Executive Director Receives 2001 Legal Services Award from
The Magnolia Bar Association

The Honorable Ben Thomas Cole, II, Executive Director of North Mississippi Rural Legal Services (NMRLS) received the 2001 Legal Services Award from The Magnolia Bar Association at the Annual Magnolia Bar Convention in Biloxi, Mississippi on May 5, 2001 .  Cole has served as Director at NMRLS since June 1999.  He had been employed by NMRLS in the 70's and early 80's before accepting  a position as Executive Director of  East Arkansas Legal Services in West Memphis. Ben is well known for his untiring service and support for all that is part of legal services, and for helping to make the program and its services accessible to the client community.