The "special" interest is access to justice, the goal was funding for the Legal Services Corporation, and the occasion was ABA Day in Washington. The State Bar of Michigan received the ABA's Grassroots Advocacy award, along with the Supreme Court of Texas, George Cauthen, Nelson Mullins et al; L. Jonathan Ross, Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer PC; Betty Balli Torres, and the Texas Access to Justice Foundation. More on that after some reflection, and sleep.