Important Notices, 0716 ALBJ, 77 The Alabama Lawyer 248 (2016)

IMPORTANT NOTICES

Vol. 77 No. 4 Pg. 248

Alabama Bar Lawyer

July, 2016

Harold Albritton Pro Bono Leadership Award

The Harold Albritton Pro Bono Leadership Award seeks to identify and honor individual lawyers who through their leadership and commitment have enhanced the human dignity of others by improving pro bono legal services to our state’s poor and disadvantaged. The award will be presented during Pro Bono Month 2016.

To nominate an individual for this award please submit no more than two single-spaced pages that provide specific, concrete examples of the nominee’s performance of as many of the following criteria as apply: • Demonstrated dedication to the development and delivery of legal services to persons of limited means or low-income communities through a pro bono program;

• Contributed significant work toward developing innovative approaches to delivery of volunteer legal services;

• Participated in an activity that resulted in satisfying previously unmet needs or in extending services to underserved segments of the population;

or

• Successfully achieved legislation or rule changes that contributed substantially to legal services to persons of limited means or low-income communities.

To the extent appropriate, include in the award criteria narrative a description of any bar association activities applicable to the above criteria.

To be considered for the award, nominations must be submitted by august 1, 2016. For more information about the nomination process, contact Linda Lund at (334) 517-2246 or linda.lund@alabar.org.

Alabama Rules of Court-State for Sale

The Supreme Court and State Law Library has a limited number of 2015 Alabama Rules of Court-State books for sale at $40 each. The 2013 and 2014 Rules books are still available at $10 and $20, respectively. All rule changes and effective dates are available at...