Important Notices, 0720 ALBJ, Vol. 81 No. 4 Pg. 262 (July, 2020)
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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 in october, which has been officially designated Pro Bono month
To nominate an individual for this award, 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: 1. demonstrated dedication to the development and delivery of legal services to persons of limited means or low-income communities through a pro bono program;
2. contributed significant work toward developing innovative approaches to delivery of volunteer legal services;
3. Participated in an activity that resulted in satisfying previously unmet needs or in extending services to underserved segments of the population; or
4. 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 activities applicable to the above criteria.
To be considered for the award, nominations must be submitted by august 1. For more information about the nomination process, contact Linda Lund at (334) 269-1515 or linda.lund@alabar.org.
Notice of and opportunity for comment
Amendments to the rules of the United states Court of appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C.. § 2071(b), notice and opportunity for comment is hereby given of proposed amendments to the rules of the United states court of appeals for the eleventh circuit. The public comment period is from august 5 to September 4, 2020.
A copy of the proposed amendments may be obtained on and after august 5, 2020 from the court’s website at http:// www.ca11.uscourts.gov/rules/proposed-revisions. a copy may also be obtained without charge from the office of the clerk, U.S. court of appeals for the eleventh circuit, 56 Forsyth st., NW, atlanta 30303 (phone 404-335-6100).
Comments on the proposed amendments may be submitted in writing to the clerk at the above address, or electronically...
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