Women lawyers honour Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with scholarship project
07 May 2021
Programme to provide financial and mentoring support to women seeking a career in law
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The lifetime work of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has inspired a group of women lawyers to set up a scholarship programme to provide financial and mentoring support to female law students in the US.
The ‘When There Are Nine Scholarship Project’ was created by the group of women – who all served as assistant US Attorneys in the Southern District of New York – in partnership with the Federal Bar Foundation.
Rebecca Monck Ricigliano, a partner at Crowell & Moring, and one of the group of women lawyers behind the project, said: “We want to honour Justice Ginsburg’s legacy by helping women entering or in law school with financial difficulties. Women who may not see a path to success right now, but who, if given the chance and the same mentoring, support and guidance we benefitted from, would make superb lawyers.”