ABA Law Student Division
National Awards
Each year, the ABA Law Student Division recognizes the achievements of individual law students, law school organizations and law schools on a national level through the Division's Annual Awards program. Award winners will be announced during the Law Student Division Assembly held during the ABA Annual Meeting, Saturday, August 7, 2010 in San Francisco, California.
National Awards
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
- Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program Awards
- Membership and Activity Award
- Law School Newspaper Award
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.
Award Criteria and Nomination Forms
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
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Award
Criteria
Nomination Form
Membership and Activity Award
Criteria
Nomination Form
Law School Newspaper Award
Criteria, Procedures and Instructions
Nomination Form
Award Nomination Process
Links for Award Categories other than Law School Newspaper Award:
Links for Law School Newspaper Award only:
Contact
American Bar Association
Law Student Division
321 North Clark Street, 19th Floor
Chicago, IL 60654
lsd-awards@staff.abanet.org
312.988.5125
2009 National Award Winners
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 Newspaper/Magazine
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.
Deadline - April 1, 2010
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 Newspaper: 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.
