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ACYL Section
By Joseph Hoffman
Joseph Hoffman
[email protected]
2015 ACYL ASSOCIATES’ CAMPAIGN FOR LEGAL SERVICES
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he 2015 ACYL Associates’ Campaign for Legal Services
will run throughout the entire month of October 2015.
The Associates’ Campaign is an annual grass-roots
campaign comprised of associates at Atlanta-area law firms
that aims to raise both awareness of the critical need for
pro bono legal services in our community and much-needed
funds for those organizations.
The ACYL will celebrate the Campaign with a “Kick-off Happy
Hour” on Thursday, September 24, 2015 starting at 5:30
pm at TAP in Midtown. Representatives of the Campaign’s
beneficiary organizations will be on hand to discuss their
work and answer questions regarding how to contribute and
get involved.
through campaign coordinators at local law firms who
provide information and seek contributions from their fellow
associates. Last year, the Associates’ Campaign relied on
dedicated associates who volunteered many hours and who
served as their law firm’s firm coordinators.
For more information about the Campaign, or to become
involved in the Campaign at your firm, please contact
Campaign Co-Chairs Joe Hoffman ([email protected])
or Ellis Lui ([email protected]). All Campaign donors
and participating firms will receive recognition from The
Atlanta Bar in its publications, including the Atlanta Lawyer.
The beneficiaries of the 2015 Campaign include:
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Georgia Innocence Project;
Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, Inc.;
Atlanta Legal Aid Society;
Georgia Legal Services Program;
Georgia Resource Center;
Georgia Appleseed;
Georgia Justice Project;
Truancy Intervention Project Georgia;
Southern Center for Human Rights;
Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta;
GreenLaw; and
Investor Advocacy Clinic.
Since its inception in 2000, the Associates’ Campaign
has raised over $500,000 for Atlanta-area legal services
organizations. Last year alone, the Associates’ Campaign
raised over $26,000 from associates in law firms across
Atlanta for legal services organizations. The Campaign,
which is organized by the ACYL Board, is carried out
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