Clients are truly appreciative of your providing them critically needed legal counsel when their homes, livelihoods, family stability, health, and basic rights are at stake. You join more than a thousand Participating Attorneys who annually deliver legal services on behalf of Legal Aid’s low-income clients – an important civic contribution to all New Yorkers and to maintaining trust and confidence in the legal system.
As an accredited Pro Bono CLE Provider, Legal Aid is pleased to offer volunteers the opportunity to receive CLE credit for representation of Legal Aid clients. You may apply for credit by completing the Affirmation (Exhibit D) in the Appendix. CLE regulations regarding CLE credit for pro bono work can be found at http://www.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle (click on Pro Bono Information).
Participating Attorneys are providing effective assistance in an overwhelming percentage of cases. Each year Legal Aid recognizes the most outstanding contributions of individual lawyers and law firms to the cause of equal justice. We have been fortunate to have the presence of the Chief Judge of the State of New York, Judith S. Kaye, who presents the awards. A list of the 2007 awardees and the work for which they are honored is included as Exhibit E in the Appendix.