Hodson Award for Public Service
About the Award
 Kenneth J. Hodson 1913-1995 |
The Hodson Award, named in honor of the distinguished public service career of the late Major General Kenneth J. Hodson, a former Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army, and a founding member of the Division, recognizes sustained, outstanding performance or a specific and extraordinary service by a government
or public sector law office (it is not an award for an individual). Eligible nominees include all government (including military) or public sector law offices (e.g., legal aid bureaus, public defender
offices and other legal organizations funded by the Legal Services Corporation) at the federal, state and local levels. To be eligible,
nominees must receive funding from a government entity. Departments or units within offices are also eligible.
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Submitting a Nomination
All nomination materials must be received by April 6, 2009. Please send 14 copies of your nomination package to:
Steven P. Lynch
Chair, Awards Committee
Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division, ABA
740 15th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005-1022
Other Awards for Public Lawyers
Dorsey Award for exceptional work by a public defender or legal aid lawyer
Nelson Award for outstanding contribution to the ABA by a government or public sector lawyer
Nominee Information Required*
* The Awards Committee is unable to review supplemental materials in addition to what is required below (e.g., videos, CDs, DVDs, audio cassettes, newspaper clippings).
- Full name, title, address, telephone number, and e-mail address of nominee.
- Name of nominee office’s director or manager.
- Size of the nominee office: number of lawyers, number of support personnel, approximate annual budget, and amount or percentage of funding provided to the office by the government.
- Mission of the nominee office: brief explanation of the nominee unit's principle function as a government or public sector law office.
- Summary of nominee's outstanding service and/or achievements (25-100 words).
- Detailed narrative explanation of the nominee's service including the following information: how the nominee's service is outstanding, significant and "above the call of duty"; the time frame of the service and assessment of the impact of the extraordinary service. (600-800 words).
- Names, titles and phone numbers of three other persons who are familiar with nominee's achievements.
- Specifically for the nominator: provide contact information and a brief statement about yourself including any information that would assist the Awards Committee in evaluating the nomination.
Past Hodson Award Recipients
- 1993- Public Protection Division of the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office
- 1994- American Law Division, Congressional Research Service,
Library of Congress, and Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, Inc.
- 1995- International and Operational Law Division, Office of
the Judge Advocate General, Department of the Army
- 1996- Office of the County Attorney, Broward County, FL
- 1997- Domestic Abuse Service Center of the Hennepin County
Attorney’s Office, Minneapolis, MN
- 1998- Naval Legal Service Office Pacific and Office of
the New York State Attorney General
- 1999- Office of the County Attorney, Montgomery County, MD
- 2000- First Infantry Division and Seventh Army Training Command’s
Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, and Office of Criminal Enforcement,
Antitrust Division, United States Department of Justice
- 2001- San Diego Public Defender's Office
- 2002- Center for Disability and Elder Law, Chicago, IL
- 2003- California's Administrative Office of the Courts' Center for Families, Children and the Courts, San Francisco, CA
- 2004- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Law Department
- 2005- Legal Aid of the Bluegrass, Covington, KY
- 2006- Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office Juvenile Offender Intervention Network (J.O.I.N.)
- 2007- Community Legal Services, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
- 2008- Lawyers For Children, Inc., New York, NY
