The State Bar of Arizona created the Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education as a separate 501(c) 3 organization in 1978, charging it with the mission of promoting access to justice for all Arizonans. The Foundation strives to fulfill this mission by preparing Arizona youth for civic responsibility and providing access to justice for Arizonan′s most in need. This work is only accomplished by leveraging support of our Fellows with other donations, grants, and contracts. The Fellows program allows the Foundation to more than triple the impact to the community.

In 2010, the Foundation Board implemented the "Next Generation" Fellow program allowing attorneys and non-attorneys to join together to support the ongoing mission of promoting access to justice and assist in forging new initiatives that offer greater opportunity for the public to obtain legal resources and information they need while saving our legal aid grantees time and money. The next generation of the Foundation includes stronger partnerships, greater use of technology, and, with the help of our Fellows, the ability to increase legal aid and civic education available throughout Arizona.

The long established Fellows program remains as a core standing and each level of contribution is recognized through the three-decade-established categories. The Next Generation Fellows initiative stands on this solid base and reaches out to recognize those individuals who have been committed to access to justice and are now taking a stand to assure that all Arizonans have the legal help and knowledge needed in times of crisis and to enable them to be empowered citizens.

Please join us in thanking those listed under the fellows categories to the left and, please, join us in this next generation!

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Jody Arnold
Mark Aspey
Michael Baraban
Kim Bernhart
Hon. Thomas Berning
Hon. James Blake
Holly Bowen
Emily Burns
A. B. & A.J. Butler
Mary Bystricky
Ellie Carter
Lauren Caster
Jenn Castro
Bryan B Chambers
Joannie Collins
Amelia Craig Cramer
Whitney Cunningham & Jennifer Mott
Ashley Donavan
Richard Feldheim
Stanley Feldman
Noel Fidel
Alvaro Flores
Dewain Fox
John Furlong
Brad Gazaway
Pat and Tom Giallanza
Sasha Glassman
Chris Groninger
Tedd Harris
Rachel Hernandez
Robert Hing
Robert Hirsh
Danelle Liwski
George Lyons
Denis Malm
Justice Ruth McGregor
Susan Nusall
Bernard Van O'Steen
Samuel Ottley
Eric Overstreet
Randall Papetti
Richard Platt
Gary Restaino
Peter Rathwell
Arthur Romley
Leslie Ross
Gary & Kevin Ruegg
Justice Mike Ryan
Steph Sandner
Domingos R. Santos
Lynn and Roy Schubert
Anne Segal
Ken Sherk
Lara Slifko
Roxanne Song Ong
Becky Tigerman
Andrew Tuttle
James Susa
Christina Urias
Wachtel Biehn & Malm
Paul Wentworth
John Westover
Julie Wilson
Hon. Lawrence Winthrop
Charles Wirken