Oakland County Bar Wins Prestigious National Award

The Oakland County Bar Association's Pro Bono Mentor Match Program won the LexisNexis Community & Educational Outreach Award for outstanding bar public service and law-related education programs. OCBA partnered with the Family Law Assistance Project and Legal Aid & Defender Association to engage new lawyers in providing assistance to the poor, mentored by attorneys with seven or more years' experience. 

The award was presented on August 4, 2011, during the National Association of Bar Executives' Annual Meeting in Toronto, held in conjunction with the American Bar Association's Annual Meeting.

On hand to support the OCBA at the awards luncheon were Julie I. Fershtman, State Bar of Michigan President-Elect; John Nussbaumer, Associate Dean Thomas M. Cooley Law School and Pro Bono Mentor Match partner; Lisa Stadig Elliot, OCBA Executive Director; Judith K. Cunningham, OCBA President-Elect; and Janet Welch, State Bar of Michigan Executive Director

OCBA Executive Director accepts Lexis Nexis Community & Educational Outreach Award from Lexis Nexis representatives Carol Eversen and Diane Callahan(left) and National Association of Bar Executives' President Carrie Witt (right).