Student Leadership Awards
The National LGBT Bar Association Student Leadership Awards are presented to graduating or recently graduated law students who have demonstrated a unique level of commitment to serving the LGBT community throughout their law school careers. They are presented annually at the Law Student Celebration & Caucus event at the Lavender Law Career Fair & Conference.
ELIGIBILITY:
In order to be eligible for the 2010 Student Leadership Award, a candidate must have graduated or must be graduating from law school between September 2009 and September 2010. This means that December 2009, January, 2010 and May 2010 graduates will all be eligible for this award.
NOMINATIONS:
In order to nominate an eligible candidate for a Student Leadership Award, please submit:
- a 250- to 500-word statement indicating why the nominee deserves recognition for his or her service to the LGBT community throughout law school; and
- the nominee’s resume.
- Deadline: June 4, 2010
Anyone may submit a nomination (professors, previous or current employers, peers, even the nominees themselves). The recipient is expected to be present at the 2010 Lavender Law Career Fair & Conference in Miami Beach to accept his or her Student Leadership Award. The LGBT Bar will provide registration, lodging, and airfare within the 48 contiguous United States for the recipient. The deadline for nominations is June 4, 2010. Finalists will be notified by the end of June. Nominations should be submitted to Student.Leadership@LGBTbar.org.
QUESTIONS:
Please submit questions to Student.Leadership@LGBTbar.org.