to the Latino andAmerican communities and other underserved pop-ulations who suffer from liver disease in the UnitedStates. The firm is helping LOLA dissolve.

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LDC of East New YorkKaye Scholer LLPStacey Lara, Charles DoneferLDC is a nonprofit, development corporation that seeks tosustain and promote industry and commerce, improve eco-nomic opportunities and create jobs in East Brooklyn. Thefirm is representing them in a slip and fall lawsuit.

Lotos CollectiveSeyfarth Shaw LLPAndrew Lucano, Yonatan FriderLotos Collective produces live art events and runs aneducation program that connects arts practitioners withunderserved communities in an effort to promote inter-dis-ciplinary collaboration and exploration. The firm is assist-ing Lotos with incorporating.

Mandala House, Inc.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPMandala House, Inc., is a grassroots organization provid-ing yoga, meditation, and psycho-social programs to sur-vivors of gender-based violence and rape from areasaffected by conflict and war. The firm is helping them in-corporate.

Maple Street SchoolShearman & Sterling LLPJohn Cannon, Adam KaminskyThe Maple Street School is a not-for-profit, parent coopera-tive preschool whose mission is to provide developmen-tally appropriate, early education to children from thediverse Prospect Lefferts Garden neighborhood and sur-rounding communities in Brooklyn. The firm is providingMaple Street School with developing a new employmentmanual and advising them on employment law.

Maple Street SchoolShearman & Sterling LLPJohn Vigman, Elana Krieger, AleenaMaherThe firm is providing a variety of corporate advice to theorganization including tax advice, questions regardingcharitable contributions, and creating a board handbook.

MFY Legal Services, Inc.Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLPOmar KhanMFY Legal Services, Inc. provides community-based legalrepresentation to ensure equal access to justice for all NewYorkers. The firm is assisting on an amicus brief filed in theAppellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial De-partment in the case of NYCQAL v. MFY/CIAD in supportof an appeal by MFY Legal Services and the Coalition ofInstitutionalized Aged and Disabled. The case relates to ad-vocates’ access to adult homes and residents of thesehomes, whose civil rights are often routinely abused.

Mirabal Sisters Cultural and Community CenterBingham McCutchen LLPNader Salehi, Leo KoganThe Mirabel Sisters Cultural and Community Center is anonprofit organization committed to empowering theHamilton Heights community by promoting collective ac-tion to demand social justice. The firm is assisting a num-ber of Mexican families in individual but related cases in ahousing discrimination complaint in civil court.

NewYork Lawyers for the Public InterestNERA Economic ConsultingDavid Tabak, Branko JovanovicThe company is assisting us with ongoing litigation con-cerning the inappropriate placement of individuals withmental illness in nursing homes with statistical analysis ofdata concerning such individuals.

NewYork Lawyers for the Public InterestOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPAlan BenjaminThe firm is helping us review our line of credit.

NewYork Lawyers for the Public InterestSimpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPDrew RabeThe firm is helping us research and draft a document tobetter educate the groups NYLPI seeks to help incorporateand obtain tax-exempt status by providing them with someinformation which will help educate them about choosingthis path.

NewYork Lawyers for the Public InterestVenable LLPSally Blinken, Laura FleischnerThe firm is assisting us by evaluating our current policiesand practices around lobbying as well as training staff.

NewYork State Coalition of LMSW'sKirkland & Ellis LLPEunu Chun, Robert RizzoThe NewYork State Coalition of LMSW’s works to ensurefuture social workers and current LMSW’s have sufficientsupport, guidance, and opportunities to meet the require-ments necessary to obtain a LCSW. The group has success-fully lobbied for some change, but continues to work withkey players in the field of social work and in government.The firm is providing assistance on a range of matters.

Nomi NetworkSchiff Hardin LLPHarold Nathan, Henry MannNomi is a nonprofit organization that seeks to increase thefinancial independence of women who are vulnerable tosex trafficking by leveraging the fashion industry and con-sumer marketplace to create employment and career de-velopment opportunities. The firm is helping them draft acontract with Stop Start, Nomi’s manufacturing partner, forthe protection of Nomi’s property and trademark as wellclarify their relationship with for-profit entities.

The North Shore Waterfront Conservancy of Staten Island,Inc.Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLPDaniel Ruzumna, Anjan Mishra, Christopher CooperNYLPI is partnering with CBOs and residents on the NorthShore of Staten Island that are seeking to ensure properclean-up of two dozen sites recently discovered to be po-tentially contaminated with toxins. The EPA has designatedthe site an EJ Showcase Community. The firm is acting asco-counsel on the matter.

Musicians On CallFitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & ScintoEdward Vassallo, Susanne FlandersMusicians On Call is a nonprofit organization thatseeks to bring live and recorded music to the bed-sides of patients in healthcare facilities to promoteand complement the healing process for patients,families and caregivers. The firm is assisting thegroup with legal counseling to stop another organi-zation from using their trademarked name.

Neighborhood Economic Development AdvocacyProject (NEDAP)Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLPSteven Zalesin, Jesse DevineNEDAP is a resource and advocacy center for com-munity groups in NewYork City that seek to pro-mote community economic justice and to eliminatediscriminatory economic practices that harm com-munities and perpetuate inequality and poverty. Thefirm is acting as co-counsel to file for injunctive re-lief and damages for abusive debt collection prac-tices for a client.

