The Scoutt Prize was created in 1993 through a grant from the law firm of Zuckert Scoutt & Rasenberger LLP in honor of its partner, Jerrold Scoutt, Jr., who has long supported legal assistance to the disadvantaged. The D.C. Bar Foundation administers the prize.

The recipients of the Scoutt prize are chosen annually by the Scoutt Prize Committee from among those lawyers nominated by community organizations and individuals.  Nominees must be attorneys employed by organizations that provide direct legal services to poor or disadvantaged persons in the Washington area and should be nominated because they have demonstrated a high degree of compassionate concern for their clients while exhibiting a high degree of skill on their clients' behalf.

2010 Scoutt Prize Awarded to Eric Angel and Vytas Vergeer

The District of Columbia Bar Foundation awarded Eric Angel, Legal Director for the Legal Aid Society of Washington, D.C., and Vytas Vergeer, Legal Clinic Director at Bread for the City, as co-recipients of the 2010 Jerrold Scoutt Prize.  The joint award recognizes the extraordinary efforts of Angel and Vergeer to reform pro bono tenant representation in the D.C. Superior Court's Landlord and Tenant Branch.

Previous Scoutt Prize recipients:

2009: Shirley Williams

2008: Sandra Bernstein

2007: Diane Weinroth

2005: Jeannine Sanford

2004: R. Scott McNeilly

2003: Anya Sykes

2002: Rhonda Dahlman

2001: Joseph B. Tulman

1999-2000: Jan May

1998: Patricia Mullahy Fugere