BEYOND CLIENTS: Attorneys see FJE fundraising as professional commitmentAuthor(s): SANDRA R. HUGHESSource: ABA Journal, Vol. 75, No. 1 (JANUARY 1989), p. 106Published by: American Bar AssociationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20760320 .

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BEYOND CLIENTS Attorneys see FJE fundraising as professional commitment

BY SANDRA R. HUGHES "We were expecting it to rain like

the end of the world," says Steve Clouser, the ABA Young Lawyers Di vision district representative in Tulsa, Okla.

Luckily the forecast for the last Saturday in April was wrong. Nearly 170 lawyers enjoyed a sunny after noon at the Tulsa County Bar Asso ciation Law Day Golf Classic, and the ABA Fund for Justice and Education received half of the tournament's profits?over $1,100.

"The tournament had a wonder ful effect on the morale of the local bar," says Clouser. "Involvement with the FJE gives us positive reinforce

ment about being attorneys." Contributions from the legal

profession help the Fund support the ABA's over 150 public service and law-related education programs every year. "We were impressed with the scope and magnitude of the FJE's programs," says Clouser.

Tournament co-chairman Kevin Red wine adds, "As lawyers we want our profession advanced and justice accomplished. The FJE is a means to achieve these goals."

Part of the Fund's mission is to improve the public's understanding of the law. Boston attorney Daniel O. Mahoney was recently commended by the Resource Development Coun cil for his leadership in the FJE's campaign to raise money for "We The People"?a television salute to the U.S. Constitution that aired last year.

Mahoney and 50 other volun teers visited law firms across the country seeking contributions for the program. A total of 157 law firms gave almost $664,000.

"The FJE has the unique capa bility to create vital law-related proj ects in the public interest. These projects need the support of lawyers and law firms," says Mahoney.

In addition to his fundraising ac tivities, Mahoney is a member of the

Sandra R. Hughes is director of the ABA's Resource Development Office.

President's Club?a group of lawyers who contribute $1,000 or more to the FJE annual giving program.

Judy Perry Martinez, who prac tices in New Orleans, recently joined the President's Club. "I contributed," she says, "because my work with the Young Lawyers Division Affiliate Outreach Project showed me how much good the FJE does by helping local young lawyers' groups to de velop public service programs."

As the co-chairperson of the Lawyer Contributions Subcommittee of the Resource Development Coun cil, Perry Martinez provides leader ship for the Fund in addition to financial support.

The FJE also gains from the leadership of another President's Club

member, former ABA president Wil liam W. Falsgraf. Falsgraf serves as

chairperson of the Resource Devel opment Council, which oversees the efforts to secure grants and contri butions to the FJE.

Falsgraf, who practices in Cleve

land, has long been committed to the ideals behind FJE-supported activi ties, such as the Section of Business Law's Pro Bono project. In 1987 this project held four regional workshops to discuss the need for corporate legal departments to sponsor pro bono pro grams.

"By supporting the FJE, lawyers have the special opportunity to assist an organization dedicated to meeting the increasing responsibilities our

profession must shoulder," says Fals graf.

"There is a higher responsibility that lawyers have," adds Arthur W. Leibold, Jr., a Washington attorney who chairs the FJE Resource Com mittee. "The resources and power of the total lawyer community should be directed to more than just our in dividual clients. We must use these resources to promote justice and ed ucation."

For information about the FJE, contact the ABA Resource Develop ment Office, (312) 988-5400.

TULSA COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION |

The FJE received half the profits from the Tulsa County Bar Association Law Day Golf Classic.

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