Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services
Seeks Nominations for 2011 Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards
To recognize outstanding commitment to volunteer legal services for the poor and disadvantaged, the Supreme Judicial Court's Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services is seeking nominations for the 2011 Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards. The deadline for nominations is July 15, 2011.
Nominations should be submitted to: Richard McMahon, Esq., The 2011 Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards, c/o South Coastal Counties Legal Services, Inc., P.O. Box 2507,
22 Bedford Street, 2nd Floor, Fall River, MA 02722-2507. Contact Jeanne Marcotte at 774-488-5942 or at jmarcotte@sccls.org with questions. Nominations submitted in 2010 remain active for consideration in the 2011 awards program.
This year the prestigious Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards will be presented in a ceremony at the John Adams Courthouse on October 26, 2011, in conjunction with the American Bar Association's recognition of National Pro Bono Week.
Named in honor of Attorneys John Adams and John Quincy Adams, the Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards recognize individual lawyers, small and large law firms, government attorney offices, corporate law departments, and other institutions in the legal profession in Massachusetts that have "enhanced the human dignity of others by improving or delivering volunteer legal services to our Commonwealth's poor and disadvantaged."
The Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services will select awardees from among
those who have excelled in providing volunteer services in one or more of the following ways:
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volunteer participation in an activity or pro bono program which resulted in satisfying previously unmet needs or in extending services to underserved segments of the population;
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successfully litigated pro bono cases that favorably affected the provision of other services to the poor; and/or
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successfully achieved legislation that contributed substantially to legal services to the poor. |
In 2010, awards were presented to McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Boston, with special recognition to partners Melissa Nott Davis, Esq. and Edward P. Leibensperger, Esq., Kathleen McGrath, Esq., Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Boston, and Alfred C. Phillips, Esq.
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"). Attorney Bernard J. Bonn III of Dechert LLP chairs the Committee.
>> Notice to Seek Nominations for the 2011 Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards
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