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.

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