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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Mary
C. Brittingham, Executive Director
D.C. LAW STUDENTS IN COURT PROGRAM, INC.
HONORS SERVICE THROUGH LAW AND EDUCATION
Georgetown Law Professor John Copacino and McKenna Long &
Aldridge
LLP are to be honored at D.C. Law Students In Court Program’s 40th
Anniversary Celebration and 10th Annual Lever Awards Dinner
for
their contributions to the community through education and legal
services.
Washington, DC,
July 2008
D.C. Law
Students In Court (LSIC), one of the
District’s largest providers of legal services to low-income residents
and a
unique clinical legal education program for third year law students
from American,
Catholic, George Washington, Georgetown and Howard universities,
will honor Professor John Copacino and
McKenna, Long & Aldridge at its 40th Anniversary Celebration and
10th
Annual Lever Awards Dinner on Friday, October 3, 2008 at the J.W.
Marriott
Hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20004. There will
be a special
film screening celebrating 40 years of LSIC,
called “A Little Justice Goes A Long
Way” presented by Amicus Media.
Professor
John Copacino has built a reputation as one of the finest legal
educators and
most dedicated members of the law community at Georgetown University
Law Center
since 1987. As the director of Georgetown University Law Center’s
Criminal Justice
Clinic and the E. Barrett Prettyman Program, he works to educate
students in criminal
defense work as well as clinical education. Among the many fine
attorneys and
teachers the Prettyman Program has produced are LSIC’s Moses Cook, a
LSIC
Criminal Division Supervisor, and Mary Kennedy, former Lever Honoree.
Also,
Professor Copacino’s work in the Criminal Practice Institute, the
Neglect and
Delinquency Institute, and the Association of American Law Schools has
helped
shape his reputation as one of the most well-respected and zealous
teachers and
mentors in the practice of law, as well as a committed member of the
D.C. legal
community. A long-time friend and supporter of LSIC, John Copacino is
certainly
an example of outstanding commitment to service through the study of
law. “For
as long as I’ve known him, John Copacino has always gone out of his way
to make
time for clients and students alike. He is a skilled and tireless
advocate with a mastery of the law and has that rare gift of
persuasion,” says
Moses A. Cook, Supervising Attorney in the Criminal Division at LSIC.
A
highly successful law firm operating out of Washington, D.C.
since 1939, McKenna, Long & Aldridge has been dedicated to matters
ranging
from administrative and regulatory
law to litigation and public policy, with the mission of providing the
highest
quality of legal assistance in the intersection of business and
government. Throughout
its longstanding relationship with the LSIC,
it has helped shape the community with its support of the
organization. It has contributed over $50,000 to LSIC; printed
the Civil Division orientation manuals
for nearly 10 years; hosted alumni receptions throughout the 1990s;
provided
meeting space for committee meetings; and accepted case referrals. Most
recently, the firm and LSIC have set
up a program for the Criminal Division to train and mentor the firm’s
attorneys
taking pro bono criminal cases. Mary
Brittingham, LSIC’s executive director, commented, “We have been so
fortunate
to have received McKenna, Long & Aldridge’s support over the years.
We are
thrilled to be able to honor them for their long-standing support.”
The
Lever Award is the highest public service honor presented each year by
D.C Law
Students in Court Program, Inc. Previous
awardees have included The Honorable Sylvia Bacon, Stephen Bright,
Richard
Carter, The Honorable Gerald Fisher, Shirley Higuchi, Zona Hostetler,
Mary
Kennedy, Elliot Milstein, The Honorable Tim Murphy, Wallace Mylniec,
Dwight
Murray, John Payton, John Pickering, William Pincus, Ellen Scully, Eric
Scott
Sirulnik, Joan Strand, Ronald Sullivan, Jr; and The Honorable Peter
Wolf.
For
more information about the Lever Dinner, please contact Wing
Li at 202-638-4798
or go to www.dclawstudents.org.
WHAT:
D.C. LAW
STUDENTS IN COURT PROGRAM, INC.: 40th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AND 10TH
ANNUAL LEVER AWARDS DINNER
WHERE:
J.W. MARRIOTT HOTEL, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 20004
WHEN: FRIDAY,
OCTOBER 3, 2008; 6:30 – 9:30 PM
DC
Law Students In Court Program, Inc., a 501 (c) (3) organization, is a
civil and
criminal practice legal clinic that provides pro bono legal services
using
supervising attorneys and third year law students from five area law
schools,
Georgetown, Catholic, George Washington, Howard and American
universities. The program provides third year law students
with practical legal and trial practice skills, is involved in the
prevention
of homelessness and juvenile and adult crimes, and has been serving the
community of the District of Columbia
for 40 years.
The “Lever Award” refers to the lever as the symbol
for legal help, which is the means by which a few people can "move the
world" and make a huge difference in others' lives. The Lever Award
goes
to people who have made an enormous difference in LSIC’s ability to
help
low-income people.
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