Congratulations to Carousel and Frank for winning 2021 DCBA Pro Bono Awards
This year’s DCBA Individual Attorney Pro Bono Award goes to Attorney Carousel Bayrd (Community Justice, Inc.). Atty. Bayrd volunteers at the Student Expulsion Prevention Project (StEPP), taking on complex and time-intensive cases. StEPP is a project developed by the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office to connect volunteer attorneys with youth facing expulsion hearings. StEPP’s mission is to keep students in school and to help youth, particularly youth of color, avoid the