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…
People’s Place II, Inc. (http://peoplesplace2.com/) People’s Place is a multi-service non-profit that is dedicated to helping people find their path to independence through vital programs and services to the families, adults, and children in Kent and Sussex counties. People’s Place and CLASI serve common clients, including: domestic violence survivors and their children living in the Abriendo Puertas and SAFE shelters and 24/7 domestic violence hotlines run by People’s Place; survivors and…
I am a life-long Delawarean and have practiced law for nearly 35 years. My career included ten years as a federal Prosecutor as well as time at the State Department of Justice and at CLASI. I took several years off from practicing law and taught elementary school and worked for a nonprofit that assisted…
From Vice Chancellor Donald F. Parsons, Jr. Chief Justice, honored guests, distinguished elected officials, and colleagues of the Delaware Bench and Bar, it is a great privilege and pleasure for me to speak to you briefly about the history of something near and dear to [me], Delaware’s Combined Campaign for Justice. I am honored and humbled to have the opportunity…
Gayle recently joined Legal Services Corporation of Delaware as a staff attorney in the Wilmington office. After a 25-year career as the Chief Staff Attorney for the Delaware Supreme Court (which she loved), she decided to take an early retirement in December 2018 in order to do something completely different with her legal training. “At the time, I didn’t know…