Louise Nixon, Hall of Fame Award Honoring a volunteer whose efforts exhibit, by action and deed over an extended period of time, exceptional service and dedication to the Center, its clients and its causes, and who has left a permanent mark in its history. Steve Goodin, Frances Wender Kandel Volunteer of the Year
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Today’s article is the first in an ongoing series highlighting Family Law “Rising Stars” who support the Center through donations and volunteer work. Eve Lopez and Alex Grager are the first Rising Stars to be featured. As soon as they formed their new firm, Lopez & Grager, Eve Lopez and Alex Grager made a decision
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The close, nurturing and special relationship Sorrell Trope has with the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law spanning the last 25 years was recently highlighted in a publication sent to thousands of local lawyers. Honoring the 20th anniversary of the Trope Family Law Public Interest Fellowship, his alma mater USC Gould School of Law prominently
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Once again owing to support from its donors, the Center became a teaching academy for its full-time summer law student interns. “We are grateful for the funds we receive from our supporters to underwrite our law student program,” says Betty Nordwind, Executive Director. Here are some of the students’ comments: Alisa Wecker, the Trope Fellow
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Promotoras Program Starts Eager, but anxious, the nine volunteers sat in a circle wondering what was ahead of them as Promotoras, (female promoters) of domestic violence education in their community. Through the Harriett Buhai Center’s community advocacy training program, the current and former clients of the Center, all Latina, are learning how to talk to
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