The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service is now accepting Nominations for the 2008 ABA Pro Bono Publico Awards. The deadline for submitting nominations is March 24, 2008.

Each year the Standing Committee presents five awards to individual lawyers, small and large law firms, government attorney offices, corporate law departments and other institutions in the legal profession that have demonstrated outstanding commitment to volunteer legal services for the poor and disadvantaged.

This year's awards will be presented at the Pro Bono Publico Awards Assembly Luncheon on Monday, August 11, 2008 at the ABA Annual Meeting in New York, NY.

More information about the awards criteria and copies of the nomination forms are posted on the ABA web site at the following link:

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