NewYork Immigration Coalition (NYIC)Dickstein Shapiro LLPJeffrey SchulmanNYIC is a nonprofit policy and advocacy organiza-tion for more than 200 groups in NewYork State thatworks with immigrants and refugees. It has becomea leading advocate for immigrant communities onthe local, state, and national levels. The firm is help-ing them appeal the insurance company’s denial ofclaim and pursue actions to retrieve lost funds.

NewYork Immigration Coalition (NYIC)Sidley Austin LLPCarlos Rodriguez, Carol SterlingThe firm is providing NYIC with legal assistance tohelp them address their legal needs on an ongoingbasis.

NewYork Lawyers for the Public InterestFriedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman LLPAmy Penn, Ellen LondonThe firm is helping us with extensive legal researchinto the potential viability of claims that could bebrought in federal court with respect to segregatedcare for Medicaid beneficiaries, including: violationsof the community service obligation of the Hill-Bur-ton Act, the NewYork State Patients’ Bill of Rights,the NewYork State financial assistance law, and theNewYork City Human Rights Law.

NewYork Lawyers for the Public InterestJenner & Block LLPSusan Kohlmann, Hayley HorowitzThe firm is assisting us in drafting an amicus briefthat will be filed in the United States District Court,Southern District in a case on behalf of D.A. et al v.NewYork City Department of Education et. al. insupport of an appeal from a decision from the StateReview Office denying a parent’s request for reim-bursements pursuant to state and federal law.

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Process Studio Theatre, Inc.Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPAmy Pasacreta, Charity ClarkThe firm is assisting as real estate counsel in the resolutionof a matter involving their landlord.

ProCity Athletics, Inc.Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPAndrew CostelloProCity Athletics, Inc., offers free and low-cost athletic andacademic activities to youth in underserved communities.The group’s emphasis will be to help successful studentsreach their goal of becoming professional athletes later inlife. The firm is helping them incorporate and obtain tax-exempt status.

Project ComfortBingham McCutchen LLPPriti DaveProject Comfort provides funding to organizations and in-dividuals whose work helps impoverished communitiesobtain access to essential needs such as clean water, food,clothes, education, and medical care. Project Comfort willoccasionally sponsor its own programs that help to im-prove the quality of life for in underprivileged communi-ties. The firm is helping them incorporate and obtaintax-exempt status.

Promethean SparkPaul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLPAlicia GimenezPromethean Spark teaches life skills through ongoing train-ing in dance and the performing arts to impoverishedyouth worldwide. The group is currently working with 200leprosy-affected students in India, young incarceratedadults in Kenya’s poorest areas, and minors in one of CostaRica’s Drug and Rehabilitation Centers. The firm is helpingthem incorporate and obtain tax-exempt status.

PTA of P.S. 321SNR DentonW. Edward Bright, Michael KimThe P.S. 321 PTA is a nonprofit organization with a missionto improve educational and supportive services for thechildren of P.S. 321, located in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Thefirm is helping PTA gain legal assistance with employmentand contract policies.

P'Tones RecordsHughes Hubbard & Reed LLPWayne JoselP’Tones is a nonprofit organization that seeks to createconstructive opportunities for inner city youth through no-cost neighborhood music programs. The firm is providinglegal assistance to P’Tones in drafting several contracts, in-cluding student, university and spokesperson contracts, aswell as a partnership contract with a major music com-pany.

Pueblo En Marcha II, Inc.Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPJ. Wise, Dan HorowitzPueblo En Marcha II, Inc. is a nonprofit organization. Thefirm is counseling them about clarifying a financial misun-derstanding with the IRS and city agencies in order to re-ceive reimbursements owed to them.

Nuestra BodegaSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPMegan KultgenNuestra Bodega is an organization dedicated to im-proving the quality of life, well-being and vitality ofpeople involved in and impacted by the criminaljustice system. Nuestra Bodega aims to counsel fam-ilies by providing Family Case Management andother referral services. The firm is helping them in-corporate and obtain tax-exempt status.

Opium DenShearman & Sterling LLPChristopher PoggiThe Opium Den works to evolve the written wordboth on and beyond the page by publishing, creat-ing literary events and providing workshops toyoung aspiring artists and writers. The firm is provid-ing legal assistance on a range of matters.

OxFam AmericaWilson Sonsini Goodrich & RosatiLaura Merritt, Elizabeth Tippett, Jason StorckOxfam America, an affiliate of Oxfam International,is an international relief and development organiza-tion that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger,and injustice. The firm is counseling them in design-ing the framework for a workers’ representation or-ganization that would provide training and capacityto growers.

Peninsula Preparatory Academy Charter School(PPA)Dechert LLPPatrick Dolan, Samuel GilbertPPA seeks to create a challenging, technology-rich,learning environment in which the cornerstones ofhigh expectations and focused instruction guaranteethat every child succeeds academically. The firm isadvising them in reviewing and negotiating the leaseterms for moving the school into another building.

Peninsula Preparatory Academy Charter School(PPA)Dechert LLPJay Alicandri, Evan Michalovsky, CatherineCapelessThe firm is assisting the PPA Charter School with ne-gotiating a new service agreement with their man-agement company with the goal of becomingself-sufficient in the future.

Process Studio Theatre, Inc.Proskauer Rose LLPCraig Masheb, Andrea AndersonProcess Studio Theatre, Inc., is a non-profit theatregroup that produces movies, readings and theatricalpresentations and nurtures talented artists as a wayof providing light, hope and cultural value to theworld community. The firm is helping them resolve abankruptcy case involving their landlord.

