Important Notices, 1114 ALBJ, 75 The Alabama Lawyer 364 (2014)

IMPORTANT NOTICES

Vol. 75 No. 6 Pg. 364

Alabama Bar Lawyer

November, 2014

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Local Bar Award of Achievement

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Alabama Lawyers’ Hall of Fame

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Judicial Award of Merit

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0The Alabama State Bar Local Bar Award of Achievement recognizes local bar associations for their outstanding contributions to their communities. Awards will be presented during the Alabama State Bar's 2015 Annual Meeting at the Grand Hotel Marriott Resort & Spa in Point Clear.

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Local bar associations compete for these awards based on their size-large, medium or small.

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0The following criteria are used to judge the contestants for each category:

• The degree of participation by the individual bar in advancing programs to benefit the community;

• The quality and extent of the impact of the bar's participation on the citizens in that community; and

• The degree of enhancements to the bar's image in the community.

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0To be considered for this award, local bar associations must complete and submit an award application by June 1, 2015. Applications may be downloaded from www.alabar.org or obtained by contacting Christina Butler at [334] 269-1515 or christina.butler@alabar.org.

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Alabama Lawyers' Hall of Fame

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0May is traditionally the month when new members are inducted into the Alabama Lawyers' Hall of Fame which is located at the state judicial building. The idea for a hall of fame first appeared in 2000 when Montgomery attorney Terry Brown wrote state bar President Sam Rumore with a proposal that the former supreme court building, adjacent to the state bar building and vacant at that time, should be turned into a museum memorializing the many great lawyers in the history of the state of Alabama.

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0The implementation of the idea of an Alabama Lawyers' Hall of Fame originated during the term of state bar President Fred Gray He appointed a task force to study the concept, set up guidelines and then to provide a recommendation to the board of bar commissioners. The committee report was approved in 2003 and the first induction took place for the year 2004. Since then, 45 lawyers have become members of the hall of fame. The five...