Background
Chaifetz grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York and graduated from Swarthmore College in 1986.
Chaifetz grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York and graduated from Swarthmore College in 1986.
Swarthmore College (Bachelor of Arts). New York University (Juris Doctor).
She earned a law degree from the New York University School of Law three years later. In 1992, Chaifetz founded the Legal Services Center at The Door, a New York youth development agency. Through the center, she provided legal advice to young people, including many who were in foster care or homeless.
She headed Advocates for Children of New York from 1998 until her death from ovarian cancer at the age of 41.
The Jill Chaifetz Transfer High School in the South Bronx, New York, is named after Chaifetz.