We've got your back!
Thanks to Her Justice Corporate Partner BakerHostetler, 120 children who visited the Brooklyn and Bronx Family Justice Centers over the past two weeks, received new back packs, filled with supplies for the coming school year.
Susanna Saul, supervising attorney at Her Justice, proves that one is never too old to be excited about new school supplies!
Led by Her Justice Junior Advisory Board member Natacha Carbajal, BakerHostetler collected over $16,000 from staff, partners and associates at the firm, as well as several of its business partners, to purchase and stuff 120 back packs for distribution to children served by the Brooklyn and Bronx Family Justice Centers (FJCs). Also supporting this effort were:
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AlixPartners
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DOAR Litigation Consulting
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Duff & Phelps
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FTI Consulting
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K2 Intelligence
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The Mintz Group
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oLo Brand Group
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Robert Half Legal
Her Justice is an on-site partner at all three of the City's FJCs (Queens, in addition to Brooklyn and the Bronx), providing free legal services to women who visit the Centers, often with their children.
All of the clients served by the FJCs suffer from domestic violence. Since 2005, when the Brooklyn FJC first opened, through 2011, 68,000 new adult clients and 13,000 children have visited the FJCs, receiving a variety of criminal and civil legal services, and social work support. Learn more.
We thank the Mayor's Office to Combat Domestic Violence, which oversees the FJCs, for joining with Her Justice, BakerHostetler and the other contributing firms to provide 120 children and their families with a very special start to the school year.