Awards

    Awards from the Legal Services Division

    SCLAID Centennial Access to Justice Award

    This award recognizes two young lawyers, one from a civil legal aid practice and one from a public defense practice, for exceptional achievements on behalf of their clients and/or in advancement of the cause of access to justice. The objective of this award is to highlight and raise awareness of exemplary and impactful work being undertaken across the nation by the next generation of leaders in the fields of civil legal aid and public defense.

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    Harrison Tweed Award

    Sponsored by the ABA Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, recognizes extraordinary achievement by state and local bar associations that increase access to civil legal services to the poor or criminal defense services for indigents.

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    LAMP Distinguished Service Award

    Sponsored by the ABA Standing Committee on Legal Assistance to Military Personnel, given for exceptional achievement in support of the military legal assistance effort.

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    LAMP Outstanding Legal Assistance Student Award

    Sponsored by the Standing Committee on Legal Assistance for Military Personnel, this award is given to the outstanding legal assistance student in each of the basic lawyer courses held annually at the Services' Judge Advocate General Schools. The award emphasizes the importance of legal assistance as an area of practice for military judge advocates and fosters an awareness of civilian professional organizations at an early stage of the military lawyer's career.

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    SCAFL Awards