The Allies for Justice Award is co-sponsored by

2007 | ABA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California
Allies for Justice Award Reception
Friday, August 10th, 2007
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Westin St. Francis Hotel
Tower Salon A, Lobby Level
Each year, the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association honors a legal professional who, in their position of leadership, has allied with the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and has made a noteworthy contribution to the struggle for civil rights and equality before the law.
This year's awardees are
William H. Neukom
American Bar Association President-Elect
For his leadership in developing the new ABA Commission
on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
and
Gavin Newsom
Mayor of San Francisco
For his courageous decisions in support of
equal legal rights for LGBT couples
Past Allies for Justice Awardees
2006 | ABA Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawai'i
Honorable Steven H. Levinson, Associate Justice, Hawai'i Supreme Court
2005 | ABA
Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
Harold Hongju Koh
Dean, Yale University Law School
Please click here to read the introduction of Dean Koh's comments as published in the Tulane School of Law Journal of Law and Sexuality, 15 Law & Sexuality 1 (2006).
2004 | ABA
Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia
Hon. John Lewis
Congressmember, Georgia
2003 | ABA
Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California
Chris Zawisza
ACLU Attorney
2002 | ABA
Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
Hon. Charles Robb
Senator,
Virginia
2001 | ABA
Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
James Rogers
Boston
College Law School
2000 | ABA
Annual Meeting, New York, New York
Hon. Parris N. Glendening
Governor,
Maryland
1999 | ABA
Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia
Hon. William Campbell
Mayor, Atlanta
Richard
J. Podell
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
Judy
Perry Martinez
New
Orleans, Louisiana
1998 | ABA
Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hon. Dennis W. Archer
Mayor, Detroit; Former Chair of the House of Delegates,
American Bar Association
1997 | ABA
Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California
Drucilla Stender Ramey
Executive
Director and General Counsel, Bar Association of San Francisco
1996 | ABA
Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida
Herma Hill Kay
Dean,
Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley
Laurence Tribe
Professor of Law, Harvard
University Law School
Jean
Dubofsky
Former
Justice, Colorado Supreme Court; Counsel to Plaintiffs
in Evans v. Romer
1995 | ABA
Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
Hon. Bernice B. Donald
Judge,
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Norman
Redlich
Former
Dean, New York University School of Law; Partner, Wachtell,
Lipton, New York, NY
John
J. Curtin, Jr.
Former
American Bar Association President; Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, MA
1994 | ABA
Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
William L. Robinson
Dean,
DC School of Law; Delegate to American Bar Association House of Delegates
John
H. Pickering
Founder,
Counsel to Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington DC;
Delegate to American Bar Association House of Delegates
Sara-Ann
Determan
Partner, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, DC; Former Chair, Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities, American Bar Association
Chesterfield
H. Smith
Partner, Holland & Knight, Miami, FL; Former American Bar Association President
1993 | ABA
Annual Meeting, New York, New York
Brooksley E. Born
Partner,
Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC
Alexander
D. Forger, Jr.
Partner,
Millbank, Tweed, New York, NY
Elaine
R. Jones
Executive
Director of NAACP Legal Defense Fund
William
O. Whitehurst
Texas
Bar Association President;
George
E. Bushnell, Jr.
Detroit,
Michigan; President of ABA
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