Make a difference in the lives of at-risk children

Why Adoption, Child Welfare & Juvenile Law Fellowships?
Many factors place children and youth at risk of involvement with our nation’s delinquency and child protection court systems, including child abuse and neglect, substance abuse, mental health needs, and educational issues. Of the 900,000 children served by the child welfare system, 114,000 foster care children wait for safe, permanent homes because their biological parents’ rights have been terminated. Thousands of these youths exit the foster care system without the skills needed for successful independent living, leaving them vulnerable to unemployment, homelessness, and criminal behavior.

Well-trained, highly qualified child advocates, agency counsel, government attorneys, and juvenile judges can make all the difference between a youth’s successful transition into adulthood and a youth’s continued struggle in the system.

• Felicia Beth Nekritz Juvenile Law Fellowship
Felicia Beth Nekritz, L’96, was committed to helping juvenile offenders through her work at the Office of the Ohio Public Defender. The Felicia Beth Nekritz Juvenile Law Fellowship was established in her memory to assist students who share her vision for improving the lives of juveniles through prevention and intervention, policy and systemic improvement efforts, as well as the provision of direct services for at-risk youth.
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• Adoption & Child Welfare Law Fellowship
Adoption and child welfare law encompass a wide range of challenging aspects, such as complicated issues in parental rights and wrongful adoption and systemic issues impacting the hundreds of thousands of children who are in foster care. Qualified and well-trained attorneys are needed to better advocate for these children, families, and child-serving agencies. As one of the nation’s few law schools to offer a concentration in child and family law and courses in adoption and child welfare law, this Fellowship was created at Capital to address this critical area of need.
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Contribute to the Felicia Beth Nekritz Juvenile Law Fellowship Contribute to the Adoption & Child Welfare Law Fellowship Gifts of any size are greatly appreciated to help us provide scholarship, mentoring and training support to these Fellows. You also have the option of joining the Fellowship Circle to support the Fellowship program. Learn more about the benefits of membership below.

Want to give but not all at once?
Should you wish to give your gift in installments, we are pleased to offer a monthly or quarterly payment option.

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FELLOWSHIP CIRCLE MEMBERSHIPS

Each Membership Circle involves a 3-year commitment to support a Fellow’s 3-year law school course of studies.

100% of your contribution will be used to support the Fellowship Program and is tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

Initial annual payment must be made by July 1.

Fellowship Circle | $250 annually for 3 years ($750)
$62.50 per quarter or $21 per month

Annual Benefits:

Welcome packet

Yearly Fellowship newsletter

Exclusive invitation to selection process reception

2 complimentary adult admissions to Forever Home Adoption Celebration

Recognition on the annual Fellowship brochure, website and in other Center event programs as appropriate

Honor Roll recognition in the Dean’s Annual Report of Capital University Law School

Fellowship Gold Circle | $500 annually for 3 years ($1,500)
$125 per quarter or $42 per month

Annual Benefits:

All Fellowship Circle level benefits

2 complimentary adult admissions to the Autumn Wine Celebration

½ page black and white ad in a Center event program of your choice

Discounted rate on NCALP sponsored workshops and conferences

"Partner Level" recognition in the Law School’s Honor Roll

Fellowship Platinum Circle | $1,000 and above annually for 3 years ($3,000 +)
$250 per quarter or $84 per month

Annual Benefits:

All Fellowship Gold Circle benefits

2 additional admissions to Forever Home

2 additional admissions to the Autumn Wine Celebration

1 additional ½ page black and white ad (or 1 full page ad) in a Center event program of your choice

Exclusive annual luncheon invitation with current Fellows

Recognition as a member of the Dean’s Circle

Opportunity for Fellowship Naming Rights: $7,000 annually for 3 years (equivalent to the maximum annual merit scholarship available for the fellow, plus yearly work and conference stipends). Please contact Anna Lin at (614) 236-6537 or alin@law.capital.edu for further information.

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Current Fellowship Contributors:

 

Nekritz Family, Founders of the Felicia Beth Nekritz Juvenile Law Fellowship

Contribute to the Felicia Beth Nekritz Juvenile Law Fellowship Contribute to the Adoption & Child Welfare Law Fellowship Learn more about joining the Fellowship Circle and its benefits Download a Fellowship pledge card Meet our current Fellows View Student Application Materials Contact

 

QUESTIONS? Please call Anna Lin at (614) 236-6537 or by email at alin@law.capital.edu for more information.

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