Awards
Awards from the Legal Services Division
Harrison Tweed Award
Sponsored by the ABA Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defense and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, recognizes extraordinary achievement by state and local bar associations that increase access to civil legal services to the poor or criminal defense services for indigents.
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Award Overview
Clara Shortridge Foltz Award (biennial) Commends a public defender program or defense delivery system for outstanding achievement in the provision of indigent defense services. The achievement may be the result of an effort by the entire program, a division or branch or a special project. This award is co-sponsored by NLADA and the American Bar Association Standing committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defense. Established in 1985, this award was named for the founder of the nation's public defender system. Foltz, California's first woman lawyer introduced the "Foltz Defender Bill" at the Congress of Jurisprudence and Law Reform in Chicago in 1893.
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LAMP Distinguished Service Award
Sponsored by the ABA Standing Committee on Legal Assistance to Military Personnel, given for exceptional achievement in support of the military legal assistance effort.
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LAMP Outstanding Legal Assistance Student Award
Sponsored by the Standing Committee on Legal Assistance for Military Personnel, this award is given to the outstanding legal assistance student in each of the basic lawyer courses held annually at the Services' Judge Advocate General Schools. The award emphasizes the importance of legal assistance as an area of practice for military judge advocates and fosters an awareness of civilian professional organizations at an early stage of the military lawyer's career.
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Keithe E. Nelson Distinguished Service Award (Writing)
This award recognizes authors of exceptional, published, literary efforts which advance and serve interests and understanding of military law or enhance status of lawyers in the Armed Forces.
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Outstanding Military Service Career Judge Advocate Award
This award recognizes excellence in service to the legal profession in the Armed Forces over the nominee’s legal career, as well as service to their community.
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Law Student Writing Contest of the Standing Committee on Armed Forces Law
The Law Student Writing Contest of the Standing Committee on Armed Forces Law (SCAFL) is a competitive writing contest with the goal of recognizing law students who have exceptional written work that focuses on the military’s application of criminal law—also known as military justice.
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