Awards and Recognition

LAAC Family Law Awards

Since 2003, LAAC Family Law Awards have been presented to family law advocates in recognition of their outstanding dedication and commitment to legal services for low-income Californians. Awards are given to advocates who demonstrate exemplary service to low-income clients in family law in one of the following categories: direct representation (legal services family attorney), pro bono work (private attorney), and family law facilitator or self-help center service provider.

• Amanda Fleming, Levitt & Quinn Family Law Center, Inc.
• Harry Jacobs, Administrative Office of the Courts

                                                    

Congratulations, Amanda and Harry!

To learn more and see past award winners, click here.

Dan Bradley Fellowships

Each year, we invite law students working with LAAC member legal services programs during the summer to apply for the Dan Bradley Summer Fellowship Program. The goal of the Fellowship is to offer law students, particularly those from low-income or working class backgrounds, the opportunity to consider a career in legal services and other public interest law while providing legal services and other programs with a new source of dedicated and energetic staff.

Please note that the organization MUST BE a LAAC member program. Offices of Public Defenders or District Attorneys are not LAAC Member programs because they are not legal services organizations funded by IOLTA.

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The 2012 Dan Bradley Fellows:

• Angelica Salceda, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
  
• Lucy Walker, California Indian Legal Services
• Emily Zushi, California Indian Legal Services

To see past award winners, click here.

LAAC Awards of Merit

2012 Awards of Merit Honorees

LAAC honored five Awards of Merit recipients during a ceremony held June 7 at the Administrative Office of the Courts in San Francisco. The honorees include:

• Award of Merit for Extraordinary Service: Stephanie Choy, State Bar of California, Legal Services Trust Fund
• Attorney: Catherine Bishop, Senior Staff Attorney, National Housing Law Project
  
• Legal Secretary: Ethel Louise Oden-Brown, National Center for Youth Law
• Paralegal: Julio Edrosolan, Bay Area Legal Aid
• Volunteer and Board Member: Dr. James Meeker, Legal Aid Society of Orange County and Public Law Center
  

The LAAC Awards of Merit are the legal services community's opportunity to recognize the importance of legal services and to particularly honor a few of the many who have made contributions to the field during the last year.

To see past award winners, click here.