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“Your support of

New York Law School

has made so many

opportunities possible

for me and all of my

classmates and so

Freddi Weintraub ’88
Jeffrey D. Knowles ’75
Partner Partner many others.”

Fragomen, Del Rey, Venable LLP
Bernsen and Loewy, LLP

Jesse Kearney 3L, President, Student Bar Association

A
mid stunning views of lower Hudson River, on November 13, 2013. During the main program, Mr. Abbey
Manhattan, New York Law
he Gala raised $1 million for the Law introduced Elizabeth D’Antonio ’13,

School’s Gala 2013 honored with
School.
who spoke about how mentoring
the Groundbreaker Award three programs at the Law School helped her
During the cocktail hour, Board of
distinguished members of the Law School transform from a student struggling
community who looked to New York Trustees Chairman Arthur N. Abbey in the bottom quarter of her class to a
introduced Student Bar Association
City as a source of inspiration. his year’s cum laude graduate now clerking for
honorees were he Starr Foundation, led President Jesse Kearney 3L, who thanked Magistrate Judge Joan Azrack ’79 of the
the honorees, alumni, faculty, and friends
by Maurice R. Greenberg ’50; Jefrey D. Eastern District of New York, who also
Knowles ’75; and Freddi Weintraub ’88.
in the audience on behalf of his fellow was among the guests. Ms. D’Antonio,
students, telling them: “Your support of
who will begin as an Assistant District
More than 500 people attended the event New York Law School has made so many Attorney in the Manhattan DA’s oice
at hree Sixty in TriBeCa, which ofers opportunities possible for me and all of
this summer, thanked the NYLS faculty,
panoramic views of the City and the
my classmates and so many others.”
adding, “While I thank NYLS for a irst-

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