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2004 Samuel J. Duboff Memorial Award
The 2004 Duboff Award was presented to two organizations: the volunteers of inMotion and Prison Families of New York.
InMotion is a free legal assistance program serving underrepresented, low-income, and abused women in New York City. Through the Realizing Independence Through Empowerment (RITE) program, inMotion engages Legal Assistants from New York City law firms, as well as successful previous participants in the RITE program, to assist women in processing their own uncontested divorces. The program teaches women about the legal system, and promotes independence by offering support as women manage the process on their own. Shelley C. Chapman, Partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher and President of the Board of inMotion will attended to help receive the award.
Prison Families of New York (PFNY), based in Albany, is a coalition of individuals who have a loved one incarcerated in New York State. PFNY provides support, information, assistance, and a sense of community to family members, and offers programming to children to help cope with a parent's involvement in the criminal justice system. In addition to providing serves to family members, PFNY advocates for prisoners, and educates the court system and the general public about the impact of incarceration on an individual's family. Alison Coleman, Director of PFNY, accepted the Duboff Award on behalf of the group.
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