This use of attorney time is good: "Just admitted to the Ohio Bar last summer, Chad Sizemore, an attorney with Jenks, Piper & Oxley Co. LPA, began looking for opportunities to volunteer his time. He soon came across the Greater Dayton Volunteer Lawyers Project, an organization that helps connect lawyers interested in volunteering their services with those who need -- but can't afford --...
Good work by this Atlanta firm & kudos for a paralegal: "Kilpatrick Stockton LLP announces the firm’s third annual pro bono awards to recognize outstanding contributions to the firm’s pro bono efforts. The awards highlight a second record-breaking year for the firm, with more than 27,500 pro bono hours in 2005, a value of $8.2 million.“'Pro bono is an essential element of the...
Volunteer time to your local Legal Aid if you can! "Legal Aid of West Virginia doesn't receive enough support to give as much as it would like. "The organization, which provides legal services to those who might not otherwise be able to afford such services, must raise money, as well. "Legal Aid's roots in the state go back to the 1950s, when legal service groups began organizing...
Congratulations to Danny Mills for all his hard work serving the public! " Mills, an outreach worker for Pine Tree Legal Assistance since 1999, was drawn to the job not because he was a champion for justice. He just wanted an opportunity to speak the language of his maternal grandparents more often. "'I like things to be fair,'" Mills, 48, said recently when asked what he found...
You must read "A small 'thank you' to heroes" article from the Cincinnati Post: "Cincinnati paralegal Cathy Hutton felt obligated to do something for emergency responders after the 2001 terrorist attacks.... Since its inception about two years ago, the Cincinnati Paralegal Association's Wills for Heroes program has provided free wills, living wills and health-care proxies to about...