Representing NYCManatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLPNeil Faden, Tara Herman, AngelaHurdleRepresenting NYC seeks to create opportunities forEast Brooklyn’s under-privileged youth by bringingthem together with indie musicians and producers inhopes they will become recognized and move for-ward in a career in music or in an altnerative field.The firm is helping Representing NYC obtain a tax-exempt status, draft contracts and explore copyrightconcerns.

Resource Generation (RG)Dechert LLPKevin Scanlan, Lisa PriceRG supports and challenges wealhty young peopleto take action and create strategies for their giving.The firm is helping them obtain their tax-exempt sta-tus and draft by-laws.

Rosendale Theatre Collective(RTC)Nixon Peabody LLPAllan CohenRTC is a group of citizens that have come togetherto preserve the Rosendale Theatre, a historic land-mark cultural center in downtown Rosendale, NewYork. RTC wishes to purchase the private theatreand convert it into a nonprofit film, music, theatre,and education center. The firm is assisting themwith negotiating a contract and transferring theseassets, as well as incorporating and obtaining tax-exempt status.

Russian-Jewish Historical SocietySNR DentonMark Sokolow, Linda BechutskyThe Russian-Jewish Heritage Society of NewYorkseeks to share and spread the knowledge and appre-ciation of the distinctive contributions made by Jewsfrom the former Russian Empire/Soviet Union toNewYork’s social and political history, arts, educa-tion, social movements, business, entertainment andother fields of activity. The organization seeks coun-sel to assist them in the dissolution process.

SeedDrumSeyfarth Shaw LLPMelissa Kass, Douglas AllenSeedDrum is a human services nonprofit organiza-tion providing essential resources to underservedcommunities. The group provides school-based sup-port services for students at risk of academic failure,self-awareness and empowerment programs forwomen, and provides access to alternative holistichealing methods such as meditation, reiki, and acu-pressure. The firm is helping them complete theirtax-exempt application.

Single Stop USA, Inc. (SSUSA)Bingham McCutchen LLPShon Glusky, Joshua BeserSSUSA is a nonprofit organization that seeks to slashpoverty nationally by bridging the information gapseparating low-income families from life changing

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public benefits, tax credits and other essential services. Thefirm is assisting them with general commercial contracts,drafting contracts, and reviewing their by-laws and boardgovernance structure.

Staten Island Creative Community (SICC)Bingham McCutchen LLPChristian CheslakSICC is a coalition of visual artists, musicians, photogra-phers and writers whose goal is to support and promoteStaten Island’s creative community through collaborationswith local businesses and local public offices to build abetter community. The firm is helping them obtain tax-ex-empt status.

Start Small Think BigBingham McCutchen LLPEdward De Sear, Joshua BeserStart Small Think Big seeks to empower low-income work-ing families in the South Bronx to increase their economicopportunities and build sustainable financial independ-ence. The firm is helping them form a partnership withclients and is providing counsel on financing, contract re-view and drafting, debt problems, and other issues.

StoryCorpsSeyfarth Shaw LLPDevjani MishraStoryCorps is a nonprofit whose mission is to honor andcelebrate one another’s lives through listening and is one ofthe largest oral history projects of its kind. Each conversa-tion is recorded on a free CD to take home and share andarchived for generations to come. The firm is providinglegal assistance to StoryCorps in reviewing their records re-tention policy in order to make sure they are in compli-ance with all applicable laws and industry standards.

Suber-Sallis Foundation for Arts and HumanityPaul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLPMatthew NadwornyThe Suber-Sallis Foundation for Arts and Humanity seeks toexpose underprivileged communities to the transformativepower of art enrichment programs. The organization willprovide drama therapy, retreats, fashion shows and self-es-teem building programs to youth ages 6-18 years old. Thefirm is helping them incorporate.

Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP)Bryan Cave LLPJeffrey KaplanSRLP works to guarantee that all people are free to self-de-termined gender identity and expression, regardless of in-come or race, and free from harassment, discriminationand violence. The firm is providing SRLP with reviewingthe proposed commercial lease for their new space.

Take Action Consulting Services, Inc.Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLPJonanthan GoldsteinTake Action Consulting Services was founded to provide fi-nancial literacy to low-income communities so that theycan improve their lives and local communities. The groupwill focus on educating local high school students andhomeless individuals transitioning from homeless shelters.The firm is assisting them to obtain their tax-exempt status.

Vance Center for International Justice InitiativesDechert LLPDavid HoffnerThe Cyrus Vance Center for International Justice Initiativesworks to promote justice and rule of law in nations thathave recently emerged from periods of authoritarian gov-ernment. The firm is assisting them with reviewing regula-tions in the case of a disabled boy from Colombia whowishes to obtain his deceased father’s survivor benefits.

Vance Center for International Justice InitiativesShearman & Sterling LLPCurtis Doty, Christine Cunningham, Pauline WenThe firm is providing legal assistance on a range of matters.

Vera Institute of JusticeDLA Piper US LLPRobert Unger, Zachary Samton, Michael TwerskyThe Vera Institute of Justice is an independent, non-parti-san, nonprofit center for justice policy and practice. The In-stitute combines expertise in research, demonstrationprojects, and technical assistance to help leaders in gov-ernment and society improve the systems people rely onfor justice and safety. The firm is providing Vera with legalassistance in renewing their lease.

