The idea that everyone is equal before the law can only be made real if everyone actually has a fair shot to be heard and have their say through a skilled lawyer. Although we are still a long way from where we need to be to assure that every Delawarean who deserves counsel has one, the amazing lawyers and staff…
The Combined Campaign for Justice is calling on you to DoMore24! Are you in? On March 4-5, for the second year in the row, Spur Impact Association and the United Way of Delaware are teaming up to sponsor DoMore24 Delaware, a 24-hour all-virtual fundraising event to support nonprofit organizations up and down our state. Building on the success of last…
The Delaware Bar and Delaware Volunteer Legal Services (DVLS) recently lost an esteemed colleague, the first Board President, and a Founding Member of DVLS with the passing of Joseph Rosenthal. DVLS’s Executive Director, Janine Howard-O’Rangers, asked one of the original and the longest serving members of the Board of Directors of DVLS, David Brown, if he would share his thoughts…
This year at the Delaware State Bar Association’s annual Christopher W. White Distinguished Access to Justice Awards Breakfast, former DVLS and CLASI law clerk, avid CCJ volunteer , and Morris James associate, Wilson Gualpa, was awarded the Christopher White Pro Bono Achievement Award. Wilson was presented this award by CLASI’s Deputy Director, Laura Graham: Before turning to Wilson’s work and…
The former Executive Director of Legal Services Corporation of Delaware (LSCD), Douglas B. Canfield, was awarded the Commitment Award at the 2020 Christopher W. White Distinguished Access to Justice Awards Ceremony. Doug was presented this award by long-time friend, and LSCD board member, James J. Woods, Jr.: I first met Doug Canfield when we were taking the Bar Review course…
The day-long bike ride raised over $2,000 for the non-profit, Delaware Combined Campaign for Justice Wilmington, DE— July 11, 2020 — Today two local doctors, David Epstein and Nadiv Shapira, bicycled 84.6 miles, the same number of minutes that it took a police officer to suffocate George Floyd a few weeks ago. They rode in solidarity with disadvantaged people who face…