The annual award's luncheon will be held at the Biltmore on June 21st. Awardees include Hon. Michael Ryan, Rob Ferrier, Gary Restaino, and Judge Mary Murguia. To purchase tickets contact the Bar at convention@azbar.org or the Foundation at info@azflse.org. Be sure to donate and have your name added to the program thank you list! https://www.azflse.org/azflse/get_involved/conventiondonation.cfm
AzLawHelp Visits Triple in 2012!
As the need for legal help continues to rise, more and more individuals are turning to technology and the web for help. In the first quarter of 2011, AzLawhelp.org received over 54,000 visits to its site. In the first quarter of 2012, only one year later, the visits have increased to over 163,000. The Foundation continues to work to meet the need, but we are always looking for a few good volunteers! Help answer questions or submit an article and help someone in need.
As the need for legal help continues to rise, more and more individuals are turning to technology and the web for help. In the first quarter of 2011, AzLawhelp.org received over 54,000 visits to its site. In the first quarter of 2012, only one year later, the visits have increased to over 163,000. The Foundation continues to work to meet the need, but we are always looking for a few good volunteers! Help answer questions or submit an article and help someone in need.
Kids Voting November Youth Poll –
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A new initiative being pursued is the ability for students to text their answer to a Youth Presidential Poll. This polling method is not be a model of the adult election, but, will spark excitement in the election and the election process of the early polling. KV AZ is partnering with CellTrust, a provider of mobile communication security and management to assure the youth’s privacy is secure.
A new initiative being pursued is the ability for students to text their answer to a Youth Presidential Poll. This polling method is not be a model of the adult election, but, will spark excitement in the election and the election process of the early polling. KV AZ is partnering with CellTrust, a provider of mobile communication security and management to assure the youth’s privacy is secure.
Law Related Education Academy Continues to Shine
The Foundation, through a grant and in
partnership with the Arizona Department of Education, provides high-quality
professional development trainings and technical assistance, to strengthen the
School Safety Program (SSP), improving School Safety Officers’ understanding of
Law-Related Education (LRE) and their ability to effectively deliver LRE
classroom instruction. From July 1st, 2011 to May 30th,
2012 the Foundation:
- Designed an Academy training schedule in consultation with the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) that met the identified needs of Arizona School Safety Officers
- Recruited officers, teachers and LRE experts to serve as LRE Academy faculty for the 2011-2012 fiscal year
- Designed and conducted 16 LRE Academy training sessions for the 324 Academy registrations of School Resource Officers
- Compiled and analyzed assessments from the LRE Academies
- Provided phone and email-based technical assistance to School Safety Officers
- Conducted 5 site visits
- Provided School Safety Officers technical assistance as they visited and checked out materials from the Foundation Law Library and ADE’s Clearinghouse
- Updated the LRE Academy website and other relevant websites utilized by the officers
Five Year Strategic Fundraising Plan
The
Foundation received eight responses to the request for a Strategic Fundraising
Plan proposal. The review committee
(Diane D’Angelo, Rick D’Bruhl, Tom Giallanza, Todd Lang, Ann Leslie, Meredith
Peabody, John Phelps, Marissa Theisen, Hon. Roxanne Song Ong, Kevin Ruegg, Lara
Slifko, and Julie Wilson,) ranked each response and interviewed the top two
proposals. After the interview process the strengths and weaknesses of each
interviewee were compiled with feedback from those participating in the
interviews. The Foundation Executive Committee considered the candidates and
submitted feedback before choosing Dennis Dorgan to prepare the Foundation’s
Strategic Fundraising Plan. Dennis Dorgan has provided training, information,
and consulting help to local legal service programs, bar foundations or
coalitions of program for the past twenty years. A conservative estimate is
that his efforts have generated over $20,000,000 in new funding for these
programs. Mr. Dorgan has signed a contract and will begin working with the
Foundation the first part of June.
Xavier College Prep Named State Mock Trial Champions
With Xavier and Brophy High Schools taking first and second
place, Arizona School for the Arts won 3rd and St. Gregory High
School was the 4th place winners of the 2012 Arizona Mock Trial
Competition. The Arizona Association of Defense Counsel contributed $1,000 in
scholarships to the following outstanding student attorneys: $500 to Scott
Jones, Arizona School for the Arts; $300 to Blake Tonn, Brophy; and, $200 to
Ariana Luna from Xavier West. This year
the Mock Trial volunteers recognized the most outstanding individual
performance in the championship round with a special award in honor of Justice
Michael D. Ryan, a long standing volunteer of Mock Trial, to Shelby Clark of
Xavier North. This year’s Court Artist Contest winner was Amy Silagy from
Mountain Ridge High School. The students
and teachers were joined by 75 volunteers to make the State Competition
possible.
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