Writopia LabDechert LLPPatrick Dolan, Samuel GilbertWritopia Lab is a nonprofit organization that providesyoung people with a creative and intellectual environmentand encourages them to become more comfortable ex-pressing themselves creatively on paper. The firm is pro-viding Writopia Lab with legal assistance to review a leasefor a commercial space and with negotiations with thelandlord.

Writopia LabDechert LLPBrendan Fox, Kevin Cahill, JosephKellyWritopia Lab is a nonprofit organization that providesyoung people with a creative and intellectual environmentand encourages them to become more comfortable ex-pressing themselves creatively on paper. The firm is provid-ing Writopia Lab with legal assistance to register in otherstates and ensure they are following the appropriate lawsand regulations with respect to their activities.

Yoga BearSheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLPBlaine TemplemanYoga Bear is a national, nonprofit organization incorpo-rated in California that provides opportunities of health andwellness to cancer survivors through the practice of yoga.The firm is helping Yoga Bear receive legal assistance increating contracts for their partnerships with hospitals thatwill pay for these services, contracts for their paid yoga in-structors and assistance with liability and consent forms,along with other legal needs.

Youth America Inc. (YAI)Proskauer Rose LLPMarc Zametto, Susan Aufiero, Gabriel GrossmanYAI designs and administers a wide range of educational,cultural, recreational, health and social activities for the

Thai Dek LekCadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLPDavid Miller, Justin Ruaysamran, Jessica WongThai Dek Lek is a nonprofit that seeks to promote thedevelopment of young children who live in Thai or-phanages through the provision of education servicesto staff and administrators at these orphanages. Thefirm is helping them obtain their tax-exempt status.

Touro Law SchoolGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPRichard CashmanThe Touro Law School Clinic has filed a putativeclass action in federal court in the Eastern District ofNewYork against NewYork State concerning theState’s use of Assisted Outpatient Treatment orders.The firm is acting as legal counsel to review a pro-posed confidentiality order concerning disclosure ofmedical records.

Trail BlazersPatterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLPDavid DobbinsTrail Blazers is a nonprofit that seeks to facilitate thedevelopment of values and life skills essential forproductive citizenship in inner-city youth. The firm iscounseling Trail Blazers to negotiate a copy vendordispute.

Tze Chun Dance CompanyWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLPDouglas Curtis, Justina GeraciTze Chun Dance Company is a nonprofit, moderndance company based in NYC that acts through a fis-cal sponsor. The firm is assisting the company withlegal counsel to retrieve funds that the organizationlost in an event space matter.

University of the People (UoPeople)DLA Piper US LLPChristopher Giordano, Kimberly WorlyUoPeople is a nonprofit, academic institution builton the simple premise that education is necessaryto bettering our global community. UoPeople lever-ages a tuition-free, pedagogical model that is acces-sible to anyone, regardless of economic standingand geographic location. The firm is assisting themwith their application for tax-exempt status, con-tracts, international internet law and intellectualproperty law issues.

Upbeat NYCCadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLPCharles Adelman, Penny WilliamsUpbeat NYC provides children and adults residing inlow-income communities with access to free musiceducation. Upbeat NYC runs a year-round, music lit-eracy program for children ages three to eight as wellas private music instruction for adults and children.The firm is assisting Upbeat NYC with incorporatingand obtaining their tax-exempt status as well as draft-ing a memorandum of understanding with an identi-fied fiscal sponsor.

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and other services in the past but has recently been deniedthese services. The firm is representing him to secure an ap-propriate state-approved non-public school to provide theservices necessary until a permanent placement is made.

Malik S.Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLPJeremiah SheehanMalik S. is a fourteen year old boy with language-basedlearning disabilities and borderline intellectual functioning.After the Department of Education (DOE) failed to find himan alternative school, Malik’s mother enrolled him in a pri-vate school. The firm is representing Malik and his familyin securing tuition reimbursement from the DOE for the2009-2011 school years. The firm has successfully repre-sented Malik for the last three consecutive years.

Michelle D.Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLPAndrew Schau, William WangMichelle D. is a ten-year-old with epilepsy, ADHD, andmultiple learning disabilities. For some time, Michelle hasbeen attending an inappropriate public school placementand has failed to receive all of her necessary services. Thefirm is representing her to secure an appropriate placement.

Seneca B.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPJessica PerazzelliSeneca B. is a thirteen year old boy with ADHD/ADD andlearning disabilities. In the past the firm has successfullyrepresented Seneca and his family in securing tuition reim-bursement for enrollment at a private special educationschool for the 2009-2010 school year.

Julian H.Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLPJared Friedmann, J. RaShawn WoodleyJulian H. is an eight year old boy with autism. The DOE hasoffered several placements that were not appropriate. Thefirm is representing him to secure appropriate placementfor the coming school year.

Kiana S.Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLPMichael Horowitz, Jared FriedmannKiana S. is a child with multiple disabilities includingADHD, Anxiety Disorder NOS, Soto’s Syndrome, and aMixed Receptive-Expressive Language Disorder. The firm isrepresenting her to obtain a safe, nurturing school and alsoto obtain needed updated evaluations on which to base fu-ture Individualized Educational Programs.

