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SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT STANDING COMMITTEE
ON PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES INVITES NOMINATIONS
FOR ADAMS PRO BONO PUBLICO AWARDS
Boston— To
recognize outstanding commitment to volunteer legal services
for the poor and disadvantaged, the Standing Committee on
Pro Bono Legal Services
of the Supreme Judicial Court is seeking nominations
for the first annual Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards. The
deadline for nominations is Friday, April 12. Nominations (five copies) should be submitted
to committee member Richard McMahon at the New Center for
Legal Advocacy, Inc., 257 Union Street, New Bedford, MA 02740.
Named in
honor of Attorneys John Adams and John Quincy Adams, the awards
will be presented to individual lawyers, law firms, government
attorneys, corporate law departments, and other institutions
in the legal profession that have “demonstrated outstanding
commitment to volunteer legal services for the poor and disadvantaged,
including the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS), legal services
or similar providers who conduct non-program pro bono work.”
The Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services will select no more than three awardees from
among those who have excelled in one or more of the following
ways: demonstrated dedication in development and delivery
of legal services to the poor through a pro bono program; contributed significant
work toward developing innovative approaches to delivery of
voluntary legal services; participated in an activity which
resulted in satisfying previously unmet needs or in extending
services to underserved segments of the population; successfully
litigated pro bono cases that favorably
affected the provision of other services to the poor; and,
successfully achieved legislation that contributed substantially
to legal services for the poor.
Established in August 1999, the Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services works to promote
volunteer legal work in Massachusetts to help people of limited
means who are in need of legal representation, in accordance
with SJC Rule 6.1, Voluntary Pro Bono Publico Service (“for
the public good”).
For further information about
the awards and nomination guidelines, contact Richard McMahon,
at (508) 979-7160, Ext. 3010.
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