East Meadow, March 16 – Hofstra University School of Law has named Robin Hasher (Centerport) the recipient of the 2011 Certilman Balin Honors Scholarship, a scholarship awarded to a second year law student.  This special opportunity will enable Ms. Hasher to develop a close relationship with Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP, giving her the ability to be mentored by the firm’s attorneys and also to work as an intern when her schedule permits.

A 2004 graduate of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, Ms. Hasher earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies.  After graduation, she worked as an ad sales assistant at New York Magazine and then as a licensing coordinator and associate marketing manager at Scholastic Media. Her jury duty experience inspired her to pursue a law degree.

At Hofstra University School of Law, she ranks in the top 18% of her class, is a member of the Dean’s List and also a Staff Member on Hofstra Law Review. She has served as a Student Advocate at the law school’s Courtroom Advocates Project, as a Legal Intern at the Child Advocacy Clinic, and as a Summer Law Clerk to the Honorable Conrad Singer of Nassau County Family Court.

The Certilman Balin Honors Scholarship, now in its sixth year, rewards a student who has an outstanding academic record of achievement, the financial need, and the potential to become an excellent attorney based upon leadership skills and a commitment to community, a hallmark of the Certilman Balin firm.  For further information, contact Lisa Berman, Assistant Dean of Hofstra University School of Law at (516) 463-4758 and/or Debra Scala-Giokas, Director of Marketing at Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP at (516) 296-7087.

Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP has grown into Long Island’s second largest full-service law firm with offices in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Its 14 practice areas include: real estate, real property tax certiorari and condemnation, cooperative and condominium, land use, environmental law, corporate/securities, litigation, commercial lending, labor relations/employment law, bankruptcy and debtor/creditor rights, trusts and estates, elder law, telecommunications law, and criminal law.