The New York City Bar Association has named the recipients of the Twenty-fifth Annual Legal Services Awards, which give recognition to attorneys and non-attorneys who provide outstanding civil legal assistance to New York's poor. The Awards will be presented at a reception on Tuesday, June 10th at 4 p.m. at the Association, to which the legal services community is invited.

This year's recipients are:

• Margaret Becker, Disaster Recovery Unit, Staten Island Legal Services
• Alan Canner, The Legal Aid Society, Harlem Community Law Office
• Bernadette Jentsch, MFY Legal Services
• Liz Markuci, Immigration Project, Volunteers of Legal Service
• Leander McRae, Preserving Affordable Housing Program,Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A

The Awards will be presented by The Honorable Jenny Rivera, Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

The awards are sponsored by the Committee on Pro Bono and Legal Services, chaired by Brenna DeVaney; candidates are recommended by a subcommittee of that committee chaired by Yevgenia Kleiner, and the awards are administered by the Legal Services Awards Committee, chaired by William T. Russell, Jr. The awards have been endowed by a generous contribution from the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation