National awards are presented to ABA-approved law schools and students and student organizations from ABA approved law schools in the following categories:

• Diversity Award
• Public Interest Award
• Student Bar Association Award
• Student Bar Association President Award
• Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program Awards
• Membership and Activity Award
• Law School News Publication Awards

All national awards are announced and presented at the ABA Annual Meeting in August. The Division reserves the right not to bestow award(s) in any given year.

Henry J. Ramsey, Jr. Diversity Award
Criteria
Nomination Form

Judy M. Weightman Memorial Public Interest Award
Criteria
Nomination Form

Student Bar Association Award
Criteria
Nomination Form

Student Bar Association President Award
Criteria
Nomination Form

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Awards
Criteria
Nomination Form

Membership and Activity Award
Criteria
Nomination Form

Law School News Publication Awards
Criteria, Procedures and Instructions
Nomination Form

Links for Award Categories other than Law School News Publications Awards:

• Procedures and Instructions
• Criteria and Nomination Forms

Links for Law School News Publications Awards only:

• Procedures, Instructions and Criteria
• Nomination Form

American Bar Association
Law Student Division
321 North Clark Street, 19th Floor
Chicago, IL 60654
lsd-awards@staff.abanet.org
312.988.5125

During the Law Student Division's portion of the ABA Annual Meeting held in Chicago, July 29-August 2, 2009, National Awards are presented to the following ABA-approved law schools, law students and student organizations from ABA approved law schools in the following categories:

Diversity Award
Judge Stephen O'Neil Trial Advocacy Mentoring Program
Loyola Law School-Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA)

Public Interest Award
Land Air Water
University of Oregon School of Law

Student Bar Association Award
Florida State University College of Law

Student Bar Association President Award
Eric Toscano
University of California-Davis School of Law

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program Awards
Barry University-Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law

Membership and Activity Award
The John Marshall Law School (Chicago)

Law School News Publication Awards:

Feature Article or Editorial
Author: Alexander Marsh
Article: JMLS & Gorby Settle Case - Academic Freedom Now Contractual Right
Published in The Decisive Utterance
The John Marshall Law School (Chicago)

Law School Magazine or Newspaper
King Hall Advocate
University of California-Davis School of Law

All national awards are announced and presented at the ABA Annual Meeting in August. The Division reserves the right not to bestow award(s) in any given year.

General Award Categories: Award nominations must be approved by your Law School Dean or Assistant Dean and received via email at lsd-awards@staff.abanet.org by the ABA Law Student Division on or before Midnight CDT April 1, 2010.

Law School News Publications: Nominations with all required supplemental materials must be approved by your Law School Dean or Assistant Dean and received by the Law Student Division on or before Midnight CDT April 1, 2010.

Nominations submitted on previous versions of the Award Nomination Form will automatically be disqualified. Only the 2010 Nomination Form will be accepted.

Applications for 2010 Award Nominations will be posted in December

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