Law Day 2019

Free Speech: ACLU Nebraska: Defenders of Free Speech for Everyone

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It’s a subject Danielle Conrad and Amy Miller often find themselves addressing, but let’s be clear: Free speech needs to be defended.

It’s true, and somewhat surprising, that an organization which has been around 99 years – and for more than 50 years in Nebraska – the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) often is more than a little understood.

Miller, the ACLU Nebraska’s legal director, feels the confusion stems from people not understanding the organization is nonpartisan.

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Ellick Award: Johnson Helped Spark Referrals For Unbundled Legal Services

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Karisa D. Johnson knows she will be volunteering on the second Monday of every month, but she was surprised when that few hours of commitment each month translated into recognition for her impact on the legal community.

Johnson is the recipient of this year’s Alfred G. Ellick Lawyer Referral Award for her volunteer efforts over the past decade and for helping to establish that referrals for limited scope representation are permitted through the Omaha Bar Association’s Lawyer Referral Service.

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Omaha Law League Celebrates 50th Anniversary

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Fifty years ago, wives of local lawyers and judges decided to band together for camaraderie and support. They created the Omaha Lawyers’ Wives organization and elected Patty Buckley as their first president.

They submitted their original article of incorporation as a nonprofit on Feb. 20, 1969. Seven years later, almost to the day, they changed the group’s name to the Omaha Law League Foundation Inc. in order to better reflect their membership, which included judges, lawyers and others interested in their mission

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Public Service Awards: Dedicated to Telling the Stories of the Omaha Bar Association

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Two journalists have dedicated their careers to the importance of telling the stories of the legal community in Omaha.

Through their positions at The Daily Record, these two women have shaped the relationship between the Omaha Bar Association and the city’s daily legal newspaper, a relationship that stretches back to the beginning of both organizations in the late 1800s.

This year’s Omaha Bar Association Public Service Award honors The Daily Record publisher Lynda Henningsen and local news editor Lorraine Boyd.