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A Celebration of 25 Years of Grantmaking –
An Appreciation of the Support of Donors and the
Essential Work of Legal Services Providers

The District of Columbia Bar Foundation celebrated its 25th anniversary with a reception hosted by the law firm of Crowell & Moring LLP on September 23, 2003.

Over the past 25 years, the Bar Foundation has awarded $11.6 million to 44 programs to support the delivery of civil legal services in the District of Columbia. In 2003, largely through the generous support of its law firm donors, the Bar Foundation awarded a record $1 million.

To mark its 25th anniversary, the Bar Foundation's board of directors commissioned a report on the state of the legal services delivery system in the District of Columbia. The report was presented at the reception. Click here to go to the report.

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Guests for the evening included: A) Jack Keeney, president-elect, D.C. Bar, and Bill Lawler of Vinson & Elkins; B) Legal Times Editor-at-Large Jonathan Groner with Cynthia Kuhn, communications director, D.C. Bar; and C) Rusty Conner, Alston & Bird, with George Jones, executive director of Bread for the City.

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D) New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer speaks with Eric Angel, legal director, Legal Aid Society of D.C.; E) Attorney General Spitzer entertains Julia Gordon, equal justice consultant, D.C. Bar Foundation Executive Director Emily Spitzer, and White Rhyne of the ABA (Rusty Conner in background); and F) Ellen Scully, director of Columbus Community Legal Services chats with D.C. Bar Foundation Vice President and Treasurer Joan H. Strand.

Program speakers included: D.C. Bar Foundation President Andrew H. Marks, Executive Director Emily J. Spitzer, and New York State Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer.

L to R: Associate Judge John Steadman, D.C. Court of Appeals; Eric Koenig; Nancy Lesser, PAX Dispute Resolution, chats with Robin Jacobsohn of Williams & Connolly; Jayne Park of Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center with Jim Bishop, Archdiocesan Legal Network; Fritz Mulhauser, ACLU National Capital Area; and Jack Boese of Fried Frank.

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G) Associate Judge Eric Washington of the D.C. Court of Appeals with Jack Keeney; H) Mark Herzog and Maureen Syracuse of the D.C. Bar's Pro Bono Program with Joan Strand; and I) Former Secretary of Transportation William Coleman with Dan Rezneck of the D.C. Office of Corporation Counsel. (Mark Tuohey of Vinson & Elkins in background.)