News and Information Pat Fersch: From Jewels to Justice Casting aside jewels for jurisprudence is not unusual if you're Patricia Fersch. Unlike the slick prosecutors in TV's Law and Order, Fersch helps scores of metropolitan New York's beleaguered woman and families as their nitty-gritty advocate. Read More (660KB PDF) The Assistant Who Walked in One Day Pat Fersch was a newly minted lawyer working in a Lower East Side office in September 1994 when Migna Taveras, 14, walked through the storefront doors of the self-proclaimed Family Law Center. Read More (628KB PDF) Pat Fersch '92 When Pat Fersch was growing up, all she wanted was to be in retail. She worked after high school at a local shop and dropped out of college after a few months to devote all her energy to getting ahead in her chosen career. When she founded her own very successful costume jewelry business, she thought she had realized her dreams. It was not so. Read More (1.9MB PDF) Alumnae Take the Spotlight On March 14th, Five highly accomplished women attorneys—all NYLS graduates—took center stage in a packed Ernst Steifel room to partake in the 10th Annual Spotlight on Women Luncheon. Read More (1.1MB PDF)