The Peggy Browning Fund Philadelphia Virtual Awards Program 2021

This year, the Peggy Browning Fund (PBF) pays tribute to our inspiration, Peggy Browning, and to exceptional leaders who have made major contributions to the cause of workers’ rights. Peggy was a very special person – a Member of the National Labor Relations Board; an extraordinary labor lawyer; a skilled ice skater; a hiker; a loving wife and mother; a caring friend and true supporter of the collective bargaining process. PBF was established in 1997 by her friends and family to continue her life’s work – helping workers. We thank everyone whose support helped us become the preeminent organization in the country for encouraging and recruiting new lawyers for the labor movement. Our central program is a 10-week summer fellowship in which law students are matched with the needs of a pool of mentoring organizations across the country, including unions, worker centers, nonprofit worker advocacy organizations, and union-side law firms. Last year was very challenging for the Peggy Browning Fund and for working people. We were able, however, to successfully transition our programs and award 91 Summer Fellowships to first and second-year law students mostly working from home. This year, we’ve received a record number of applications for this program and we’re happy to report that we’ve awarded nearly 80 Summer Fellowships so far, with more slots still to be filled. We wish each one of them a productive and memorable experience. PBF’s annual National Law Students Workers’ Rights Conference has been highly successful in developing a greater understanding, passion and commitment to issues facing workers in this changing world. Over 3,000 students have