Washington, DC -- President Obama has announced his final two appointees for the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC). They are Harry Korrell, a partner in a Seattle law firm, and the Rev. Joseph Pius Pietrzyk of Zanesville, Ohio.

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During the 2010 annual meeting of the Arkansas Bar Association, Chief Justice Jim Hannah and incoming Arkansas Bar Association President Jim Julian urged Arkansas lawyers to fulfill their obligations under Rule 6.1 of the Rules of Professional Conduct.  These obligations include handling 50 hours of pro bono work each year and contributing financial support to legal aid programs in Arkansas. 

“We as an association must take the lead in addressing this challenge,” said Mr. Julian.  “We must assure that those in need can have access to justice in Arkansas.  We can do that by supporting the work of the Arkansas Access to Justice Commission.”

The Arkansas Bar Foundation presented Commissioner Annabelle C. Imber Tuck, former justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, with its 2010 "Equal Justice Distinguished Service Award."  The Foundation presented the award on June 10, 2010, during the Arkansas Bar Association's annual meeting.

Ann Pyle, executive director of the Arkansas Bar Foundation, prepared the following remarks in honor of Justice Imber Tuck:

A statewide award was developed to recognize commitment to and participation in equal justice programs for the poor, including pro bono efforts through legal services programs.   The Equal Justice Distinguished Service Award is given this year to Justice Annabelle C. Imber Tuck.

The new president of the Arkansas Bar Association, Jim Julian, has written to Arkansas Business in support of access to justice. 

"In the coming year," Mr. Julian wrote, "every lawyer in Arkansas will be asked to...provide at least 50 hours of pro bono legal services to those in need. Others can make access to justice a reality by contacting the Arkansas Access to Justice Commission and making a financial contribution to the cause."

Mr. Julian's column was published on June 7, 2010.  In it, Mr. Julian discusses the extent of poverty in Arkansas, and he asks Arkansas lawyers to volunteer and donate on behalf of legal aid. His column can be found here.

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