Sentences with phrase «bono award for its work»

Meanwhile, CILEx has awarded Saria Bashir, partner at BHB Law, its Pro Bono Award for her work with foreign prisoners at HMP Woodhill, Milton Keynes.

Torys has won a global pro bono award for its work with Prajwala, an anti-trafficking non-profit, to stop the distribution of images and videos of sexual violence in India.

In 2000, Sandy received the Denis Maguire Pro Bono Award for this work.

Not exact matches

Pro bono work is a priority for Tony, particularly regarding animal welfare and environmental issues, and he has received several awards for his efforts.

OTTAWA — Dr. Michelle Lem was honoured with the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) President's Award for her ongoing commitment to the veterinary profession through her practice and work as founder and director of Community Veterinary Outreach, a registered charity that has provided pro bono preventive veterinary care for animals of the homeless and marginally housed in Ottawa since 2003.

Elefant, the blogger behind My Shingle, notes that a prestigious award for pro bono work specifically excludes solo attorneys.

Ms. Rich has won a number of awards for her pro bono and charitable work, including the Northern District of Illinois Award for Excellence in Pro Bono Service, the Chicago Bar Association's David C. Hilliard Award for Outstanding Committee Service, and the Chicago Bar Association's Milton H. Gray Award for Outstanding Project Leadersbono and charitable work, including the Northern District of Illinois Award for Excellence in Pro Bono Service, the Chicago Bar Association's David C. Hilliard Award for Outstanding Committee Service, and the Chicago Bar Association's Milton H. Gray Award for Outstanding Project LeadersBono Service, the Chicago Bar Association's David C. Hilliard Award for Outstanding Committee Service, and the Chicago Bar Association's Milton H. Gray Award for Outstanding Project Leadership.

In awarding fees for pro bono work, the court needs to keep in mind what a reasonable client would have paid for comparable service, and not what a large firm, working on a «sky's the limit» budget ultimately asks for in its fee petition.

Separate awards are given to in - house departments for their pro bono work and best training program.

As a legal function, we also evaluate our law firms and have both a diversity award that we give to law firms and a corporate social responsibility pro bono award, and we get law firms to do some pretty rigorous kind of work, vying for these awards.

Professional directories have recommended Andrew for many years in the areas of property litigation, professional negligence and commercial litigation, and he was awarded the Bar Pro Bono Award in 2009 for some of his work with the homelessness charity, Shelter.

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This has led to our being honored for our pro bono work, with awards from the California Bar Association and from Public Counsel as the Pro Bono Law Firm of the Ybono work, with awards from the California Bar Association and from Public Counsel as the Pro Bono Law Firm of the YBono Law Firm of the Year.

In 2012, he was co-recipient of the Colorado Lawyer Committee's «Team of the Year» award for his work on a pro bono case involving public school funding.

During his career, he has received awards for legal scholarship, Pro Bono work, and public interest research.

He has earned several awards including New York State Bar Association 2011 President's Pro Bono Service Award for a project assisting refugees from Iraq, selection by Crain's New York Business in 2009 as one of 40 Under 40 rising stars of the profession awarded for combined achievements in business and law, a 2009 National Law Journal Pro-Bono Award for his Iraq refugee work, and an Attorney General Special Commendation Award for his service in Iraq on behalf of the U.S. government.

In 2006, Sandy was awarded the Adams Pro Bono Publico Award by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court for his work in this program, which has been a model in both assisting low income litigants and in relieving the great burden pro se litigants have on the court and its clerk's office.

For his extensive pro bono work, this year, Mr. Moskowitz was awarded the Adams Pro Bono Publico Award by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and in 2002, the Dennis Maguire Pro Bono Awbono work, this year, Mr. Moskowitz was awarded the Adams Pro Bono Publico Award by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and in 2002, the Dennis Maguire Pro Bono AwBono Publico Award by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and in 2002, the Dennis Maguire Pro Bono AwBono Award.

Shepard - Ryan received The Florida Bar President's Pro Bono Service Award in 2011 and was honored as a nominee for the 2010 Volunteer of the Year by the United Way of Volusia - Flagler Counties for her outstanding work.

