Yankwitt LLP in White Plains has established a scholarship at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University named the Yankwitt LLP Immediate Impact Scholarship, which will be awarded to an incoming first-year student of color who expresses an interest in social justice and demonstrates financial need.
The intent of the scholarship is to encourage racial and ethnic minority students to apply to law school and to promote diversity within the legal sector where minorities are significantly underrepresented.
“As a White Plains resident and managing partner of a Westchester-based law firm, I am committed to giving back to the community in which I live and work,” said Russell Yankwitt, a Cornell Law School graduate and founder of the firm.
“This new scholarship will help provide Haub Law students with the opportunity to also pay it forward by advocating for social justice,” said Haub Law Dean Horace Anderson.
In addition to supporting Haub Law, Yankwitt LLP and its attorneys are active in other Westchester-based organizations, including Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, Justice Brandeis Law Society and the Westchester County Bar Association.
Founded in 2009, Yankwitt LLP is a trial and litigation law firm, which represents businesses and high-net-worth individuals in their litigations across a broad range of matters
