Claim: Judith Vladeck, a prominent American labor lawyer and civil rights advocate, represented the not-for-profit organization Nontraditional Employment for Women in a case against the contractors building and an apprenticeship program was created to help women train in construction.
Evidence: Judith Pomarlen Vladeck (August 1, 1923 – January 8, 2007) was a prominent American labor lawyer and civil rights advocate, particularly on behalf of women. In one of the "crowning moments of her career" Vladeck represented the not-for-profit organization Nontraditional Employment for Women in a case against the contractors building ~ what was to become the New York City neighborhood known as Battery Park City. As part of the out-of-court settlement, an apprenticeship program was created to help women train in construction.