On Thursday, June 9th, 2005 Liz Padillla was riding her bicycle to work when she was killed on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope.

A graduate of Cornell Law School,  Liz joined the Volunteer Lawyers Project (VLP) as a Pro Bono Coordinator/Staff Attorney in December 2004, where she provided direct representation and counsel to clients with family law issues.

During her life she enjoyed  tutoring high school students, training as a tri-athlete, enrolling in a trapeze school, running the NYC marathon with disabled athletes as a member of the Achilles Track Club – and much more.

In the summer of 2005, Liz was planning a 5k race to benefit the VLP. This annual event, now in its fifth year, honors the memory of this remarkable young attorney and supports the VLP’s programs for low-income Brooklyn residents.

The VLP Liz Padilla Memorial 5K race will take place Sunday, October 3 at 10am in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.  You can register online here: http://www.active.com/running/brooklyn-ny/liz-padilla-memorial-5k-2010.  Or, check out our Facebook page for more information about this and other VLP events:  http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=51780222164&ref=ts.