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: The Common ScoldNEW YORK LAWHELP IN RUNNING FOR PRIZE
Pam Weisz of ProBono.Net checks in to share the good news that The New York LawHelp Consortium has been chosen as a semi-finalist for The Colllaboration Prize -- a new $250,000 award designed to recognize and encourage non-profits. the Consortion developed and runs LawHelp/NY, an online resource that offers detailed, statewide legal aid referrals, "know your rights" information, and other self-help tools for New Yorkers who face legal problems.
The prize was launched this year by The Lodestar Foundation, in association with the Arizona-Indiana-Michigan Alliance.
The winner will be announced on March 6, 2009. Here is the list of semi-finalists.
Full post as published by The Common Scold on December 01, 2008 (boomark / email).
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