Nearly 700 Rutgers Law School alumni, students, faculty and staff returned to Newark on April 14 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the school’s pioneering Minority Student Program.
MSP PROCLAMATION: N.J. State Sen. Nia Gill (Class of ’75) (D-Essex), left, and N.J. Assemblywoman Annette Quijano (Class of ’91) (D-Union), right, celebrate after reading a proclamation from the state Assembly recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Rutgers Law School Minority Student Program.Created in 1968, the program is a recognized model for educating and preparing students of color and disadvantaged students of all races for a legal career, and diversifying the legal profession.
MSP SYMPOSIUM: Newark Council President Mildred Crump, far left, U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (Class of ’79), center, and Rutgers University-Newark Chancellor Nancy Cantor, right, attended the daytime symposium at 15 Washington Street, the site of the former Rutgers Law School, during the 50th celebration of the Minority Student Program.