VLP Board President James P. Slattery (left) presents the 2011 Christopher Slattery Young Professional Award to Joanne Reece (center), as she receives a bouquet of flowers from VLP Supervising Attorney Sidney Cherubin.

Brooklyn Law School Recent Graduate Honored With Slattery Award From Volunteer Lawyers Project

By Samuel Newhouse
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — The nation’s economic recession may not be ending, but pro bono work on behalf of needy litigants continues at the Brooklyn Volunteer Lawyers Project.

Over the past 15 months, 400 attorneys have volunteered 9,513 hours — an all-time high for the Brooklyn Bar Association’s Volunteer Lawyers Project (VLP) — while providing almost 6,000 Brooklyn individuals and families with direct legal representation, and advice and legal counsel to 8,805 others. An additional 452 attorneys have been trained at CLE courses led by the VLP this year.

These achievements were celebrated at the VLP’s annual Volunteer Recognition Event last week, held at TD Bank in Brooklyn Heights. Caterers with trays of succulent mini-steaks and shrimp cocktails traveled around recently replanted greenery throughout the event space in the basement of the bank on Montague Street. A chef served sliders grilled to order for the distinguished guests, including local attorneys and Brooklyn judges.

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