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Rob Ferrier Name William E. Morris Recipient
Rob Ferrier from the law firm Khalidi & Ferrier PLLC was named the William E. Morris Pro Bono Services Attorney. He will receive the award at the Foundation's annual awards luncheon on June 21st at the Biltmore resort.
Florence Project Wins 2012 Emil Gumpert Award
The Florence Project is honored to be named the recipient of the American College of Trial Lawyer’s 2012 Emil Gumpert Award! The Emil Gumpert Award recognizes programs whose principal purpose is to maintain and improve the administration of justice. The award honors the late Honorable Emil Gumpert, Chancellor and Founder of the American College of Trial Lawyers. With the award funds, Florence will be undertaking a significant inventory, review, and redesign of their current pro se materials to improve and expand access to self-help materials for pro se detainees and individuals and organizations who assist them. All of these materials are currently available here and are used by detainees in Arizona and by detainees, legal service organizations, and advocates across the country.
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DNA seeks Staff Attorney
DNA People's Legal Services is seeking a staff attorney for their Tuba City Office.
Celebrate Arizona’s Centennial with CONNECTING WITH CLASSROOMS!
If you are a judge or attorney interested in sharing your expertise and knowledge of our legal system with Arizona classrooms or a teacher interested in coordinating a classroom visit from an Arizona attorney or judge please click on the link below for more information. Click here.
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Community Legal Services Mourns Loss of Managing Attorney, J. Ward Sturm
Managing Attorney of Community Legal Services’ Yavapai County office since 1997, J. Ward Sturm, died Saturday, April 28th in Prescott’s Yavapai Regional Medical Center. Ward, as he was known to all, was the ‘heart’ of the CLS office in Prescott, where he managed Yavapai County’s only civil legal aid office for low-income residents with critical legal problems.
Horne Issues National Mortgage Settlement Consumer Alert to Arizonans
As the National Mortgage Settlement between Arizona and 48 other states, the federal government, and the country’s five largest residential mortgage loan servicers goes into effect, Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne is alerting Arizona consumers looking for mortgage relief to beware of scam artists.
Southern Arizona Legal Aid Director Anthony Young
Washington, DC – Southern Arizona Legal Aid (SALA) Executive Director Anthony Young was one of six legal services program directors selected to participate in a White House forum examining the state of civil legal assistance for low-income Americans. The forum, co-hosted by the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), took place on Tuesday, April 17.
Lillian Johnson a "Champion of Change" Awardee
Please join us in congratulating Lillian O. Johnson, Executive Director of Community Legal Services, on her selection as a White House “Champion of Change” as part of President Obama’s Winning the Future Initiative. Lillian will be honored in October at the White House during a series of special events and activities.
Lillian is being honored for her professional life-long dedication to closing the justice gap in America. She began her legal career as a Staff Attorney at the Legal Assistance Foundation in Chicago after receiving her J.D. from University of Chicago. Lillian came to Community Legal Services in Arizona almost 30 years ago.