President's Award
The
President's Award is presented by the current NAWL President to a person or organization who has made an exceptional impact on the advancement of women’s rights, equality, or the standing of women in the profession.

2024
Mondelez International, Inc.

2023
Microsoft

2022
Cummins, Inc

2021
Starbucks

2020
Intel

2019
USAA

2018
3M Company

2017
HP, Inc.

2016
Facebook, Inc.

2015
Exelon Corporation

2014
Honeywell

2013
New York Life Insurance Company

2012
American Express
Legal Department

2011
Prudential Financial, Inc.
Legal Department

2010
MetLife
Legal Department

2009
General Mills
Legal Department

2008
DuPont Legal

2007
Bank of America

2006
Wal-Mart Store, Inc.

2004
Justice Alma L. Lopez
Chief Justice of the 4th Court of Appeals

2003
Judge Anne L. Ellington
Washington Court of Appeals

2003
Justice Barbara J.R. Jones
California Court of Appeals

2002
Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky

2002
Jenner & Block

2001
Senator Lisa Madigan
Illinois State Senate

2001
Justice Judith McConnell
California Court of Appeal

2001
Judith Copeland
Partner
Copeland and Tierman

2000
Louise Raggio
Dallas, Texas

2000
Charlye Farris
Wichita Falls, Texas

1999
Judge Dorothy Toth Beasley
Georgia Court of Appeals
(Photo courtesy of John Disney/ALM)

1998
Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey
U.S. Court of Appeals,
Sixth Circuit

1998
Honorable Barbara Boxer
U.S. Senator, California

1998
Honorable Dianne Feinstein
U.S. Senator, California

1998
Judge Donald O'Connell
Circuit Court of Cook County

1998
Pauline Schneider
Partner, Hunton & Williams

1997
Judge Judith Cohen
Circuit Court of Cook County

1997
Rev. Cecil Williams
San Francisco, California

1997
Justice Dorothy Comstock Riley
Michigan State Supreme Court

1997
Morrison & Foerster

1996
Venable, Attorneys at Law

1996
Judge Nancy Sidote Salyers
Cook County Juvenile Court
Child Protection Division

1995
Virginia S. Mueller
NAWL President, 1985-1986

1995
Hon. Mattie Belle Davis
Metropolitan Court of Dade County