Samantha W.Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLPTimothy DeMasi, Alexander NgSamantha W. is a fifteen-year-old girl classified as learningdisabled. NYLPI reviewed the case and discovered aca-demic regression, multiple procedural and substantive vio-lations going back several years. NYLPI represented thefamily at an impartial hearing seeking compensatory serv-ices for long-term failure to provide a Free AppropriatePublic Education. The firm is providing assistance with thehearing to obtain funding for her private school tuition andfor an order for transportation.

enrichment of community residents. The organiza-tion actively collaborates with local educational andhealth institutions, elected officials and other com-munity service providers to formulate effective pro-gram initiatives. The firm is acting as counsel tonegotiate a tax-related settlement.

YWCA of BrooklynSutherland Asbill & Brennan LLPJennifer Fletcher, Lawrence Dany, Laura Stipanowich,JenniferLowndesA chapter of the YWCA that is dedicated to eliminat-ing racism and promoting peace, justice, freedomand dignity for all began an affordable housing proj-ect in 2006. The firm is counseling them on respond-ing to the claim of a former contractor andterminating that contract.

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Asia D.Winston & Strawn LLPAlexandra FioreAsia D. is teenage girl with significant learning dis-abilities. The firm has represented Asia and her fam-ily for the last two years in securing tuition paymentfrom the Department of Education for her to enrollin a private program for children with special needs.Winston & Strawn LLP continues to represent her inthe 2009-2010 school year.

Azwad I.Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLPKevin Curnin, Beth NortonThe firm is representing Azwad I., a child withautism, to secure a residential program that will sup-port his needs.

Jhonathan C.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPErica SchohnJhonathan C. is a 17 year old boy with specialneeds. The firm is representing Jhonathan C. and hisfamily in securing tuition reimbursement for the2009-2010 school year, as they have done last year.

Julian L.Chadbourne & Parke LLPJason Porter, Christy RiveraJulian L. is a ten year old boy with significant behav-ioral problems in the classroom but superior aca-demic skills. In 2006, Julian’s mom enrolled him in aprivate school with small structured classrooms afterthe Committee on Special Education failed to findhim an appropriate school. The firm has successfullywon Julian and his family full tuition reimbursementfor two consecutive years, and continues to repre-sent them for the 2009-2010 school year.

Malik P.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPRichard Bernardo, Benjamin SuksomnilMalik P. is a ten year old student with autism whohad previously received services, a paraprofessional,

Tyron D.Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLPJared Friedmann, David LenderTyron D. is a thirteen-year-old boy in ninth gradewho is learning disabled who was denied servicesthroughout his middle school years and placed in aninappropriate classroom setting. His mother hasfound an appropriate setting for him, and the firm isassisting them with obtaining supplementary servicesin the form of tutoring and compensatory services.

HELP ENSURE THE FUTUREOF NYLPI’S PROGRAMSMore than thirty years after our cre-ation by Cyrus Vance and other lead-ers of the NewYork City Bar in 1976,NYLPI seeks to ensure our financiallongevity, which we can do withyour support.

NYLPI invites you to become a val-ued member of the Legacy of JusticeSociety, a unique group of donorswho have shown a strong commit-ment to social justice by making aplanned gift to NYLPI.

Your Legacy of Justice Society giftwill:

• Provide you with tax benefits, andin some cases reduce the estate andincome taxes of your beneficiaries;• Provide NYLPI with a long-term fi-nancial reserve to support our workprotecting the rights of the underrep-resented;• Inspire friends and colleagues tojoin in your commitment to socialjustice.

Additional benefits include recogni-tion in our publications (unless youprefer anonymity), invitations to ourevents, regular updateson our program work, and more.

For more information on the Legacyof Justice Society, please contact:Michael Rothenberg, Executive Di-rector, NewYork Lawyers for thePublic Interest 212-244-4664

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PRO BONO MATTERS / Fall 2010

Editor: Heidi Kim

Contributors: Marnie Berk, Peggy Germain,Jessica Lauredan, Katherine Terenzi

Interns: Julina Guo, Kate Weymouth

NYLPI Staff

Michael A. Rothenberg, Executive Director

Nisha Agarwal, Director, Health JusticeAlyssa Aguilera, Community Organizer,

Health JusticeRoger Bearden, Director, Disability Law CenterMarnie Berk, Director, Pro Bono ProgramsSeth Cohen, Equal Justice Works Fellow/

Staff Attorney, Health JusticeJessica Daye, Disability Rights AdvocateIsabel Delima, Development and Executive AssistantJohn Dumey, Development AssociateShena Elrington, Simpson Thacher Fellow/

Staff Attorney, Health JusticeMindy Friedman, Equal Justice Works Fellow/

Staff Attorney, Disability Law CenterGenevieve Gazón, Community Organizer,

Environmental JusticeBetre Gizaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf Fellow/

Staff Attorney, Environmental JusticeFabian Gomez, Office ManagerJuanne Renee Harris, Director, NCRCRLisa Isaacs, Director, EducationGavin Kearney, Director, Environmental JusticeHeidi Kim, Program Associate, ClearinghouseAditi Kothekar, Sidley Austin Fellow/Staff Attorney,

Disability Law CenterMichelle Kraus, Disability Rights Advocate/

Intake Coordinator, Disability Law CenterJessica Lauredan, Program Associate, ClearinghousePaola Martinez-Boone, Community Organizer,

