Nominations are now being accepted for the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation's Louis J. Goffman Awards. Named in honor of the late Pennsylvania Bar Association past president from Philadelphia, the Louis J. Goffman Awards have been recognizing Pennsylvania's finest pro bono providers for 19 years.

The nomination deadline is May 1 and the awards presentation will take place during the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Annual Meeting scheduled for June 4 - 6 at the Hershey Lodge & Convention Center in Hershey.

Any Pennsylvania-based individual or organization involved in the provision of volunteer legal services is eligible. This includes large and small firms, corporate law departments, government attorney offices, county bar associations, law schools and other legal services entities whose members, either collectively or individually, have demonstrated excellence in one or more of the following categories over the past year:

• Dedication to the development and delivery of legal services to the poor through a pro bono program;
• Significant work towards the development of innovative approaches to the delivery of volunteer legal services
• Active participation in a program/project that satisfied a previously unmet or under served legal need of a particular group of Pennsylvanians.
• Successful litigation of a pro bono case(s) that enhanced the delivery of other services to the poor
• Successful pursuit of legislation that significantly enhanced the provision of legal services to the poor
• Consideration will also be given to the length or intensity of service and the effort in context to the size of the organization/group.

Don't miss this opportunity to nominate a worthy individual, law firm or organization from your county.

Additional Information and Nomination Forms