Rutgers Student Awarded Scholarship

Rutgers Student Awarded LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® Scholarship For Work with Asian Immigrant Community in New Jersey

New Providence, N.J. - Press Release - October 28, 2005 - Alexander Saingchin, a student at the Rutgers School of Law, has been awarded the 2005 LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Scholarship for his work creating the Asian American Legal Project, which has established multilingual clinics in Jersey City, N.J. The clinics assist low-income and disadvantaged Asian Americans in overcoming cultural and linguistic obstacles when accessing legal aid.

The $5,000 scholarship was handed out last night as part of the Equal Justice Works "Exemplary Public Service Awards" dinner. Equal Justice Works, founded in 1986 by law students dedicated to working for equal justice on behalf of underserved communities and causes, is the national leader in creating summer and postgraduate public interest opportunities for law students and lawyers as well as in urging more public interest programming at law schools.

Media Contacts: Daryn Teague for Teague Communications (661) 297-5292 dteague@teaguecommunications.com

The LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Scholarship is funded by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell, the leading provider of client development solutions for the legal profession, and is designed to financially support law students associated with Equal Justice Works who have done an exceptional job practicing public interest law. The scholarship is part of a three-year, $60,000 grant the company has given Equal Justice Works to support the work the organization does in 47 states nationwide.

"LexisNexis considers it our corporate responsibility to give back to the legal profession by financially supporting various organizations that advance the cause of justice, and as part of that mission we are proud of the long-term partnership between Martindale-Hubbell and Equal Justice Works," said Michael Gibeault, vice president of peer review ratings and relations at New Providence, N.J.-based LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell.

For more information about Alexander Saingchin's award-winning project to assist the Asian immigrant community in New Jersey, please go to http://www.equaljusticeworks.org/dinner05/honor.htm.

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