Immigrant Advocate Tim Freilich Wins Carliner Award 

The Legal Aid Justice Center's Tim Freilich won the first David Carliner Public Interest Award and a $10,000 cash prize for his work as the Legal Director for the Immigrant Advocacy Program.  Read the article in the C-ville Weekly.

Andy Block Receives Robert Shepherd, Jr. Child Advocacy Award

The Virginia Bar Association awarded the first Robert Shepherd, Jr. Award for excellence in child advocacy to Andrew Block of the Legal Aid Justice Center's JustChildren program.  Read the article in the June 9, 2009 edition of the Daily Progress.

State Legal Aid Funding Suffers with Economic Downturn

In a recent article, Mark Braley, Executive Director of the Legal Services Corporation of Virginia, expresses concern about the loss of IOLTA (interest on lawyers' trust accounts) funds that has resulted from the recession.  Read the article in the May 23, 2009 edition of Virginia Lawyers Weekly. 

UVA Law Clinic Reunites Family

Doug Ford (photo at right) of the UVA Immigration Law Clinic and Phil Storey, incoming Powell Fellow with the Legal Aid Justice Center. helped reunite a family from El Salvador.  Read the article in the Saturday, May 23, 2009 edition of the Daily Progress.