Outstanding Young Military Service Lawyer Award
Call for nominations: 2012 - 2013 ABA YLD / JAA Outstanding Young Military Lawyer Award
The American Bar Association Young Lawyer Division (ABA YLD) and Judge Advocate Association (JAA) are accepting nominations for the 2012 – 2013 Outstanding Young Military Lawyer Award (OYMLA).
About the Outstanding Young Military Lawyer Award
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 under the conditions herein.
Outstanding Young Military Award 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 August 1, 2013, 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 attached form. 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.
Each nomination packet should be emailed to their corresponding Service POC no later than March 31, 2013. Services, however, may set earlier due dates.
- Army – Captain Vivian M. Leavens, JAGC, USA
- Air Force – Major Eveylon Mack, JAGC, USAF
- Coast Guard – Lieutenant Commander Erin H. Ledford
- Marine Corps – Lieutenant Colonel Ian Brasure
- Navy – Lieutenant Lea Suarez, JAGC, USN
- Services will submit their top five nominations to the POC below no later than April 30, 2013. These nominations will be reviewed by an award panel within the JAA who will name the awardees for each Service.
Award Ceremony
The recipients will be announced in May or June 2013, and they will be honored at the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California on Friday, August, 9 2013 (However, awardees should keep August 8 – 10 open). Service Representatives will provide travel and schedule details to their corresponding award recipients.
