For Immediate Release

	May 7, 2004 EVERETT BELLAMY RECEIVES NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTIAL AWARD Clyde E Bailey, Sr., Everett Bellamy, Donald Temple The National Bar Association (NBA) honored Everett Bellamy with a prestigious Presidential Award. The award was presented to Bellamy at the NBA Annual Heman Marion Sweat Luncheon which was held during the Association's 24th Annual Mid-Year Conference in Washington DC. The Sweat Luncheon was named in memory of Heman Sweat who sued the state of Texas after being denied admission into the then segregated University of Texas Law School because of his race. Sweatt's vigilance lead to the creation of several now historically black law school in Texas through an effort to avoid integrationist. Sweatt prevailed at the United States Supreme Court and was amongst the first blacks to attend integrated law classes at the University of Texas. NBA Annual Heman Marion Sweat Luncheon Awardees "Bellamy is a well deserving honoree," said NBA Executive Director John Crump. "His commitment to legal education is exceptional." Bellamy has been an associate dean at Georgetown University Law Center since 1980. He has been an honest and caring advisor and mentor to many current and prospective law students. Bellamy is cofounder and a director in the Charles Hamilton Houston Preparatory Law Institute, a non-profit summer pre-law institute that prepares students of color for law school. He has also taught in numerous other summer law programs and institute, including the Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO). Bellamy is past chair of the NBA Law Professors Division, member of the NBA Board of Governors, and a member of the NBA Magazine Editorial Board. Clyde E Bailey, Sr., Foretta Dukes McKenzie, Beverly McQueary Smith The award was presented by NBA President Clyde E Bailey, Sr. and Donald Temple, Esq. Only one other award was presented which went to Dr. Foretta Dukes McKenzie, former superintendent of the District of Columbia Public Schools and currently chair and CEO of The McKenzie Group, Inc., a comprehensive educational consulting firm. The National Bar Association was founded in 1925 and is the oldest and largest bar association of people of color in the world. It has 88 affiliate chapters and represents over 20,000 African American lawyers, judges and law students throughout the world.