Fellowship to support minority and economically disadvantaged high school students interested in a law career

October 18, 2007 — New York, NY, October 18, 2007 - LexisNexis today announced that it has awarded its LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® Legal Fellowship to the Future of the Law Institute (FLI), in Seattle. FLI provides support and guidance to minority and economically disadvantaged high school students interested in learning more about a career in the law. The LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Legal Fellowship is a unique program that promotes education, the practice of public interest law and diversity in the legal profession by supporting organizations that contribute to the appreciation and enrichment of the Bar.

The LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Legal Fellowship awards two $15,000 grants each year to individuals or organizations whose applications are selected by the company’s Legal Fellowship committee.The Future of the Law Institute plans to allocate some of the $15,000 award to defray the expense of providing learning visits to courtrooms, law schools, and other sites to students and teachers at no cost to them or their schools.The remainder will be used to help provide scholarships to FLI alumni who enroll in community- and four-year colleges.

It is with great pleasure that we award the Future of the Law Institute with the LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Legal Fellowship,” said Ralph Calistri, senior vice president of Client Development for LexisNexis. “We believe that FLI’s mission of promoting diversity in the legal profession is important, and we are thrilled to help their program inspire interest in legal education among high school students. As Martindale-Hubbell works with law firms who want to expand their practices, developing a diverse pool of up-and-coming attorneys is a priority for them.”

“We are honored to receive this important award,” said Sandra Brown, president of FLI’s Board of Directors, and an attorney at Microsoft Corporation. “This recognition inspires our volunteers and staff to work even harder to provide more opportunities for FLI students.  The LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Fellowship Award will help take FLI’s programming to the next level in diversifying the legal profession.

Martindale-Hubbell® is part of the LexisNexis® Client Development Solution line, which provides industry leading networking and law firm marketing resources to help firms target clients, build their brand, develop new business opportunities, and provide exceptional client service. Through its four solution lines – Client Development , Practice Management , Litigation Services , and Research – LexisNexis offers Total Practice Solutions to ensure that law firms have the tools and services they need to win in the business and practice of law.

Funding for the Legal Fellowship is generated by sales from the Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review RatingsSM Acknowledgements program . As part of the company’s exclusive alliance with Universal Recognition LLC, a wide range of products are available for attorneys with Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings who wish to showcase their professional standing.

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