After she and her husband filed numerous declarations from friends and prominent individuals regarding their loyalty to the United States, he was reinstated to his position.
[citation needed] Zarky was the first woman to serve as president of the Beverly Hills Bar Association and was a founding member of Women in Film.
[1] In response to the condition of her daughter, who was born profoundly retarded, Zarky served on the board of trustees of the Exceptional Children's Foundation.
[3] She authored the ACLU's amicus brief in People v. Belous, in which the California Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Raymond E. Peters, upheld a woman's right to abortion.
[4] She wrote an amicus brief on behalf of the American Association of University Women in Roe v. Wade, the case that established the right to abortion on a nationwide basis.
At UCLA, the Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, Edward Rubin & Norma Zarky Endowed Scholarship Fund was established to financially assist socio-economically disadvantaged students attending the School of Law in celebration of Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp's Centennial and to honor the memories of Zarky and Edward Rubin, described as "two seminal figures in the history of the firm:"[9] In 2018, Zarky was added to the James Madison High School Alumni Association Wall of Distinction, joining such other alumni as Ruth Bader Ginsburg, William Gaines (publisher of Mad Magazine), and environmentalist Barry Commoner.