Do you know someone who is raising the bar for excellence in the legal profession? The LGBT Bar is looking for unsung heroes, champions of justice and others who deserve to be treated like a V.I.P. The National LGBT Bar Association is a national association of lawyers, judges and other legal professionals, law students, activists, and affiliated LGBT legal organizations. The association promotes justice in and through the legal profession for the LGBT community in all its diversity.Nominations are now open for The LGBT Bar’s most prestigious annual awards. Help The LGBT Bar find the best experts and young professionals in the movement so they can give them the recognition they deserve. Review the categories below, and send The LGBT Bar your nominations.
The Dan Bradley Award
The Dan Bradley Award, the LGBT Bar’s highest honor, recognizes the efforts of a member of the LGBT legal community whose work, like Attorney Dan Bradley’s, has led the way in our struggle for equality under the law. Dan Bradley was the first chair of the American Bar Association Section of Individual Rights and Responsibility’s Committee on the Rights of Gay People (now the Committee for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity). Dan Bradley saw the law as a powerful instrument of social justice, and he believed that lawyers had an obligation to place their skills as advocates at the service of the least powerful among us. The recipient of the Dan Bradley Award will be recognized during the Lavender Law® Conference & Career Fair.
Nominations must be submitted by Monday, May 11, 2015, no later than 5:00 pm EDT.
Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40
The National LGBT Bar Association is now accepting nominations for its fifth annual
Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40 Award. This year, at the Lavender Law Conference & Career Fair, the LGBT Bar will recognize 40 LGBT legal professionals (practicing lawyers, law professors, corporate counsel, members of the judiciary, politicians, etc.) under the age of 40 who have distinguished themselves in their field and have demonstrated a profound commitment to LGBT equality.
Nominees must be self-identified LGBT attorneys admitted to practice in any U.S. jurisdiction and must have been born on or after August 6, 1975. Supporting documentation may be requested.
To nominate an individual for the 2015 Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40 Award, please submit the following to Nominations@LGBTbar.org:
- Statement of Support of Nominee (not to exceed 2 pages). Please include:
– Details on achievements within their legal field
– Details on their commitment to LGBT equality
- Current Resume of the Nominee
- Letters of Support
Nominations must be submitted by Monday, May 11, 2015, no later than 5:00 pm EDT.
Awardees of the Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40 Award will receive complimentary registration to attend the
Lavender Law® Conference & Career Fair where they will be recognized.
Late submissions will not be accepted.
For more information visit lgbtbar.org
