Nominations sought for McAndrews Pro Bono Service Award

The Illinois State Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Delivery of Legal Services is currently seeking nominations for the 2010-2011 ISBA John C. McAndrews Pro Bono Service Award. The ISBA has established the John C. McAndrews Award to honor the extraordinary commitment of individuals, bar associations, or law firm/corporate legal departments to providing free legal services to the income eligible in Illinois or expanding the availability of legal services to the income eligible in Illinois. Presentation of the awards will take place on Friday, June 17, 2011, at the ISBA Annual Meeting Awards Luncheon at the Abbey Resort in Fontana, Wis. The ISBA Committee on Delivery of Legal Services is also excited to announce that the Illinois Bar Foundation will award a $1,000 grant in honor of each John C. McAndrews Award recipients to the Illinois not-for-profit legal aid organization through which the awardee provides pro bono legal services. The Illinois Bar Foundation, in partnership with the Illinois State Bar Association, seeks to enhance the recognition of this prestigious award as part of the Foundation’s effort to encourage and acknowledge pro bono legal work. Nominations are due by March 18, 2011. Nomination forms and criteria are available at www.isba.org/awards/mcandrews