New York Lawyers for the Public Interest will create the Michael Rothenberg Fellowship to honor the organization’s former executive director, who died earlier this year (NYLJ, Feb. 27). The fellow will work on disability matters, an area Rothenberg took interest in after watching his parents struggle to obtain services for his developmentally disabled older brother.
“Michael was completely passionate about and committed to advancing the rights of people with disabilities, so for us this is the single most appropriate way for us to honor his legacy,” said Miranda Massie, NYLPI’s legal director and interim executive director.
