CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE
2011 – 2012
OUTSTANDING YOUNG MILITARY LAWYER AWARDS

The American Bar Association Young Lawyer Division (ABA YLD) and Judge Advocate Association (JAA) are accepting nominations for the 2011 – 2012 Outstanding Young Military Lawyer Award (OYMLA).

DESCRIPTION OF OYMLA

The OYMLA, a joint effort of the ABA YLD and JAA, recognizes the legal contributions of one young judge advocate from each uniformed service: the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Coast Guard.  Every judge advocate command is encouraged to nominate one young officer

OYMLA PROCEDURES

Nominations will be evaluated based on a narrative description of professional accomplishments, service to the community, leadership, and development of subordinates.  Please also note the following criteria:

As of 1 August 2012, nominees must be active duty officers under the age of 36, or first admitted to practice by his or her bar association within the past 5 years.  Nominees are NOT required to be members of the ABA; however, nominees cannot have been previous OYMLA recipients.

Nominations must be submitted by a licensed attorney.

Nominations must be submitted by way of the nomination template.  Nominations shall encompass all service to date, but shall be limited to 6 pages, using 12 point Times New Roman font.  Additional endorsements, attachments, or supporting documents are not required and will not be considered.  Avoid using acronyms, but if unavoidable, spell out the acronym when first used.

• OYMLA Nomination Template

Each nomination packet should be emailed to their corresponding Service POC no later than 30 April 2012.  Services, however, may set earlier due dates.

• Army – Captain Samantha Wicktora, JAGC, USA, Samantha.Wicktora@us.army.mil

• Air Force – Captain Corrie Mack, JAGC, USAF, Eveylon.mack@pentagon.af.mil

• Coast Guard – Commander Thomas Emerick, USCG Thomas.M.Emerick@uscg.mil  

• Marine Corps – Captain Jason Brown, USMC, Jason.p.brown1@usmc.mil

• Navy – Commander Jason Baltimore, JAGC, USN, ojagawards@navy.mil

• (NOTE:  Navy submissions are due NLT 30 March 2012).

Services will submit their top five nominations to the POC below no later than 31 May 2012.  These nominations will be reviewed by an award panel within the JAA who will name the awardees for each Service.