Iowa Legal Aid is grateful for the financial support received from the Linn County Bar Association! The annual financial support and pro bono volunteerism of the Linn County Bar Association and its members is critical to our services to provide legal assistance to low-income Linn County residents with nowhere else to turn.
Read the article found in the Cedar Rapids Gazette HERE.
Pictured: Darin Luneckas, President, Linn County Bar Association
Iowa Legal Aid’s Executive Director, Dennis Groenenboom, is the recipient of the NLADA’s Charles Dorsey Award for 2017. The Charles Dorsey Award is given biennially to an individual who has provided extraordinary and dedicated service to the equal justice community and to organizations that promote expanding and improving access to justice for low-income people. To be eligible to receive this award, an individual must have demonstrated a commitment to equal justice for all through service as an officer, board or committee member of a national or statewide organization devoted to fulfilling the promise of equal justice. Read more HERE.
The 14th Annual Dean’s Cup golf event is coming up on May 21, 2018 at Echo Valley Golf Course in Norwalk. This event is for all law graduates, faculty, staff and students of Drake Law School and the Iowa College of Law – of every skill level – to support their law school. A lawyer who is not a graduate of either school may participate in the best shot format by declaring temporary allegiance to one of the two schools at the time of registration.
Over 100 lawyers and judges from around the state participate in this event. The Drake team Captain is Chief Justice Mark Cady, while the Iowa team Captain is Judge Eliza Ovrom.
The proceeds from the event go to Iowa Legal Aid, which provided Hope, Dignity and Justice to nearly 38,000 Iowans in 2017, but still had to turn away or underserve at least 10,000 others. The registration/hole sponsor form can be found HERE.
