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Time to Start Thinking About Nominees for the Adams Pro Bono Award

BOSTON, MA -- The Supreme Judicial Court’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services will soon be seeking nominations for the  2018 Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards, which recognize those in the legal community who have shown outstanding and exceptional commitment to providing unpaid legal services to those in need. 

Named in honor of attorneys John Adams and John Quincy Adams, the Adams Pro Bono Publico Awards are presented annually by the Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services to honor those Massachusetts lawyers, law students, small and large law firms, government attorney offices, corporate law departments, law schools or other institutions in the legal profession that have improved the lives of clients in need by committing an extraordinary amount of their time and energies to provide volunteer legal services.

The Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services will select awardees from among those who have excelled in providing volunteer services in one or more of the following ways:

  • participated in an activity or pro bono program that resulted in satisfying previously unmet needs or in extending services to underserved segments of the population;
  • successfully litigated pro bono cases that favorably affected the provision of other services to those in need; and/or
  • successfully achieved legislation that contributed substantially to legal services for the disadvantaged

Look for an announcement soon about the nomination process and deadline. 
 

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  • Access to Justice