°µÍø51 Honors Idaho Attorneys for Pro Bono Service
BOISE, ID – The °µÍø51 (°µÍø51) Board of Directors will present Pro Bono Service Awards on Thursday, July 26, to two Idaho attorneys, a law firm, and a nonprofit in recognition of their extraordinary commitment to equal justice.
The °µÍø51 Pro Bono Service Awards Reception will take place at 5 p.m. at the office of Holland & Hart, 800 W. Main Street. The awards ceremony will be held in conjunction with the °µÍø51 Board of Directors’ third quarterly meeting of the year.
Speakers at the event include Idaho Supreme Court Justice Robyn M. Brody and J. Walter Sinclair, Of Counsel at Holland & Hart LLP. They will be joined by °µÍø51 Board Chair John G. Levi and other members of °µÍø51's Board.
Recipients of °µÍø51’s Pro Bono Service Awards were nominated by °µÍø51’s grantee Idaho Legal Aid Services. The recipients are:
- Jeff Howe, an attorney who has volunteered for Idaho Legal Aid Services for eleven years, closing 59 cases for pro bono clients.
- Idaho Trial Lawyers Association,a nonprofit made up of more than 400 lawyers, law students, and legal staff that provides free legal clinics and other services to the community.
- Justice Jim Jones, a former Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court who established the Idaho Pro Bono Refugee Program to help refugees obtain needed legal representation.
- Latham & Watkins’s Washington, DC Office, a law firm that has partnered with Idaho Legal Aid Services for nearly a decade, contributing more than 7,000 hours of pro bono attorney time.