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Awards West, a Thomson Reuters business, is a primary sponsor of the Making a Difference through Service to the Profession Award and a co-sponsor of the other Making a Difference Awards. Winners will be honored at the Division’s 2008 Fall Meeting and National Solo & Small Firm Conference Awards Ceremony in Santa Fe, New Mexico on Friday, October 3, 2008 from 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. West, a Thomson Reuters business, will award the winners with Westlaw’s premium State online plan (State Gold PRO) free for one year or a $4,000 annual credit toward the winner’s customized Westlaw plan. Tickets are $115.00 per person. Click here to purchase tickets. Register for these events here.For a list of past winners, please go to http://www.abanet.org/genpractice/awards/diffmakers.html. AWARDS: Making a Difference by Breaking Barriers – This
award honors an attorney living or deceased who broke barriers
for gender, color, disabilities or sexual orientation. Making a Difference through Community Service – This
award honors an attorney living or deceased who made a significant
lifetime contribution to the local community through community
service. Recognizes a lawyer who does a lot of community
work, which does not necessarily mean specifically bar work or
pro bono work per se Making a Difference through Pro Bono Work – This award honors an attorney, law firm, corporate legal department, government attorney office or institution in the legal profession that has made an outstanding commitment to volunteer legal services for the poor and disadvantaged. Recognizes an outstanding local attorney or group that does pro bono work Making a Difference through Service to the Profession – This award honors an attorney living or deceased who made a significant contribution to the legal profession through service to the profession. This might be called the outstanding local “bar junkie” award.
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