LAWYER REFERRAL & INFORMATION SERVICE
American Bar Association’s Standing
Committee on Lawyer Referral Service
Bestows Cindy A Kaisch Award
The award acknowledges the unprecedented giving
amount by the LRIS grant program last year, distributed in partnership with the Atlanta Bar Foundation,
which supported ten worthy programs and organizations. Recipients included youth programs of the
Atlanta Bar Association, such as the Summer Law
Internship Program and Minority and Diversity Clerkship Program, and various pro bono service providers
in the community. Many of those organizations like
Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Association, Atlanta Legal
Aid Society and Truancy Intervention Project, were
founded or were established through collaborative
support given by the Atlanta Bar Association.
L-R: Lucia Keller, Atlanta Bar Association Lawyer Referral and Information Service and C. Elisia Frazier, Chair,
American Bar Association Standing Committee on Lawyer
Referral and Information Service
The Atlanta Bar Association Lawyer Referral and
Information Service (LRIS) has been bestowed the
American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on
Lawyer Referral Service Cindy A. Raisch Award for
an outstanding LRIS program worthy of emulation.
“LRIS is honored to be recognized by the American
Bar Association with the receipt of the Cindy A. Raisch
Award. The award recognizes LRIS for its exceptional achievement and superior service delivered
to the community. Last year LRIS provided a record
$200,000 in grant money to legal organizations that
provide pro bono services in the Atlanta area”, stated
LRIS Board of Trustees Chair Laurie Robbins.
The LRIS provides the public with an organized referral service to help them get the legal assistance
they need by directing them to qualified attorneys
who reflect legal professionalism, integrity and a
commitment to public service. The LRIS Modest
Means program assists Georgia residents who are not
financially eligible for Legal Aid, but who also do not
have the resources to retain a private attorney at the
standard market rate. The service fielded over 42,000
calls last year and generated over 14,000 referrals to
qualified members of the Atlanta legal community.
REFER CALLS TO lris
Remember, if your firm receives those occasional calls regarding legal
issues that you do not handle, please refer them to the Lawyer Referral
and Information Service at: 404-521-0777
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October 2016