Released on: February 20, 2008, 8:10 am

Press Release Author: New York City Bar Association

Industry: Law

Press Release Summary: The New York City Bar Association is now accepting
nominations for the Nineteenth Annual Legal Services Awards. The award is designed
to recognize the efforts of lawyers and non-lawyers who are employed full-time in
providing critical civil legal assistance to New York City's poor.

Press Release Body: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alan Rothstein
February 20, 2008 (212) 382-6623


NYC Bar Association Accepting Nominations for the
19th Annual Legal Services Awards
The New York City Bar Association is now accepting nominations for the Nineteenth
Annual Legal Services Awards. The award is designed to recognize the efforts of
lawyers and non-lawyers who are employed full-time in providing critical civil legal
assistance to New York City's poor.

Letters of nomination should fully identify the nominee and describe his or her
outstanding legal services efforts. Please address nomination letters to the Legal
Services Awards Committee, Executive Director's Office, New York City Bar
Association, 42 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036; fax (212) 398-6634.
Nomination forms are also available. For more information contact Gabrielle Brown
at the Association, (212) 382-6624 or email: gbrown@nycbar.org.

The deadline for nominations is Monday, March 31, 2008. The Association will honor
the winners in May.

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York was founded in 1870, and is
dedicated to maintaining the high ethical standards of the profession, promoting
reform of the law, and providing service to the profession and the public.
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Contact Details: Oroma Mpi, J.D.
Press Officer
Department of Communications & Public Affairs
New York City Bar Association
42 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036
T: (212) 382-6713
F: (212) 768-8630
ompi@nycbar.org