LEXIS Publishing Grant to Advance Bar Initiatives Promoted by Lawyers for One America.Business Editors/Legal Writers DAYTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2000 Contribution Helps Fulfill President Clinton's "Call to Action" To Increase Minority Representation in the Legal Profession LEXIS Publishing(TM) is championing initiatives to promote racial justice and diversity in the legal profession through a grant to Lawyers for One America. Lawyers for One America is a collaboration of legal professionals and organizations formed following a "Call To Action" by President Clinton in July, 1999. At that time, the president asked the legal profession to address two areas of interest to minorities: increasing pro bono Short for pro bono publico [Latin, For the public good]. The designation given to the free legal work done by an attorney for indigent clients and religious, charitable, and other nonprofit entities. resources and use of the bar's legal skills to help minorities advance economically, and increasing the diversity of the legal profession at all levels. "Lawyers for One America applauds the commitment shown by LEXIS Publishing to our ideals," said Teveia Barnes, the organization's executive director. "This grant will help us progress toward a legal profession and judiciary that reflect the public they serve. On a concrete basis, the grant makes possible programs that seek to enhance diversity and the advancement of people of color Noun 1. people of color - a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks) people of colour, colour, color race - people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important in the profession, all of which ultimately promote fairness and equality of opportunity and access." Paul Brown For the politician, see Paul Brown (Georgia politician). Paul Eugene Brown (September 7, 1908 - August 5, 1991) was a coach in American football and a major figure in the development of the National Football League. , LEXIS Publishing President, said the grant is consistent with LEXIS Publishing's goals of promoting legal achievement. "We share the aspirations of the legal professionals to realize their personal visions for legal achievement. Through this grant to the LFOA LFOA Lawyers for One America LFOA Last Frame Of Action (film editing) , we hope to share in its mission of increasing the ranks of minority practitioners and the broadening those achievements for the good of their clients and society as a whole." The LEXIS Publishing grant to LFOA will make possible best practices activities and programs promoting racial diversity and access to legal resources through bar associations. Examples include communications programs Software that manages the transmission of data between computers, typically via modem and the serial port. Such programs were very popular for connecting to BBSs before the Internet took off. to inform minority students about career opportunities in the legal profession, meetings of minority bar leaders, fellowships for minority law students, mentoring programs and pro bono programs aimed at providing new legal resources needed by minority entrepreneurs. The programs are being undertaken by the following bar associations: -- Arkansas Bar Association -- Atlanta Bar Association -- Columbus (Ohio) Bar Association -- Colorado Bar Association -- Dallas Bar Association The Dallas Bar Association or DBA is a professional organization providing resources for attorneys and the public in the city of Dallas, Texas. It was founded in 1873 by a group of 40 attorneys with John Good as president. -- Association of the Bar of the City of New York The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, also known as the New York City Bar, was established in 1871. The association has about 19,435 members. The House of the Association, at 42 West 44th Street, was built in 1896 and is a registered landmark. -- Bar Association of San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden The LEXIS Publishing family of products and services meets the ever-changing needs of today's lawyers, law librarians, paralegals and law students. LEXIS Publishing is part of the LEXIS-NEXIS Group, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Information about LEXIS Publishing may be found at www.lexispublishing.com. LEXIS and NEXIS NEXIS Nuclear Electric Xenon Ion System are registered trademarks, lexis.com is a service mark, and LEXIS Publishing and MICHIE are trademarks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used under license. |
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