Disability Law CenterMiranda Massie, Director of Litigation and TrainingKelly McAnnany, Director, Opportunity & AccessSuhali Méndez, Senior Legal AssistantRoberta Mueller, Director, DeinstitutionalizationIsabel Ochoa, Director, DevelopmentTricia Perry, Web Coordinator, NCRCRDawn Philip, Staff Attorney, Environmental JusticeDaryl Samuel, Director of Human Resources

and AdministrationTanya Silas, Assistant Director of DevelopmentKatherine Terenzi, Program Assistant, Health Justice

and Environmental JusticeJenny Veloz, Program Assistant, Disability

Law CenterKoert Wehberg, Staff Attorney, Disability Law Center

NYLPI welcomes the following new Board Members…

Board of Directors

Kelesha Armand, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.Lisa Bebchick, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLPStacy Grossman, News CorporationLorraine McGowen, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPJane Sherburne, BNY MellonIngo Sprie, Arnold & Porter LLPAdrienne Eason Wheatley, Latham &Watkins LLP

Directors Emeritus

Sheila Birnbaum, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPSharon Bowen, Latham &Watkins LLPJoseph Genova, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLPKent Stauffer, Chartis

NYLPI welcomes ShenaElrington who is on afellowship from SimpsonThacher & Bartlett LLP toHealth Justice. Shena is a2008 graduate of Yale LawSchool and has worked inurban public health issuessince college, making her agreat fit for our HealthJustice team. We thankSimpson Thacher formaking this opportunitypossible.

Farewell to Yoonmee Cho andPeggy Germain of the ClearinghouseFor two years, Yoonmee Cho contributed greatly to our organization as a Program Associate

for the Pro Bono Clearinghouse. This fall she began her studies as a law student at Fordham

School of Law in the Stein Scholars Program. Her strong inter-

est in the law led Yoonmee to public interest after working in

corporate communications. Yoonmee helped transform our

communications by overseeing a complete overhaul of our

newsletter, Pro Bono Matters, now circulated to over 8,000

lawyers across the country. She also helped preside over a

major upgrade to our database, making it easier for us to place

and track pro bono cases and volunteer attorneys.

For three years, Peggy Germain worked as the Program Assis-

tance for the Pro Bono Clearinghouse. She is now working to

complete her master’s degree in social work at the Fordham

Graduate School of Social Service. Peggy contributed greatly to

the organization through her work with the Pro Bono Advisory

Council, which works to strengthen the Pro Bono Clearing-

house’s efforts. She also created and produced the e-newsletter,

which provides valuable information and resources to hun-

dreds of Clearinghouse clients.

During their tenures, Yoonmee and Peggy were instrumental in

connecting hundreds of nonprofits and community groups with

volunteer attorneys from NYLPI’s member law firms while en-

suring the highest quality legal services. We at NYLPI wish

them the best of luck at school and in their future endeavors. Yoonmee is replaced by Heidi

Kim, who comes to us from the NewYork County District Attorney’s office. Peggy is replaced

by Jessica Lauredan, who comes to us from the NewYork Law Journal.

Yoonmee Cho

Peggy Germain

What they say aboutChris…“Chris Tahbaz was the right leader in the most dif-ficult of times. With compassion, disciplinedpragmatism, commitment and humor, he guidedNYLPI through a sea of challenges that couldhave swallowed us. Together with MichaelRothenberg, the board and the staff, Chris assuredthat NYLPI would weather the storm, emerging asa leaner, but more vibrant and even more effec-tive civil rights law firm. Thank you, Chris!”

—Kathy H. Rocklen, Proskauer Rose LLPBoard Member

“Chris Tabhaz has been the role model for boardservice. His style has been to lead by example.He took and argued hard cases for NYLPI clients,and in the Brad H. case, he made a real differ-ence. As board chair, his steady hand guidedNYLPI through our most challenging economicyears. Chris deserves the thanks and appreciationof the entire NYLPI community, and Chris’s lead-ership deserves to be emulated by those whofollow him.”

—John S. Siffert, Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLPFormer Board Chair

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NYLPI RECOGNIZES SUMMER2010 INTERNSNYLPI recognizes the outstanding contributions of our wonderful class of 2010summer legal interns.

During the course of the summer, the interns worked on a range of matters in-cluding promoting environmental awareness in overburdened communities,drafting testimony that protects children’s health, and pushing for language ac-

cess advocacy. Interns also performed signifi-cant research on diverse issues such as therights of people facing medical deportationand ways to improve quality of and access tospecial education.

NYLPI appreciates their enthusiasm, passion,and dedication to public interest work. Wewish them all the best in their future endeav-ors, as they build careers that champion thecauses of our underserved communities.

“It is rewarding to work with such adedicated group of attorneys. The com-mon thread here, from the attorneys tostaff to the administration, is a real be-lief in and passion for public interestadvocacy. I leave NYLPI a much moreconfident, knowledgeable, and dedi-cated public servant than I entered.”—Macharia Edmonds, Northwestern

University School of Law

NYLPI thanks Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP for their very generous donation of office chairs.

