ALBANY – A new initiative named for a pioneering Albany Law School professor is striving to build a pipeline connecting the legal community to so-called “silenced victims” of domestic violence in the Capital Region.

The Kathryn D. Katz Fellowship and Incubator Program, a joint project of the law school and The Legal Project, is using state funding and private donations to employ students and recent graduates to increase legal services for victims of abuse who are trapped or disadvantaged due to lack of representation.