The Foundation administers the prestigious Jerrold Scoutt Prize, established by the firm of Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, in honor of the public interest commitment of one of its founding partners, Jerrold Scoutt, Jr. Given annually, the Scoutt Prize recognizes a full-time legal services lawyer who has demonstrated a career-long compassionate concern for his or her clients while exhibiting a high degree of skill representing them.
2017 Recipient Rochanda Hiligh-Thomas with Past Recipients (L-R) Jeannine Sanford (2005), Vytas Vergeer (2010), Su Sie Ju (2013), Eric Angel (2010), and Paula Scott (1993)
A nominee must meet the following criteria:
- He or she must be an attorney who is currently working full-time, or who has been employed full-time for a significant portion of his or her legal career, by an organization that provides direct, hands-on legal services to poor or disadvantaged persons in the District of Columbia.
- The organization itself must be one which has received or is eligible for a grant from the District of Columbia Bar Foundation.
- The nominee must have demonstrated a compassionate concern for his or her clients while exhibiting a high degree of skill as an
attorney on their behalf.
The 2019 Scoutt Prize will be presented to Daniel M. Clark of DC Law Students in Court at the Foundation’s annual Fall Reception on October 10, generously hosted by Alston & Bird.
List of recipients:
Dorene Haney, DC Law Students in Court
Vytas V. Vergeer, Bread for the City Legal Clinic