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Follow on Google News | VLJ's Gina Devito, Esq., Speaks on "Effective Legal Advocacy for Reentry After Conviction"DeVito Leads VLJ's Newark Reentry Legal Services
By: Amy Rohrbeck At the program, DeVito and her fellow panelists offered an in-depth look at the legal challenges faced by individuals with criminal records and discussed the skills legal practitioners need to address these issues. They also detailed how reentry services such as driver's license restoration, expungement, and child support modification can help individuals become employed and once again begin contributing to their families - and the community - after a conviction or period of incarceration. VLJ's ReLeSe assists Essex County residents with criminal records with these types of civil legal issues among others. DeVito (on left) is pictured with panelists Todd Berger (center), managing attorney for the Federal Prisoner Reentry Project at Rutgers School of Law-Camden, and the Honorable Patricia K. Costello (on right), assignment judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey - Essex Vicinage. The distinguished panel also included Ingrid Johnson, chair of the Newark Reentry Advisory Board, Akil Roper, supervising attorney, Prisoner Reentry Project, Legal Services of New Jersey, and Taja-Nia Henderson, assistant professor, Rutgers School of Law-Newark. Since its founding in 2001, VLJ has grown from a grass roots effort of 30 volunteer attorneys in Essex County to a state-wide not-for-profit with five staff attorneys and more than 1,500 volunteer attorneys aiding thousands of economically- # # # About Volunteer Lawyers for Justice (VLJ): Volunteer Lawyers for Justice (VLJ) provides comprehensive legal services to economically- End
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