Thanks to Christopher K. Tahbaz,Former Board Chair

From upper left, clockwise: Bethany Tolentino of NewYork Uni-versity School of Law, Macharia Edmonds of Northwestern Uni-versity School of Law, Caroline Jackson of Stanford Law School,Sarai King of University of Wisconsin Law School, and Jenny Leeof Harvard Law School

As the board chairmanship of Christopher K. Tahbaz comes to an end we would like tothank him for his leadership. Chris joined our board in 2000 and served as chair from2008-2010. Chris, a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, served as Chair during an eco-nomically challenging climate for nonprofit organizations and worked tirelessly to keep usstrong and vibrant. During his tenure he encouraged the organization to undertake astrategic planning process and was instrumental in our application for the NewYork TimesNonprofit Excellence Awards (which we won!). Chris used his top notch legal skills as

NYLPI’s lead co-counsel in thelandmark disability rights caseBrad H., a case which chal-lenged the policy of releasingpeople with mental illness fromjail without discharge planning.Chris has shown a deep commit-ment to our clients and to the lifeof our organization. Thank youfor your hard work and steadyhand. We welcome our newBoard Chair Shelly J. Dropkinfrom Citigroup Inc.

Michael Rothenberg, Executive Director and Christopher K. Tahbaz,Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

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Member Law Firms and Corporate Law DepartmentsNewYork Lawyers for the Public Interest would like to thank the following Member Firms and

Corporate Law Departments for their generous annual financial contributions:

American International Group, Inc.Chadbourne & Parke LLPCitigroup Inc.General Electric CompanyNYSE Euronext

Pfizer IncQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLPSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Cohen & Gresser LLPDavis Polk & Wardwell LLPKaye Scholer LLPLankler Siffert & Wohl LLPLatham &Watkins LLPMorgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPMorrison & Foerster LLP

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPSchindler Cohen & Hochman LLPShearman & Sterling LLPSimpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPSNR DentonSullivan & Cromwell LLPWhite & Case LLP

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLPBingham McCutchen LLPCarter Ledyard & Milburn LLPCleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLPCravath, Swaine & Moore LLPDebevoise & Plimpton LLPDewey & LeBoeuf LLPDLA Piper US LLPFried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLPGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPHogan Lovells US LLPHughes Hubbard & Reed LLPJenner & Block LLPKasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP

Kobre & Kim LLPLinklaters LLPMayer Brown LLPNews CorporationPatterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLPPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLPReed Smith LLPRopes & Gray LLPSchulte Roth & Zabel LLPSheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLPStroock & Stroock & Lavan LLPTroutman Sanders LLPWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLPWinston & Strawn LLP

Alston & Bird LLPColgate-Palmolive CompanyCooley Godward Kronish LLPCovington & Burling LLPDechert LLPDeutsche BankEntwistle & Cappucci LLPGregory P. Joseph Law Offices LLCMintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C.

Nixon Peabody LLPO’Melveny & Myers LLPOutten & Golden LLPPepper Hamilton LLPPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLPSidley Austin LLPSteptoe & Johnson LLPStillman, Friedman & Shechtman, P.C.Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

Arnold & Porter LLPBoies, Schiller & Flexner LLPBryan Cave LLPCadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLPClifford Chance US LLPDavis & Gilbert LLPFitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & ScintoFragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLPFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLPKelley Drye &Warren LLP

King & Spalding LLPKirkland & Ellis LLPManatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLPMilbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLPMorgan StanleyMorvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello& Bohrer, P.C.

Proskauer Rose LLPSeward & Kissel LLPVenable LLP

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PATRONS OF THE PUBLIC INTEREST

NYLPI would like to thank the followingbusinesses for their generous contributionsthrough the Patrons of the Public Interestprogram. If you or a company you knoware interested in this program, please call

Tanya Silas at 212-244-4664.

LeaderInside Edge Legal, LLC

Major, Lindsey & Africa, LLC

DonorsFTI Consulting

Navigant Consulting, Inc.

FriendsDe Novo Legal

Magna Legal ServicesVShift.com

AdvocateKroll Ontrack Inc.

DefendersMindcrestTD Bank

TSG Reporting, Inc.Veritext

SupportersLexolution, LLC

NERA Economic Consulting

Pro Bono Champions

Pro Bono Benefactors

Pro Bono Leaders

Pro Bono Donors

Pro Bono Friends

If you work for a nonprofit orcommunity-based group workingwith underserved people and yourorganization needs legal assis-tance, please contact Heidi Kimat 212-244-4664.

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COMMUNITYVOICES

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Congratulations on your recent

award. As one of your previous

clients, I can attest to your tremen-

dous work and the impact it has had

on City Science.

Thor Snilsberg,City Science

Congratulations to my friends and col-

leagues at New York Lawyers for the Public

Interest for receiving the well deserved

recognition and winning the Bronze at the

2010 Nonprofit Excellence Awards.

Luz Rodriguez, The Foundation Center

NewYork Lawyers for the Public Interest Wins Honor in 2010 NewYork Times Nonprofit Excellence Awards

NYLPI has been named a winner of the 2010 NewYork Times Company Nonprofit Excellence Awards. Nearly 100 nonprofit organizations in NewYork were nominated forthe awards, which recognize management excellence among NewYork’s large and diverse nonprofit community. The awards recognize the best-managed nonprofit organi-zations in NewYork City.

“It’s an incredible honor for our organization to be recognized with such an illustriousaward,” said Chris Tahbaz, chair of the board of NewYork Lawyers for the Public Interest.

Michael Rothenberg, executive director of NYLPI added: “We’ve always taken pride in the workwe do with communities across the city, and it’s particularly gratifying to be recognized for howwe run our organization by such distinguished members of the nonprofit community.”

Congrats from our Clients and the Community…

NYLPI Mission Statement

NewYork Lawyers for the Public Interest’s Mission

Our mission is to advance equality and civil rights, with

a focus on health justice, disability rights and environ-

mental justice, through the power of community

lawyering and partnerships with the private bar.

