The City of San José honored the Katharine and George Alexander Community Law Center (KGACLC) during the city’s January 27th Council Meeting. Mayor Chuck Reed, through the recommendation of Councilmember Nora Campos, awarded a plaque to Professor Angelo Ancheta, the Community Law Center’s Director.
The award recognized the KGACLC 15th anniversary, in the course of which the Law Center has labored to "provide pro-bono advice and representation to hundreds of individuals, utilizing Santa Clara law students under attorney supervision [and] affecting social change to improve the lives of low-income individuals.”
Accompanied by KGACLC staff members Marisol Escalera and Sergio Lopez, Professor Ancheta accepted the award on behalf of the Law Center and Santa Clara University, and underlined the KGACLC’s crucial participation in providing free legal services to those in need. He also stressed the Law Center’s unique role as a springboard for socially-conscious attorneys who contribute to their own communities by acting with competence, conscience and compassion.
