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Alliance for Women Annual Awards
Each year, the Chicago Bar Association's Alliance for Women presents the Founder's Award and the Alta May Hulett Award to outstanding women lawyers who have significantly contributed to the advancement of women in the legal profession or other areas, and whose careers exemplify the highest level of professional achievement, ethics, and excellence.
Information on the 2024 Alliance for Women Award Ceremony will be announced soon.
View a list of past recipients here
(PDF).
How to Make a Nomination:
Criteria
The Founder’s Award was established in 1994 and was first awarded to Laurel G. Bellows, the founder of the Alliance. It is given to women who have demonstrated a sustained, active commitment to the advancement of women throughout their careers.
The Alta May Hulett Award, named for the first woman lawyer in Illinois, is presented to a woman who meets the criteria for the Founder’s Award but has been qualified to practice law for fifteen years or less.
Recipients of these awards are lawyers who:
• Utilize vision, leadership, and the support of others to contribute to the advancement and empowerment of women in the legal profession or in the community at large;
• Promote communication, collegiality, and support for positive change among women within the legal profession; and
• Reflect the highest standards of professional ethics and excellence.
Eligibility
Nominees with a connection to the Chicago legal community are preferred. Only women who have been qualified to practice law for fifteen years or less are eligible for the Alta May Hulett Award. Current and former members of the Alliance Executive Committee are not eligible for consideration for either award until such time that they have not been members of the Alliance Executive Committee for three consecutive bar years.
Nomination Procedure
To nominate a woman for the Founder’s Award or the Alta May Hulett Award, please electronically send a nomination packet including (1) a narrative specifically describing how the nominee fulfills each of the three criteria set forth above; (2) an up-to-date resume, and (3) no more than three letters of recommendation to the Alliance Awards Selection Committee, c/o Lauren Ingram (
ingram.lau@gmail.com
) no later than Friday, February 9, 2024.
Awardees
The winners will be announced in February and honored at the award ceremony at the CBA.
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