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    Rosner & Rosner Young Lawyer Professionalism Award

    About the Award

    The award recognizes and encourages young lawyers who are dedicated to lawyer professionalism. The award is supported by the Rosner and Rosner Justice Fund and administered by the Center for Professional Responsibility. The fund and award are named by donor Seth Rosner in honor and in memory of his partners, Oscar S. Rosner, his father, and Jonathan L. Rosner, his brother. The award honors young lawyer commitment to legal and judicial ethics, lawyer professionalism, client protection and professional regulation.

    The award recipient receives a lifetime complimentary membership in the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility (ABA membership required), complimentary registration for the Center’s National Conference on Professional Responsibility Conference, and a complimentary one-year subscription to the web-based version of the ABA/BNA Lawyers’ Manual on Professional Conduct.

    The award is presented during the National Conference on Professional Responsibility in late spring and the recipient may also be recognized during the YLD Assembly at the ABA Annual Meeting. Travel reimbursement to the National Conference will be provided.

    Representatives of the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility and the ABA Young Lawyers Division serve on the selection committee.

    Nominations for the 2025 Award are now opened.
    The deadline for 2025 nominations is Friday, February 28, 2025

    Nomination Process

    • Nomination form (pdf)
    • Please include a nomination cover letter detailing the qualifications of the nominee and the ways in which the nominee has exhibited dedication to professional responsibility.
    • A resume of detailing professional accomplishments, bar association, community service and relevant impact on professional responsibility concerns.
    • Please include up to five letters of recommendation.
    • Nominees shall be 36 years of age or younger or admitted to practice 5 years or less as of the end of the ABA membership year on August 31.

    The 2025 Rosner & Rosner Young Professionalism Award will be presented during the 50th ABA National Conference on Professional Responsibility May 28-30, 2025 in Arlington, VA.

    Please contact us via email with any questions.

    2025 Award Recipient

    Mason Ji

    The Center for Professional Responsibility is proud to announce Mason Ji as the recipient of the 2025 ABA Rosner & Rosner Young Lawyers Professionalism Award. Since 2021, Mr. Ji has been an associate at Perkins Coie LLP in Seattle, WA, where he practices complex commercial litigation and cross-border regulatory advice.

    A Rhodes Scholar, Mr. Ji has made significant contributions to advancing legal and judicial ethics, lawyer professionalism, client protection, and professional regulation. For example, he has been commended in his practice for holding opposing counsel accountable when their demands are unreasonable or infringe upon the attorney-client privilege, and for his work on the significant issue of preserving privilege in discovery in the US-China cross-border context. On the latter issue, he has authored multiple publications in outlets like Bloomberg Law, Law360, and the ABA Criminal Justice Section Newsletter.. Read more

    Past Award Recipients

    Rosner & Rosner award recipients (2010 -2021)