Mr. Kramer also has extensive pro bono experience, and has received the Weil Pro Bono Service Award in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017 for his work on these mattbono experience, and has received the Weil Pro Bono Service Award in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017 for his work on these mattBono Service Award in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017 for his work on these matters.

The Dallas Bar Association recognized our firm for exceptional pro bono work with the 2014 Gold Award for Pro Bono Servbono work with the 2014 Gold Award for Pro Bono ServBono Service.

Several in - house departments won awards as well, including Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. for best training program and Caterpillar Inc. for its pro bono work.

For this work, she was awarded a 2014 Pro Bono Publico Award by the New York Legal Aid Society.

Named Pro Bono Team of the Year at The Lawyer Awards 2010 in London for the group's work on behalf of The Sudan People's Liberation Movement / Army.

ALBANY, NY (04/04/2017)(readMedia)-- The Brooklyn Volunteer Lawyers Project (VLP) has been honored with the New York State Bar Association's 2017 Angelo T. Cometa Award for its longtime commitment to recruiting and training volunteer attorneys for pro bono work.

At the 2015 Wisconsin Equal Justice Conference, six awards were announced for outstanding contributions in the areas of civil justice, public interest law and pro bono work.

Kimberly Carpenter Emery, assistant dean for pro bono at UVa, noted in recommending Strickland for the award that she contributed more than 125 hours of pro bono work to two international organizations alone — the International Law Institute: African Centre for Legal Excellence in Kampala, Uganda, and the Legal resources Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Smith's many other honors include the 2007 Scales of Justice Award, by Equal Justice Works for significant contributions to the advancement of pro bono legal work; the 2009 A. Leon Higginbotham Corporate Leadership Award for contributions to diversity and inclusion; the American Bar Association's 2010 Spirit of Excellence Diversity Award for Microsoft's commitment to diversity in the profession; and the Corporate Counsel Publication's 2010 Best Legal Department Award for leadership, innovation and effective management by Microsoft's Legal and Corporate Affairs department.

His work with Jacksonville Area Legal Aid (the true pioneers of consumer protection and foreclosure litigation) has earned him their Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service.

This prestigious award honors one law student nationwide for their pro bono contributions to society, and recognizes the significant contributions that law students make to underserved populations, the public interest community, and legal education through public service work.

Weil was also honored with two firmwide achievement awards: «Best International Firm for Pro Bono Work» and «Best International Firm for Diversity.»

Apply for awards that recognize community service, pro bono work, Web sites, firm marketing and public relations, diversity, and anything else for which your firm or its attorneys stand out.

Throughout his career in private practice, Judge Shea maintained an active pro bono practice, receiving awards from both the Hartford County and Connecticut Bar Associations for his work on behalf of indigent persons in criminal and civil cases.

The US firm has won several awards for its pro bono work, both in the UK and across the pond, and was recently ranked # 1 for international pro bono and # 7 for US domestic pro bono by The American Lawyer.

The Firm awards celebrate the best initiatives for gender diversity, innovation, minority women, mentoring, work - life balance, pro bono work and talent management, as well as being the best in country / region.

He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1976 and has been honoured with awards from many legal associations in Canada and is well known for his pro bono work.

In 2016, 84 law students received stipend awards for summer pro bono work serving as interns in judicial chambers, U.S. Attorney offices, governmental agencies, NGOs, non-profit legal aid organizations and federal public defender offices.

For his work obtaining asylum for a refugee who had been the victim of gun attacks in Honduras, Lawlor received the Pro Bono award from the Erie County Bar Association's Volunteer Lawyers Project in 20For his work obtaining asylum for a refugee who had been the victim of gun attacks in Honduras, Lawlor received the Pro Bono award from the Erie County Bar Association's Volunteer Lawyers Project in 20for a refugee who had been the victim of gun attacks in Honduras, Lawlor received the Pro Bono award from the Erie County Bar Association's Volunteer Lawyers Project in 2015.