Richmond, October 19, 2017. At a ceremony held today, Virginia Law Foundation President Lucia Anna “Pia” Trigiani presented checks to a number of the Foundation’s 2017 grant recipients.
The full list of recipients is as follows:
• Access to Legal Services (Virginia State Bar) – $11,000
• CancerLINC – $10,000
• Capital Defense Workshop (Virginia Bar Association) – $26,500
• Domestic Violence Civil Legal Services Program (Legal Aid Society of Roanoke Valley) – $25,000
• Domestic Violence Conference (Southwest Virginia Legal Society) – $8,000
• Hill-Tucker Pre-Law Institute (Virginia State Bar Diversity Conference) – $15,000
• Immigration Legal Services Program (Commonwealth Catholic Charities) – $20,000
• Jazz 4 Justice – $3,000
• Justice in the Classroom Program (John Marshall Foundation) – $49,000
• Lawyers Helping Lawyers – $25,000
• Public Service Internships (Virginia Law Schools)- $50,000
• Rule of Law Project (Virginia Bar Association) – $60,000
• Statewide Legal Aid Conference (Virginia Poverty Law Center) – $25,000
• The Bridge Ministry – $2,500
• Virginia Beach Justice Initiative – $20,000
• Virginia Justice Program (Capital Area Civil Rights Coalition) – $50,000
In addition, an additional $25,000 was awarded through Director Spot Grants to Community Tax Law Project, OAR/Jefferson Area Community Corrections Pretrial Services, Virginia Access to Justice Commission, Virginia Holocaust Museum, Virginia Law Related Education Institute, and Virginia Legal Aid Society.
For more information on all of the 2017 grants, please Visit our Grant spage.
