Last week, the Gibbons Law firm in Newark, NJ hosted a reception to launch the Judge John J. Gibbons Fund for Justice at EJUSA.
More than eighty people gathered to celebrate the Judge’s extraordinary legacy of justice and the launch of the fund at EJUSA in his honor. Guests included family, friends, former law clerks, former colleagues from Seton Hall Law School, and former and current recipients of the John J. Gibbons Fellowship in Public Interest & Constitutional Law, which litigates historic, cutting-edge civil rights and civil liberties cases. Also attending were several of the Judge’s friends and colleagues from the Fund for New Jersey, which generously provided an inaugural leadership gift to honor the Judge, a founding Fund for New Jersey board member for more than 40 years before his retirement in 2015.
Established by the Gibbons family and EJUSA, the Judge John J. Gibbons Fund for Justice at EJUSA honors the Judge’s five decades as a judge, lawyer, and advocate who has tirelessly worked to advance our nation’s promise of civil rights, civil liberties, and human rights. His unwavering belief in these principles led him to represent death row inmates and to play a critical role in the historic 2007 repeal of New Jersey’s death penalty.
The Judge John J. Gibbons Fund for Justice at EJUSA will continue Judge Gibbons’ vision of justice into the future by supporting EJUSA’s work to end the death penalty.
Check out the pictures from the event. Click on any picture for a full-screen view with captions:
