Legalpulsestl Podcast

On February 28, 2019, The Bar Association of St. Louis (BAMSL) announced the winners of its 2018 Hon. Richard B. Teitelman Memorial St. Louis Pro Bono Challenge Awards at a luncheon held at the St. Louis Club. Hon. Douglas R. Beach, St. Louis County Circuit Court Judge (retired), provided the keynote address. Sara Neill, BAMSL President-Elect, was master of ceremonies. Firms that joined the Challenge reported providing more than 40,503 hours of pro bono legal services to the community during 2018. The 2018 award winners are Ruth Schneider with RCJ Law, LLC, who reported providing 334.4 hours, and Dowd Bennett LLP, which reported an average of 69 hours per attorney. In 2017, BAMSL partnered with Legal Services of Eastern Missouri (LSEM) to implement this exciting program to encourage and support pro bono legal services, and to publicly recognize those lawyers and law firms who step up to the Challenge. Thanks to the efforts of the 19 firms participating in the 2017 Challenge, 32,054 hours of pro bono lega