Volunteer Lawyers for Justice (VLJ) proudly announces that VLJ volunteer, Penelope Taylor, a partner at McCarter & English, LLP, has been named the recipient of the Essex County Bar Association’s 2026 Bernard A. Kuttner Pro Bono Service Award. This award honors attorneys, law firms, law schools, government attorney offices, corporate law departments, and other institutions in the legal profession that have enhanced the human dignity of others by improving or delivering volunteer legal services to the Essex County community.