Patti Santelle Recently Appointed to the Advisory Board of Volunteer Up

Patti Santelle, Chair Emeritus/Former Managing Partner, recently joined the Advisory Board of Volunteer Up Legal Clinic, which connects clients in need with pro bono attorneys in the South Jersey area.

Volunteer Up was originally founded to address critical legal needs of low-income individuals and families in Camden and now provides legal service across five counties: Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem. Clients include veterans, returning citizens, those with mental health and addiction issues, and families at risk of becoming homeless, among others. The clinic helps clients secure basic life needs through representation in many civil legal practice areas, including housing, employment, family law, reentry, health care, and government benefits.

Patti Santelle’s dedication to the Greater Philadelphia and South New Jersey communities includes serving on the Corporate Council of the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Committee of Seventy and as President of the Board of Trustees of the C. Wallace Stuard, Jr. Sailing Foundation. In addition to being a past Chair of the District IV Ethics Committee and Special Ethics Adjudicator in New Jersey, she is also active in the Rutgers Law alumni community, serving as Co-Chair of the Rutgers Law Alumnae Network, past Chancellor of the Rutgers Law School Camden Alumni Association and recent recipient of the Arthur Armitage Sr. Distinguished Alumni Award.

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