NJBLF works diligently to raise money from the bankruptcy bar and others that work in the field to assist financially distressed individuals.
The New Jersey Bankruptcy Lawyers Foundation was created to raise funds from the bankruptcy bar and its associates to assist debtors and other financially distressed individuals. NJBLF is a privately funded, statewide, nonprofit organization committed to reaching out to individuals in genuine need of financial assistance. Its mission is to give back to the system in which it works every day.
The New Jersey Bankruptcy Lawyers Foundation (“NJBLF”) is continuing its two-decade long tradition of helping those in our community with our major grant program, now known as the New Beginnings Program. New Beginnings provides assistance to those going through life changing events including foreclosures and evictions, funerals, rent, security deposits, medical bills, payments for utilities, storage and automotive repairs.
We support programs at Rutgers Law School named for the Honorable Judith H. Wizmur and the Honorable Morris Stern. These projects pair students with volunteer attorneys, many of whom are Rutgers Alumni to interview low-income clients and assist them with bankruptcy and state court matters.
NJBLF also provides support to student interns at Seton Hall Law School who work with Volunteer Lawyers for Justice and with Essex-Newark Legal Services, by providing those students with stipends to help them with their education while, at the same time, providing assistance to clients in legal service programs.
In addition, we support a grant program for clients of Legal Services of New Jersey who are in dire need of emergency assistance due to a wide variety of reasons.
Finally, we continue our support with our long-standing Financial Literacy Program, known as FLIP, which provides educational programs for high school students and for others.