Summer Olympics Pro Bono Puns
The Olympic Games have put camaraderie and public service on our minds…
Now Accepting Nominations for our 2016 Awards
29 July 2016 Blog, Featured | Tags: 2016 awards, awards
Do you know a dynamic legal-services lawyer who represents low-income clients, works to improve access to justice, or thinks creatively to solve difficult legal problems? Do you know any dedicated government lawyers who also volunteer their time to organize pro bono efforts or represent low-income clients? If so, we need your nominations for our 2016 Legal Services Award and 2016 Government Pro Bono Award!
Each year at our Awards Ceremony, we recognize the extraordinary work of some of the District’s most dedicated public-interest and pro bono lawyers. Our 2016 Awards Ceremony will take place on Thursday, December 1 at 6:30 pm. (more…)
Justice in Aging Fellow Shana Wynn Works for District Seniors
12 July 2016 Blog, East River of the River Profiles, Featured | Tags: elder law, fellowships, NLSP
By Miranda Hines
Shana Wynn, a 2015–2016 Borchard Law and Aging Fellow, may need to clone herself: She is effectively doing the work of two people, fighting on two fronts to ensure that her clients can age with dignity. She works primarily for Justice in Aging, which does policy work; two days a week, she also represents clients pro bono at the Southeast DC office of Neighborhood Legal Services Program, which serves residents of Wards 7 and 8. (more…)
4th of July Pro Bono Puns
04 July 2016 Blog, Featured | Tags: pro bono puns
Celebrate the nation’s birthday with … puns.
Our New Board Members, 2016 Edition
29 June 2016 Blog, Featured | Tags: board of directors
It’s that time of year when we welcome our incoming board members. Each of these public-interest-minded folks will officially join our Board of Directors in September. (more…)
Meet Our Summer Intern, Miranda Hines
24 June 2016 Blog, Featured | Tags: interns, miranda hines
Hello! My name is Miranda Hines and I’m excited to intern for Washington Council of Lawyers this summer.
I’m from Akron, Ohio, and right now I’m an undergraduate at Washington University in St. Louis. I’m majoring in English Literature and Political Science (focusing on on comparative politics and theory). Outside the classroom I am a writer and current Design Chief for Washington University’s ISSUES Magazine, which covers social, political, and economic issues facing the urban community in the St. Louis area and seeks to broaden the student community’s awareness of the challenges facing those who live and work around us. I love studying political science and discussing it with others, this fall I’ll be serving as a Teaching Assistant for one of my school’s American politics classes. (more…)
Blogging for Ward 7: Community Activist Susie Cambria
23 June 2016 Blog, East River of the River Profiles, Featured | Tags: community leadership, Ward 7
By Peter Nye
Ward 7 blogger and community activist Susie Cambria has worked on District policy and public-interest initiatives for more than two decades, partnering with local nonprofits and the DC city government before launching Susie’s Budget and Policy Corner in 2009. But she first got involved in community issues early in her childhood. Her parents led her in that direction: “Being an activist was just something that we did.”
When she was seven, her father, a Shriner, took her to the Shriner’s Children’s Hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts. She was influenced by the patients’ problems, especially those of a seven-year-old amputee who pushed himself around in a cart. Susie promptly hosted a neighborhood fair to raise money for the patients. She raised seven dollars; impressed by her dedication, the Shriners donated twice as much. (more…)
Summer Forum 2016: Photos
20 June 2016 Blog, Featured | Tags: summer forum
Board Member Karen Grisez Honored for Protecting Immigrants’ Rights
16 June 2016 Blog, Featured | Tags: Fried Frank, immigration
Karen Grisez, a longtime member of our board and the Public Service Counsel at Fried Frank, has won the 2016 American Immigration Lawyers Association Edith Lowenstein Memorial Award. The award honors Karen’s work protecting the rights of immigrants. (more…)