By American Bar Association
The American Bar Association will award the 2025 Cindy A. Raisch Award to Nina Hudson, community outreach manager with the San Antonio Bar Association, at a luncheon on Oct. 17, during the 2025 National Lawyer Referral Workshop, which is part of the ABA Forum on Building Access to Justice for All.
The event will be held at The Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta.
Hudson is being honored for the award sub-category of “Major program innovation or development, or development of a new program concept” for her work on the San Antonio Bar Association’s SALawHelp.org program.
SALawHelp.org ensures that San Antonio residents can find the legal help they need in one place. The website and its accompanying e-newsletter with 20,000 subscribers provide information based on the public’s legal needs, including the Lawyer Referral Service as well as pro bono offerings and information on self-representation all on one page.
“Because of Ms. Hudson’s innovation and her passion for true public access to justice, the San Antonio Bar has made finding legal help much easier for thousands of San Antonians,” said Bridget Schuster of the King County Bar Association who nominated Hudson for the award.
SALawHelp.org was recently recognized by the State Bar of Texas with its Stars of the Bar Award and also was awarded the 2025 LexisNexis Community & Educational Outreach Award by the National Association of Bar Professionals.
“I thrive at the intersection of legal services, community connection and strategic outreach — helping individuals navigate the legal system and access the help they need,” Hudson said of her work.
The award, named after longtime advocate Cindy A. Raisch, recognizes public service-oriented lawyer referral and information programs that provide access to justice for moderate income consumers across the country. Raisch began serving as the directing attorney at the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Lawyer Referral Service in 1984 and quickly became a dynamic, inspirational leader in the LRS community. She later chaired the ABA Standing Committee on Lawyer Referral Service. She died of cancer in 1994 at age 37.
(https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2025/09/nina-hudson-cindy-raisch-award/)
The American Bar Association will award the 2025 Cindy A. Raisch Award to Nina Hudson, community outreach manager with the San Antonio Bar Association, at a luncheon on Oct. 17, during the 2025 National Lawyer Referral Workshop, which is part of the ABA Forum on Building Access to Justice for All.
The event will be held at The Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta.
Hudson is being honored for the award sub-category of “Major program innovation or development, or development of a new program concept” for her work on the San Antonio Bar Association’s SALawHelp.org program.
SALawHelp.org ensures that San Antonio residents can find the legal help they need in one place. The website and its accompanying e-newsletter with 20,000 subscribers provide information based on the public’s legal needs, including the Lawyer Referral Service as well as pro bono offerings and information on self-representation all on one page.
“Because of Ms. Hudson’s innovation and her passion for true public access to justice, the San Antonio Bar has made finding legal help much easier for thousands of San Antonians,” said Bridget Schuster of the King County Bar Association who nominated Hudson for the award.
SALawHelp.org was recently recognized by the State Bar of Texas with its Stars of the Bar Award and also was awarded the 2025 LexisNexis Community & Educational Outreach Award by the National Association of Bar Professionals.
“I thrive at the intersection of legal services, community connection and strategic outreach — helping individuals navigate the legal system and access the help they need,” Hudson said of her work.
The award, named after longtime advocate Cindy A. Raisch, recognizes public service-oriented lawyer referral and information programs that provide access to justice for moderate income consumers across the country. Raisch began serving as the directing attorney at the Los Angeles County Bar Association's Lawyer Referral Service in 1984 and quickly became a dynamic, inspirational leader in the LRS community. She later chaired the ABA Standing Committee on Lawyer Referral Service. She died of cancer in 1994 at age 37.
(https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2025/09/nina-hudson-cindy-raisch-award/)
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