Las Vegas -- The State Bar of Nevada's Lawyer Referral and Information Service is distributing $285,810 in grants to Nevada non-profit organizations dedicated to providing legal services and education to the community.
Southern Nevada recipients will receive their grants at a luncheon Thursday at the Renaissance hotel in Las Vegas, with Mayor Carolyn Goodman serving as keynote speaker. Northern Nevada recipients received their grants on May 9 at a luncheon hosted by the Washoe County Bar Association.
The grants are awarded to those programs?determined to be most closely aligned with the mission of the state bar and?its lawyer referral?program, a non-profit service that provides free lawyer referrals to the public.
"The State Bar is firmly committed to supporting law-related education and access to justice programs" Kimberly Farmer, the state bar's executive director, said.?"The State Bar of Nevada LRIS Grant Award Program exemplifies the commitment to improve access to the legal system, to improve administration of justice, to promote better access to legal information, and to provide public education about our legal system."
Grant funds were awarded to:
Advanced Technologies Academy?for Regional Mock Trial Competition; Northeastern Nevada CASA?for recruiting, training and appointing volunteers; Clark County Law Foundation?for the Trial By Peers program; Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada?for the Educational Surrogate Parent program; Las Vegas National Bar Association Foundation?for the MLK Drum Major for Justice Advocacy contest and for an African American legal history exhibit; Nevada Foundation for Consumer Education for the People's Law School and the Speaker's Bureau; and Nevada Legal Services?for Tribal Court advocate training and for multimedia community education.
Grants were also awarded to Nevada Network Against Domestic Violence?for reprinting and distribution of a domestic violence handbook; Project REAL for publication of the "Play by the Rules" textbook and funding for court tours; Rocky Mountain Innocence Center?for correction and prevention of wrongful accusations and convictions; Southern Nevada Senior Law Project?for technical support, rebranding of materials, events and training; State Bar Diversity Committee for two diversity scholarships; and?State Bar Law Related Education?for Regional Mock Trial Competition.
Other grants went to?the UNR Mock Trial Team?for the?Collegiate Mock Trial Competition; Volunteer Attorneys for Rural Nevadans for the purchase and installation of videoconferencing equipment and for the Rural Pro Bono videoconferencing project; Washoe County Bar Foundation for the publication of "Now That You're 18," a legal-oriented survival guide for teens; Washoe County Senior Law Project for hiring a part-time attorney for program development; and?Washoe Legal Services?for updating computer technology.
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