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2009-10 VLP Pro Bono Awards

The Mecklenburg County Bar Volunteer Lawyer Program will present the 2009-10 Pro Bono Awards at the MCB Annual Meeting on May 20, 2010. 

I.       Outstanding Individual Attorney

         Criteria: Has contributed extraordinary service to provision of pro bono services for indigents, children or non-profit agencies by providing legal services directly or by developing programs or projects within the volunteer's firm.

II.     Outstanding Large Firm with 25 Attorneys or More*

Criteria: A firm that has done any one or combination of the following:

A.  Contributed an extraordinary amount of pro bono services directly to indigents, children, or non-profit agencies serving indigents or children; or

B.  Provided an extraordinary impact for justice to indigents, or children, or developed particularly innovative or enduring projects or programs that serve indigents, children, or non-profit organizations that serve indigents or children; or

C.  Demonstrated a dramatic improvement in its pro bono services to indigents, children, or non-profit organizations that served indigents or children in the previous year.

III.    Small Firm with 24 Attorneys or Less

Criteria: A firm that has done any one or combination of the following:

A.  Contributed an extraordinary amount of pro bono services directly to indigents, children, or non-profit agencies serving indigents or children; or

B.  Provided an extraordinary impact for justice to indigents, or children, or developed particularly innovative or enduring projects or programs that serve indigents, children, or non-profit organizations that serve indigents or children; or

C.  Demonstrated a dramatic improvement in its pro bono services to indigents, children, or non-profit organizations that served indigents or children in the previous year.

* Firm total not limited to Mecklenburg County