AZFLSE Newsletter July 14, 2006 - Volume 1, No.5

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July 14, 2006 - Volume 1, No.5

Legal Community

2006 Annual Award Luncheon

David Haga
Foundation 2006 President, opened the Annual Award Luncheon with remarks calling everyone to remember “each day there is a need for access to justice. Our mission is not to respond to a holiday rallying cry or emergency crisis event. Rather, the Foundation strives to assure systems are in place keeping the doors of the courthouse equally open to all.”
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Ted Schmidt

Ted Schmidt, Kinerk Beal Schmidt Dyer & SethiSethi, was the 2006 recipient of the Foundation’s Walter E. Craig Distinguished Service Award. The award was presented by the Foundation president, David Haga.
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H. Thomas Roberts

Joe Kreamer, Foundation President-Elect, presented H. Thomas Roberts, Goering Roberts Rubin Brogna Enos & Treadwell-Rubin PC, with the 2006 William Morris Pro Bono Service Award.
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News at the Foundation

"Democracy is an empty promise to those who find the doors to the courthouse locked." States Todd Lang

Todd Lang and Joe Kreamer, President-Elect for the Foundation, offered opening remarks at the Statewide Legal Service Conference co- hosted by the Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education and the State Bar’s Legal Service Committee. Over 200 legal service and domestic violence shelter providers gathered for the two-day conference learning from experts in a variety of areas and networking with other professionals across the state.

2006 Arizona Top 50 Pro Bono Attorneys

Chief Justice Ruth McGregor presented the awards to the 2006 Arizona Top 50 Pro Bono Attorneys. These attorneys are all active volunteers of programs supported by the Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education: the Brewster Center, Community Legal Services, DNA People’s Legal Services, Southern Arizona Legal Aid, the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, and Lawforkids.org. Their selection has been based on such factors as the number of pro bono cases accepted and hours donated, indicators of overall commitment to pro bono work. Thanks to the efforts of Michele Mirto, SALA Volunteer Lawyer Program Director, click here for a compilation of the award winners contributions and many of their pictures.

Foundation Staffer Recognized with National Award

Joannie Collins was honored as Street Law Advocate of the Year at the Street Law Annual Awards Dinner at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington, D.C. Collins is Law Related Education program manager for the Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education. The award recognizes developers, coordinators, or directors of Street Law programs in schools and community settings whose work has strengthened the Street Law mission and programs, and whose who advocacy work includes taking Street Law's mission and programs to new audiences, developing materials, and providing training or other important support.

Based in Silver Spring, Md., Street Law Inc. is an international organization whose mission is to provide practical, participatory education about law, democracy, and human rights. Sandra Day O'Conner, retired justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, presided over the awards dinner.

We the People: the Citizen and the Constitution 2006 Summer Institute

Arizona Supreme Court Vice-Chief Justice Rebecca White Berch was one of several distinguished scholars who instructed teachers from across Arizona at the "The Citizen and The Constitution" 2006 Summer Institute in Flagstaff this June

www.AZLawHelp.org

Arizona now has a new legal resource to educate the public and answer general legal questions.
www.AZLawHelp.org is a project of the Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education in partnership with Southern Arizona Legal Aid Inc., Community Legal Services, Inc., DNA People's Legal Services, Inc., and the William E. Morris Institute for Justice with support from Legal Services Corporation.