D.C.
Law Students In Court will be celebrating its 40th Anniversary at the
10th Annual Lever Awards Dinner on Friday, October 3, 2008.
Friday, October 3,
2008
JW
Marriott Hotel
1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.
6:30 P.M. Reception
and Silent Auction
7:30 P.M. Lever Awards Dinner and Program
Special film screening of celebrating 40 years of LSIC
“A Little Justice Goes A Long Way”
By Amicus
Media
Sponsorship &
Tickets
There are sponsorships available starting at $1,000, with ticket
benefits and acknowledgment on our website, program, and newsletter
depending upon giving level.
Ticket Prices:
Alumni - $125, Individual - $175
To see a list of our 2008 Lever Dinner sponsors as of October 1,
2008 click here.
For more information about the Lever Dinner or to purchase tickets,
please contact Wing Li at 202-638-4798 or WLi@dclawstudents.org.
If you can not attend and would still like to make a contribution
celebrating 40 years of D.C. Law Students in Court, please contact
Flordelisa Perez Dolan at fperezdolan@dclawstudents.org.
2008 Lever Award
Every year, LSIC honors two individuals or organizations for their
dedication to LSIC's mission of providing free, high quality legal
representation, assistance, and counseling to low-income persons in the
District of Columbia. This recognition is called the “Lever
Award” in reference 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. Our Lever Award goes to people who
have made an enormous difference in LSIC’s ability to help low-income
people or have exemplified LSIC’s mission on a professional or
volunteer basis.
The 2008 Lever Award Recipients are Professor
John Copacino, and McKenna Long
& Aldridge LLP.
John Copacino,
Director of the Criminal Justice Clinic and E. Barrett Prettyman
Program; Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center. Professor
Copacino and the Clinic have been great friends and supporters of LSIC.
He was Deputy Director of the clinic in 1987 and became Director in
1994. Alumni of the Prettyman Program populate public defender offices
throughout the country and teach clinical education in about 40 law
schools across the United States. He is the consummate lawyer and
teacher. Professor Copacino is always available to train other lawyers,
through the Criminal Practice Institute, the Neglect and Delinquency
Institute, and the Association of American Law Schools. The
Prettyman Program has also produced many fine attorneys and teachers,
including Moses Cook, LSIC Criminal Division Supervisor, and Mary
Kennedy, former Lever Honoree.
McKenna Long &
Aldridge LLP has supported Law Students In Court in many ways
over the years with the help of alumni and friends of the organization.
They have contributed over $50,000, printed the Civil Division law
manuals for over 10 years, hosted alumni receptions in 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.
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