We are pleased to announce that nominations for the 2011 Ellen Hines Smith Legal Services Attorney of the Year are open!
The Ellen Hines Smith Award was established in 1989. It is given to a South Carolina Bar member who is employed as an LSC grantee program lawyer who has demonstrated long-term commitment to legal services and who has personally done significant work in extending legal services to the poor.
The form is available in pdf at Ellen Hines Smith Nomination Form 2011 or by email request to rwheeler@scbar.org.
Who is eligible?
- A SC Bar member who is employed as an LSC grantee program lawyer.
Who is not eligible?
Previous award winners are not eligible:
1989 – Martha B. Dicus
1990 –Thomas L. Bruce
1991 – Johnny Simpson
1992 – Harold F. Daniels
1993 – Andrea E. Loney
1994 – Mozella Nicholson
1995 – Thomas A.Trent
1996 – Susan A. Cross
1997 – Angela M. Myers
1998 – Ethel E. Weinberg
1999 – Nancy M. Butler
2000 – Byron A. Reid
2001 – Lynn P. Wagner
2002 – Eddie McConnell
2003 – Frank Cannon
2004 – Willie B. Heyward
2005 – Lynn Snowber-Marini
2006 – Eddie McConnell
2007 – Marcia Powell-Shew
2009 – Maureen White
2010 – Susan J. Firimonte
When is the application due?
- The application must be made by October 15, 2011.
How do I find out who received the award?
- The SC Bar Foundation and the SC Access to Justice Commission present the award at the annual SC Bar Foundation Gala. This year the Gala will be held on January 21, 2012 in Columbia during the SC Bar Convention
For more information about Ms. Ellen Hines Smith, visit the USC School of Law Memory Hold the Door page dedicated to her. ~ RFW
