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.
Retired Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Annabelle Imber Tuck will join the UALR William H. Bowen School of Law in August as the school’s newest Public Service Fellow and its first Jurist-in-Residence.
(Pictured: Jon Comstock, Volunteer Attorney of the Year for Benton County)
(Pictured: Bill Waddell, President of the Arkansas Access to Justice Foundation Inc.)
The Arkansas Access to Justice Commission recently completed its first Promise of Justice Campaign. Thanks to the generosity of Arkansas lawyers, judges, and corporations, the campaign helped raise more than $300,000 for legal aid. The campaign also helped recruit more than 100 new volunteer attorneys.
Mid-Delta Health Systems and Legal Aid of Arkansas announced that, thanks to a $50,000 grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation, patients at the Mid-Delta community health center now have access to a new healthcare specialist – the public service attorney. The Mid-Delta Medical-Legal Partnership, which integrates legal service delivery into the medical setting, is the first program of its kind in Arkansas.
