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Couple Makes $1 Million Donation To Rutgers Law Schools

 
A couple from Bucks County, Pennsylvania has made a $1 million donation to Rutgers University law schools in Camden and Newark. According to information from the school, the donation (or investment, rather) will be utilized to fund pro bono and public interest initiatives.
James R. Maida (along with his wife Sharon) are trustees of the James and Sharon Maida Foundation, Inc., which aims to create opportunities for younger people to continue pursuing educations. The Maidas made the donation for the same reason.
“The Maidas have long supported Rutgers students through generous scholarships. Now with their $1 million gift, the Maida Public Interest Scholars Program will establish the law school as one of the nation’s leading public law schools for public interest law,” Rutgers said in a statement.
James R. Maida, a 1990 graduate from Rutgers Law-Camden, is the founder, president and CEO of Gaming Laboratories International, LLC. The company provides the gaming industry’s leading testing and certification services.
His wife, Sharon O’Mara Maida, Ed.D, is a 1997 graduate from Rutgers University Graduate of School of Education. According to her bio, she pioneers in the area of mobility and orientation of blind and visually impaired children. She also has a private practice specializing in pediatric visual impairments.
“All of our gifts to Rutgers centered on helping those students, those future lawyers, who through no fault of their own find that the cost of a legal education is outside of their financial means,” James Maida said in a prepared statement. “Now it’s time for those students to give back, to pay it forward to help other people in need. Good quality legal service is often out of reach to those who need it the most. We are paying it forward twice on a single gift.”
Source: Newtown Patch
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