NewYork Lawyers for the Public Interest’s Approach

Through community lawyering, NYLPI puts its legal,

policy and community organizing expertise at the serv-

ice of New York City communities and individuals.

NYLPI’s partnership with the private bar strengthens its

advocacy and connects community groups and non-

profits with critical legal assistance.

Dear Friends,

This summer, the leadership of NYLPI and our Boardturned the lens inward to draft a new mission state-ment for the organization. It was a challenge to findthe right words to describe what this incredible teamdoes, day after day, for the underrepresented in NewYork. With the work of the organization as ourinspiration, we developed a new mission statementand approach, which conveys NYLPI’s purpose andgoals and how we will strive to achieve them.

Sincerely,

Shelley J. Dropkin, NYLPI Board Chair

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Shelley J. Dropkin, Esq.Citigroup Inc.Chair

Kathy H. Rocklen, Esq.Proskauer Rose LLPTreasurerChair for Finance & Investment

Jamie A. Levitt, Esq.Morrison & Foerster LLPSecretary

Carmine D. Boccuzzi Jr., Esq.Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLPChair for Nominating & Governance

Hector Gonzalez, Esq.Mayer Brown LLPChair for Litigation & Program

Lawrence T. Gresser, Esq.Cohen & Gresser LLPChair for Development

Edward F. Maluf, Esq.Bingham McCutchen LLPChair for Pro Bono

Lauren E. Aguiar, Esq.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Robert J. Anello, Esq.Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello& Bohrer, P.C.

Kelesha F. Armand, Esq.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Karen M. Asner, Esq.White & Case LLP

Lisa H. Bebchick, Esq.Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Matthew L. Biben, Esq.Next Jump Inc.

Jason Brown, Esq.Ropes & Gray LLP

Aurora Cassirer, Esq.Troutman Sanders LLP

Janine M. Dascenzo, Esq.General Electric Company

Karen B. Dine, Esq.Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Martin Flumenbaum, Esq.Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &Garrison LLP

WilliamV. Fogg, Esq.Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Faith E. Gay, Esq.Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Donna L. Gordon, Esq.Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP

Stacy J. Grossman, Esq.News Corporation

William H. Gussman, Esq.Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

Suhana S. Han, Esq.Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Robert H. Hotz, Jr., Esq.Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Sharon Katz, Esq.Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Michael S. Kim, Esq.Kobre & Kim LLP

Alison M. King, Esq.Kaye Scholer LLP

Robert I. Kleinberg, Esq.

Susan J. Kohlmann, Esq.Jenner & Block LLP

Holly K. Kulka, Esq.NYSE Euronext Inc.

Michael W. Leahy, Esq.American InternationalGroup, Inc.

David J. Lender, Esq.Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Bradley E. Lerman, Esq.Pfizer Inc

Robert Lewin, Esq.Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

Lorraine S. McGowen, Esq.Orrick, Herrington &Sutcliffe LLP

Alan J. Neuwirth, Esq.Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Sarah L. Reid, Esq.Kelley Drye &Warren LLP

Tracey Salmon-Smith, Esq.Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.

Michael E. Salzman, Esq.Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Steven R. Schindler, Esq.Schindler Cohen & Hochman LLP

John P. Schmitt, Esq.Patterson Belknap Webb& Tyler LLP

Richard F. Schwed, Esq.Shearman & Sterling LLP

Jane C. Sherburne, Esq.BNY Mellon

John S. Siffert, Esq.Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP

Joshua S. Sohn, Esq.DLA Piper US LLP

Ingo W. Sprie, Jr., Esq.Arnold & Porter LLP

Mark J. Stein, Esq.Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Jonathan Stoler, Esq.Sheppard Mullin Richter &Hampton LLP

Christopher K. Tahbaz, Esq.Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Adrienne K. Eason Wheatley, Esq.Latham &Watkins LLP

Phoebe A. Wilkinson, Esq.Chadbourne & Parke LLP

Lawrence J. Zweifach, Esq.Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Directors Ex-Officio

Samuel W. Seymour, Esq.NewYork City Bar

Barbara Berger Opotowsky, Esq.NewYork City Bar

Directors Emeritus

Thomas E. Bezanson, Esq.Cohen & Gresser LLP

Sheila L. Birnbaum, Esq.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher& Flom LLP

Sharon Y. Bowen, Esq.Latham &Watkins LLP

David M. Brodsky, Esq.Latham &Watkins LLP

Joseph S. Genova, Esq.Milbank, Tweed, Hadley& McCloy LLP

Stuart W. Gold, Esq.Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Conrad K. Harper, Esq.Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Robert M. Kaufman, Esq.Proskauer Rose LLP

William F. Kuntz, II, Esq.Baker and Hostetler LLP

Daniel L. Kurtz, Esq.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher& Flom LLP

Ogden N. Lewis, Esq.Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Mitchell A. Lowenthal, Esq.Cleary Gottlieb Steen &Hamilton LLP

Patricia A. Martone, Esq.Ropes & Gray LLP

Joseph F. McDonald, Esq.Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Joseph T. McLaughlin, Esq.JAMS

Bettina B. Plevan, Esq.Proskauer Rose LLP

James W. Rayhill, Esq.Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP

Kent T. Stauffer, Esq.Chartis

Alexander R. Sussman, Esq.Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver& Jacobson LLP

Joan Vermeulen, Esq.Vance Center for InternationalJustice Initiative

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