NLADA Announces 2014 Beacon of Justice Award Winners

Innovative law firms to be honored at the Exemplar Award Dinner in June

Washington, D.C., May 20, 2014 - The National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) is honored to announce the 2014 Beacon of Justice Award winners. The exceptional law firms listed below have all devoted significant time and resources to creating and implementing innovative strategies to improve life outcomes for low income individuals.

NLADA Announces 2014 Kutak-Dodds Prize Winners

Ellen Katz and Edward Ungvarsky to Receive Awards in June

Ellen Katz Edward Ungvarsky

Washington, D.C., May 8, 2014 - The National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA) is pleased to announce that the Kutak-Dodds Selection Committee has chosen Ellen Katz, litigation/executive director at the William E. Morris Institute for Justice, as the civil legal aid community recipient, and Edward Ungvarsky, capital defender at the Office of the Capital Defender for Northern Virginia, as the public defense community recipient of the 2014 Kutak-Dodds Prize. Both winners have made extraordinary contributions to access to justice and will be honored at the annual NLADA Exemplar Award Dinner on Thursday, June 26, 2014, at the beautiful Mayflower Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C.

NLADA Announces Leadership Appreciation Luncheon

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Receive 
NLADA Justice John Paul Stevens Lifetime Achievement Award

Washington, D.C., April 24, 2014 - At its celebratory Leadership Appreciation Luncheon, the National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA) will present U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with the Justice John Paul Stevens Lifetime Achievement Award. Justice Ginsburg is honored for her exceptional contributions as jurist, as advocate, and as scholar, to the law of gender-based justice and equality.  The event is scheduled for Friday, June 27, 2014, at the beautiful Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., and is by invitation only.

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