Nomination Submission: | | Please use our online form or send a letter of nomination to: VSB Family Law Section
Attn. Madonna Dersch, Family Law Section Liaison by email:
by post:
707 East Main Street, Suite 1500
Richmond, VA 23219-2800
or by fax:
(804)775-0582 |
| Title: | Law in Society Award Competition | | Sponsor: | VSB Litigation Section & Committee on Publications & Public Information | | Criteria: | The award aims to increase awareness and appreciation of our legal system among high school students. Criterion for the competition is an essay in response to a hypothetical on a predetermined topic. Awards are given to those students whose essays demonstrate a superior understanding of the role and value of our legal system in our every day lives. | | Deadline: | Friday, February 1, 2008, by 4 p.m.
| | Presentation: | Beginning May 1 at award ceremonies around the state | | Contact: | (804) 775-0594, | | 2008 Winning Essay
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| Title: | Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Pro Bono Award | | Sponsor: | VSB Access to Legal Services Committee | | Criteria: | The award honors attorneys and attorney groups who have made outstanding pro bono contributions. The recipient of the award must meet one or more of the following criteria: (1) Demonstrated dedication to the development and delivery of pro bono legal services in the Commonwealth of Virginia; (2) Contributed significantly toward the development of innovative approaches to the delivery of volunteer legal services; (3) Participated in an activity that resulted in satisfying previously unmet needs for legal services or in extending services to underserved segments of the population; (4) Successfully handled pro bono cases that favorably affected the provision of other services to the poor in Virginia; (5) Successfully supported legislation that contributed substantially to providing legal services to the poor; or, (6) Devoted significant time to furthering the delivery of legal services to the poor in Virginia by handling pro bono matters or providing training or recruiting volunteer attorneys for the Pro Bono Initiative of the Virginia State Bar or a local pro bono program. | | Nomination Deadline: | January 18, 2008, by 5:00 p.m.
| | Presentation: | VSB Pro Bono Conference in the spring | | Contact: | Maureen Petrini, (804) 775-0522, | | 2008 Entry Information and Complete Rules (PDF)* | 2008 Award Recipient
2007 Award Recipient |
| Title: | Lifetime Achievement Award | | Sponsor: | VSB Family Law Section | | Criteria: | Recognizes and honors an individual who has made a substantial contribution to the practice and administration of family law in the Commonwealth of Virginia. | | Nomination Deadline: | January 31 | | Presentation: | Annual Advanced Family Law Seminar | | Contact: | Madonna Dersch, (804) 775-0587, | Nomination Submission: | Please use our online form or send a letter of nomination to: VSB Family Law Section
Attn. Madonna Dersch, Family Law Section Liaison by email:
by post:
707 East Main Street, Suite 1500
Richmond, VA 23219-2800
or by fax:
(804)775-0582 | | Additional Information and Past Recipients |
| Title: | Local Bar Leader of the Year | | Sponsor: | VSB Conference of Local Bar Associations | | Criteria: | The award recognizes past and presently active leaders in their local bar associations who have continued to offer important service to the bench, bar and public. The award serves as a continuing monument to the dedication of local bar leaders. It also serves to emphasize the importance of close cooperation between the Virginia State Bar and local bar leaders. The Conference does not necessarily present this award every year, but only as often as the caliber of nominations deems appropriate. | | Nomination Deadline: | April 25, 2008 | | Presentation: | VSB Annual Meeting in June | | Contact: | Paulette Davidson, (804) 775-0521, | | Entry Information and Complete Rules (PDF) | 2008 Award Recipient |
| Title: | R. Edwin Burnette, Jr. Young Lawyer of the Year Award | | Sponsor: | VSB Young Lawyers Conference | | Criteria: | This award honors an outstanding young Virginia lawyer who has demonstrated dedicated service to the Young Lawyers Conference, the legal profession and the community. | | Nomination Deadline: | May 1 | | Presentation: | VSB Annual Meeting in June | | Contact: | Maureen Stengel, (804) 775-0517, | | | 2007 Award Recipient |
| Title: | Tradition of Excellence Award | | Sponsor: | VSB General Practice Section | | Criteria: | The Virginia State Bar General Practice Section annually recognizes an outstanding lawyer who embodies the highest tradition of personal and professional excellence in Virginia. This special award recognizes attorneys who have devoted significant amounts of time, efforts, and/or funds to activities that benefit their community and help enhance the image and esteem of general practice attorneys in the Commonwealth. All candidates must be current members of the VSB in good standing, with a minimum of ten years of law practice, at least five of which must have been as a general practitioner. | | Nomination Deadline: | April 16, 2008 | | Presentation: | VSB Annual Meeting in June | | Contact: | Vivian Byrd, (804) 775-0572, | | 2008 Entry Information & Complete Rules (pdf)* | | 2007 Award Recipient |
| Title: | Virginia Legal Aid Award | | Sponsor: | VSB Access to Legal Services Committee | | Criteria: | The recipient of the award will exhibit the following qualities in his or her work: 1) Innovation and creativity in advocacy; 2) experience and excellence in service; and 3) Impact beyond his or her own program's service area. The nominee must be a member of the VSB and an employee of a legal aid society that is licensed by the VSB to operate in the Commonwealth of Virginia. | | Nomination Deadline: | May 2, 2008 | | Presentation: | VSB Annual Meeting in June, Legal Aid Award Luncheon | | Contact: | Maureen Petrini, (804) 775-0522, | | 2008 Entry Information & Complete Rules (pdf)* | 2008 Award Recipient
2007 Award Recipient |
| Title: | Phase Two of Pilot Project for Awards in Four Circuits – Citing Appointed Counsel or Pro Bono Attorneys for Extraordinary Contributions Made to the Virginia Justice System. | | Sponsor: | VSB Special Committee on Access to Legal Services | | Criteria: | Pilot Project to recognize appointed counsel in criminal or civil cases or pro bono attorneys making extraordinary contributions to the Virginia Justice System in one of four judicial circuits or divisions: the Second (2A-Eastern Shore counties of Accomack and Northampton only); Twentieth (Fauquier, Loudoun and Rappahannock); Twenty-first (Martinsville and Patrick and Henry counties); and Twenty-third (Salem and Roanoke City and County.) Link shown below and VSB RPC 6.1 and 6.2 give additional details about types of qualifying work. | | Nomination Deadline: | postmarked by Monday, September 10, 2007 | | Presentation: | Embossed certificate jointly signed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia and by the President of the Virginia State Bar given to honoree at opening term of court or other suitable occasion in the locality. | | Contact: | Maureen Petrini, VSB Access to Legal Services Director, Phone 804/775-0522; | 2007 Entry Information & Complete Rules 2007 Award Recipients (PDF) | | 2005 Award Recipients |
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