The Livingston Hall Juvenile Justice Award is named in honor and in memory of Livingston Hall, a leader in the juvenile justice field and professor emeritus at Harvard Law School. As an early chair of the CJS Juvenile Justice Committee, Hall was instrumental in securing ABA approval of the comprehensive Juvenile Justice Standards. This 24-volume set of black letter standards and commentary are as relevant and useful today as they were when first developed almost 20 years ago.
The Livingston Hall Juvenile Justice Award
Selection Criteria
Awardees will be active members of the bar who devote a significant portion of his or her legal practice to youth and children, and is making positive contributions to the field both in and outside the courtroom, and who meet the following criteria:
- demonstrate a high degree of skill, commitment, and professionalism in representing their young clients.
- positively and significantly contribute to the field and the rights and interests of the children they serve.
Nomination Guidelines
2024 Award Deadline – Nov. 30, 2024
Nominations should include:
- the CJS Awards Nomination Form.
- a letter addressing the selection criteria listed above.
- the nominee’s resume.
- any other supporting documentation of the nominee’s achievements in the criminal justice field.
Incomplete nomination packages will not be considered. Should no qualified candidate be identified in a particular year the award will not be presented that year.
Nominations must be emailed to [email protected]
Recipients
- 1986: Charles Schinitsky
- 1987: Amelia Dietrich Lewis
- 1988: Joan Goodlet Hamner
- 1989: Judge Leonard Edwards II
- 1990: Mark Soler and Patrick Murphy
- 1991: Scott Harshbarger
- 1992: Judge Frank Orlando
- 1993: Paul Mones
- 1994: James Bell and David Lambert
- 1995: Simmie Baer
- 1996: Joseph Tulman
- 1997: Michael Corriero and Bridgett Jones
- 1998: Roxanna Gutierrez and Stephen Harper
- 1999: Robert Cullen, Martha Miller, Lisa Greer, Linda Pace, Deborah Peppers and W. Terence Walsh
- 2000: Randy Hertz
- 2001: Diane Geraghty, Tom Geraghty and Bob Schwartz
- 2002: Victor Streib and Stephanie Harrison
- 2003: Kim Brooks and Shannan Wilber
- 2004: Craig Cooley
- 2005: Robert E. Shepherd and Steven A. Drizin
- 2006: Patricia Puritz and Martin Guggenheim
- 2007: Eileen A. Hirsch
- 2008: Barry Feld
- 2009: Winston Peters
- 2010: Marsha Levick
- 2011: Sue Burrell
- 2012: Edwin “Ned” Chester
- 2013: Children and Family Justice Center, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Northwestern University School of Law
- 2014: Hon. J. Matthew Martin
- 2015: Mark Friedenthal
- 2016: Ebony Howard
- 2017: Not awarded
- 2018: Rosemary Armstrong
- 2019: Jay Blitzman
- 2020: Amy E. Breihan
- 2021: Robert W. Mason (posthumous)
- 2022: Dr. Aleksandra Chauhan
- 2023: Anthony DeMarco