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Lisa Schriner
Lewis
May 2006
By Stacy Rupprecht
Butler
Lisa Schriner
Lewis has been selected as
the Outstanding
Pro Bono Attorney of the
Month for May.
Lisa has provided legal
assistance to VLP
clients in the area of
domestic relations
since her admission
to the Arizona bar
last fall. Lisa also
volunteered
extensively with VLP while
in law school at
the University of Arizona,
and was named the
VLP Student of the Month in April 2005. As a volunteer
attorney, Lisa has
been a frequent participant in the Child Support Project,
where she
supervises law students as they calculate support for pro pers at
default hearings.
Lisa has also provided coverage for attorneys that have had
to cancel a clinic
on short notice. In addition, Lisa accepts domestic relations
cases for direct
representation. The VLP’s monthly award is a distinct honor:
of the 1100
attorneys who volunteer their time with VLP, only 12 receive the
VLP’s Outstanding
Pro Bono Attorney award each year.
Q & A with Lisa
Schriner Lewis:
Where are you
from?
I was born here in
Tucson, but moved to Seattle for a few years and then came
back to Tucson for
law school.
Where did you
go to college?
I graduated from
UA law school in 2005 and did my undergrad at NAU majoring
in
Pre-Med/Microbiology.
What are your
current practice areas?
I am currently
practicing primarily in the area of Family Law.
What drives you
to volunteer with VLP?
I started
volunteering with VLP within a couple of weeks of being admitted to
the
Arizona bar. It
was one of the most rewarding things I did as a law student at UA,
and I could not
wait to get involved as an attorney. Volunteering gives me access
to the people who
need the most help and have the least amount of resources. I
believe the legal
community has a responsibility to provide better access to legal
services and to
use our training to affect change and improve the lives of those
who really need
help.
Things you do
when not working or volunteering your legal services?
I love movies, and
supporting the local Tucson music scene, and photography -
primarily black
and white.
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Past Pima
County Monthly Award Winners
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