Awards

RCBA Annual Awards 

• Distinguished Humanitarian Service
• Excellence In Diversity
• Liberty Bell
• Pro Bono

The individual (a lawyer) demonstrates:

• Substantial length of humanitarian service to the bar and the community 
• Outstanding professional performance
• Outstanding achievement in service to the citizens of Ramsey County
• Leadership in the development of law in our community
• Substantial commitment to preserving and carrying out the vision of our Constitution
  

2023 nominations will be accepted until January 31, 2023. Submit nomination.

The individual or organization demonstrates:

• A person who best exemplifies the Mission of the Committee. “Person” is defined to mean an individual or a legal entity, such as a sole proprietor, a partnership, company, organization, corporation, or governmental agency
• It should include any person who has a history of encouraging, supporting or promoting diversity and equal opportunities for women, minorities and other members of historically under-represented groups in the community
• The recipient should preferably be a person who lives or works in Ramsey County
  

2023 nominations will be accepted until January 31, 2023. Submit nomination.

The recipient (a non-lawyer) has been involved in activities which:

• Promote a better understanding of our government
• Encourage respect for the law and the courts
• Stimulate a deeper sense of individual responsibility under the law
• Contribute to the effective functioning of our institutions of government
• Inculcate a better understanding and appreciation of the rule of law

2023 nominations will be accepted until January 31, 2023. Submit nomination.

The recipient (a lawyer) has been involved in activities which:

• Demonstrated dedication to the development and delivery of legal services to low-income clients through a pro bono program
  
• Contributed significant work toward developing innovative approaches to the delivery of volunteer legal services
  
• Resulted in satisfying previously unmet needs or resulted in extending services to underserved segments of the population
  
• Successfully litigated pro bono cases that favorably affected the provision of other services to low-income members of our community.
  
• Successfully achieved legislation that contributed substantially to legal services to low-income members of our community
  
• Demonstrated dedication to the development and delivery of pro bono business legal services OR
  
• Provided sustained pro bono business