And The Award Goes To...
Harrison Tweed Award Winners
The Lafayette Parish Bar Association (LA), the New York State Bar Association, and the Cleveland Bar Association (OH) each received a 2005 Harrison Tweed Award for achievement in preserving and increasing access to legal services.
The LPBA is being honored for its impressive fundraising campaign that benefited providers of civil legal services in Lafayette Parish. Joe Oelkers, President of the LPBA and Executive Director of the Acadiana Legal Service Corporation is shown here (second from top) accepting the award. The NYSBA is being recognized for its development of statewide standards to ensure the quality of representation provided to indigent clients entitled to appointed counsel. The CBA is receiving this tribute for its efforts to increase, improve, and coordinate the availability of pro bono legal services in Cleveland.
Vicky O. Kimbrell
Vicky O. Kimbrell received the Dan Bradley Legal Services Award for leading the Georgia Legal Services Program's efforts to serve victims of domestic violence across the state. The award is given annually to an attorney from GLSP or the Atlanta Legal Aid Society who has excelled in providing equal access to justice for the poor.
Montana Legal Services Association
The Montana Legal Services Association (MTLSA) received a Paul H. Chapman award and $10,000 for using video-conferencing to connect clients with legal aid attorneys across vast distances. The Foundation for Improvement of Justice gives these awards annually for work that improves the justice system.
Legal Aid of the Bluegrass
Legal Aid of the Bluegrass (LABG) was presented with the 2005 Hodson Award, given in recognition of an "outstanding government or public sector law office," by the American Bar Association. Executive Director Richard A. Cullison accepted the award on behalf of the program. LABG is noted for its effective handling of crises in cases involving family law, consumer protection, housing, domestic violence, and elder law.
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