Washington State Bar Foundation Program Awarded LexisNexis(R) Martindale-Hubbell(R) Legal Fellowship.NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. -- Funds Will Be Used to Subsidize Costs of "Leadership Institute" for Promising Young Lawyers from Diverse Backgrounds across the State LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell, the leading provider of client development solutions for the legal profession, today announced that it has awarded its LexisNexis Legal Fellowship to the Washington State Bar Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports the public service efforts of the Washington State Bar Association The Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) is the statewide bar association of Washington State. As an administrative arm of the Washington State Supreme Court, it administers the admissions, licensing, and discipline functions for lawyers practicing in Washington. (WSBA WSBA Washington State Bar Association WSBA Wyoming School Boards Association WSBA Washington State Bicycle Association WSBA Western States Bankcard Association WSBA Washington State Biomedical Association WSBA Washington State Beekeepers Association ). The $15,000 grant from Martindale-Hubbell will be used to help underwrite the costs of the WSBA Leadership Institute, an innovative leadership training program in the state of Washington that is specifically geared toward increasing leadership skills and opportunities among attorneys from diverse and underrepresented un·der·rep·re·sent·ed adj. Insufficiently or inadequately represented: the underrepresented minority groups, ignored by the government. groups throughout the state. The LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Legal Fellowship is a unique program that promotes education, the practice of public interest law and diversity in the legal profession. "By selecting the WSBA Leadership Institute for this generous grant, Martindale-Hubbell is making a very conscious investment in the future of the legal profession and helping us to cultivate the next generation of leaders in our state," said James Williams, partner in the Seattle office of Perkins Coie LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol and chairman of the WSBA Leadership Institute. "The goal of this program is to make sure that promising young lawyers of diverse backgrounds do not slip through the cracks in our profession. We are striving to fill the talent pipeline by reaching deeper into diverse communities throughout the state of Washington and these funds from Martindale-Hubbell will help us accomplish that goal." According to Williams, the mission of the WSBA Leadership Institute is to recruit, train and retain Washington state attorneys who have been in practice between three and 10 years, particularly those from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, women and those from other traditionally under-represented groups. The funding from Martindale-Hubbell will be used to expand the program into the communities of Bellingham, Vancouver and Yakima, each of which have significant minority populations. The LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Legal Fellowship awards two $15,000 grants each year - one in the summer and one in the winter - to individuals or associations whose applications are selected by the company's Legal Fellowship committee. Funding for the Legal Fellowship is generated by sales from Martindale-Hubbell's new Peer Review Rating Acknowledgements program (www.martindale.com/xp/Martindale/ Peer_Review_Ratings/ratings_acknowledgements.xml). (Due to its length, this URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) In collaboration with the company's exclusive partner, Universal Recognition LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , a wide range of products are now available for attorneys with Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings who wish to showcase their professional standing. These include Peer Review Rating crystal certificates, wall plaques and certificate marquees. The deadline for the next fellowship is December 31, 2006, with the winner to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. in January 2007. For more information or to complete and submit the application for a fellowship grant, please go to www.martindale.com/ratings and click on the "Legal Fellowship" icon. About LexisNexis LexisNexis(R) (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leading provider of information and services solutions, including its flagship Web-based Lexis(R) and Nexis(R) research services, to a wide range of professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting and academic markets. A member of Reed Elsevier Group plc (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ENL Noun 1. ENL - an inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face erythema nodosum leprosum Hansen's disease, leprosy - chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical )(NYSE:RUK RUK Reserviupseerikoulu (Hamina, Finland, Reserve Officers' School) RUK Are You Kidding? ) (www.reedelsevier.com), LexisNexis serves customers in 100 countries with 13,000 employees worldwide. LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell (www.martindale.com) provides client development solutions for the legal profession, partnering with its law firm customers to meet their practice development goals. An integral part of Martindale-Hubbell's service to the legal community is its Peer Review Rating system, which evaluates lawyers and law firms in the U.S. and Canada based on peer review. Peer Review Ratings attest to a lawyer's legal ability and professional ethics professional ethics, n the rules governing the conduct, transactions, and relationships within a profession and among its publics. professional ethics liability, n 1. , and reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and Judiciary. The Martindale-Hubbell database of more than 1 million lawyers and law firms, accessible at www.martindale.com and www.lawyers.com, is the number-one lawyer directory on the Internet (as measured by Nielsen//NetRatings). The company provides lawyers, business executives and consumers with detailed information to help them identify, evaluate and select legal counsel. About the Washington State Bar Foundation The Washington State Bar Foundation is a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. whose focus is to improve the delivery of legal services legal services n. the work performed by a lawyer for a client. to all segments of the public; foster improvement of relations among the Bar, the judiciary and the public; advance programs related to new lawyer development; support diversity efforts; and promote the administration of justice. As such, the Foundation has undertaken projects to help attorneys enter and stay in public-service work through its Loan Repayment Assistance Program (LRAP LRAP Loan Repayment Assistance Program LRAP Long Route Analysis Program LRAP Long Range Action Plan LRAP Long-Range Acoustic Propagation ); established a Presidents' and Governors' Diversity Scholarship fund to benefit law school students; and administers grants and donations in support of WSBA programs and services. For more information about the Foundation, please visit http://www.wsba.org/lawyers/wsbf.htm. |
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