)00VICTORY

Home Lo an s

www.victoryhomeloans.com

• second homes

NICOLE
RAPPAPORT

City: Detroit
Kudos: Law Student
Outside Classroom

During her three years as a student at
Wayne State University Law School in
Detroit, 25-year-old Nicole Rappaport
found there was a lot to learn about the
legal system outside of the classroom.
Her limited spare hours were spent on
such projects as being co-founder of the
school's Public Interest Law Association,
volunteer clerk at Michigan Legal
Services in Detroit and co-chair of
Students Helping Students Read.
The daughter of Stuart and Janet
Rappaport of Commerce Township,
Nicole also was a tester for the Fair
Housing Center in Detroit and spent
two years working at the Free Legal Aid
Clinic in Detroit, including the last year
as litigation supervisor. As symposium
director for the Journal of Law in
Society, Nicole's most recent endeavor
was to oversee this year's symposium,
titled "The Overpopulated Prison
System: Need for Change and
Rehabilitation."

younger. Clearly,
many have been
rehabilitated and are
now stuck in prisons
with no constitu-
tional rights."

How did you choose
the subject for the
April 7 symposium?
"Our committee
submitted topics and
we voted on them. I
was happy with the
choice, because it
was one of the topics
I suggested and
because during the
time I worked with
Michigan Legal
Services, I did
research on the sub-
ject with the parale-
gal advocate there."

How was the topic discussed?
"A group of panelists — two
attorneys, two social workers and
one paralegal-advocate for prison
rights — each spoke about their
involvement with prisoners."

With attendees including 75 law
students and others, would you say
the symposium was a success?
"Absolutely. I would say it was a
phenomenal success. What partici-
pants were able to hear was that
prisoners are people, too. And that a
lot of them were imprisoned for
something they did when they were

When the intense
work and studying
of law school is
finally over this
spring, will you take
a break?
"Actually, as soon
as I graduate, I'll
start studying for the
bar exam."

— Shelli Liebman Dorfman,
staff writer

Know a Doer — someone of any age doing
interesting, meaningful things in their life
outside of their job? Share suggestions with
Keri Guten Cohen, story development editor,
at (248) 351-5144 or e-mail:

kcohen@thejewishnews.com

MICHIGAN PRESS ASSOCIATiON

2004 Newspaper
of the Year

JNOnline.com • Thursday, May 5, 2005 • 26 Nisan 5765 • Vol. CVCVII, No 13

Cover Story

16 Innovative LifeTown

Kids with special needs get
real-lift experiences.

Business &
Professional

39 Taubman Honored

Urban Land Institute to bestow
its Lifetime Achievement Award.

Ann Arbor
AppleTree
Arts & Life

60
44
49

On The Cover:

Calendar
14
Crossword
100
Letters
6
Marketplace
81
Mazel Toy!
73
Metro
16
14
Online
Opinion
35
Something Extra . .11
Spirituality
69
Spotlight
68
71
Synagogues
The Scene
47
World
30

Clockwise from woman at top in orange sweater: Sheva Bronstein of West
Bloomfield; Rebecca Grossman of Oak Park; Julie Burnett, Jenna Krinsky, Debbie
Krinsky, Deni Ambrose, Alisa Ambrose, Nancy Klein, all of West Bloomfield;
Rochelle Adler of Farmington Hills; and Tali Reiss of Tel Aviv.

• debt
consolidation

• pay off
credit cards

• pay off
land contracts

• pay delinquent
taxes

• no income verification

PAYMENTS
AS LOW AS

1.25%*

REPORT A DOER...

V ijilgg yR

• investment
properties

COLUMNISTS
George Cantor . . . 35
Danny Raskin : . . 66
Robert Sklar 5
Robin Schwartz .. 68
Gail Zimmerman . 50

Last Call

80 Polls, Shmolls

Education, evolution
and caller ID.

OBITUARIES
Dr. Jay Gorell . . .100

ONE RACE,
ONE CURE,
ONE VICTORY!

Victory Home Loans invites
you to join Team Victory
on Saturday, June 11th
to participate in the 14th
Annual Susan G. Komen
Breast Cancer Foundation
Race for the Cure®.
For more information,
please contact
Michele Goldman
at 248-593-2912.

Call Today and
Let Victory Be
Your Mortgage
Champion

For late-breaking news:

Jewish.com

Photo, Angie Baan; Page design, Zach Hoag

Shabbat Candielighting

Candlelighting
Candlelighting
k
Friday, May 13, 8:27 p.m.
Friday, May 6, 8:20 p.m.
"IV
• Ai *
-
Shabbat Ends
Shabbat Ends
Saturday, May 7, 9:27 p.m. Saturday, May 14, 9:36 p.m.

▪

A; •

iltreAl

"1"." "US ASSOCUMON

ASSCIO *

The Detroit Jewish News (USPS 275-520) is published every Friday with additional supplements in March, October, November and December at 29200 Northwestern
Highway, #110, Southfield, Michigan. Periodical postage paid at Southfield, Michigan, and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: send changes to: Detroit Jewish News,
29200 Northwestern Highway, #110, Southfield, MI 48034.

950 S. Old Woodward
Birmingham, MI 48009

*APR 4.5%

5/5

2005

3