Call for Nominations for James I. Keane Memorial Award
Posted by Sheila Blackford :: Practice Management Advisor, OSB Professional Liability Fund
November 5, 2008
Attention innovators – are you delivering legal services over the Internet? Get recognized! Get to TECHSHOW! Get nominated for the James I. Keane Memorial Award for Excellence in eLawyering! The James I. Keane Memorial Award is named for James I. Keane, the founding Chair of the ABA eLawyering Task Force created in 2000 to carry out a presidential initiative of ABA President William G. Paul, of Oklahoma City, to examine ways that lawyers could use the Internet and other electronic resources to deliver legal services to people of moderate means more efficiently and effectively. Thus, the focus of the James I. Keane Memorial Award is the innovative delivery of personal legal services, with special attention given to firms and entities that serve both moderate income individuals and the broad middle class. For nomination materials and more information, visit the James I. Keane Memorial Award webpage.
Nominations must be mailed by January 15, 2009, and will be reviewed by an impartial jury. Winners will be notified by February 15, 2009, and will be honored at a special ceremony at the ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago in April, 2009.
