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LIV Legal Awards

LIV Legal Awards
The LIV Legal Awards celebrates and acknowledges the outstanding achievements and contributions of lawyers to the community. It is our opportunity to say thank you to those who work tirelessly towards improving the community and our profession.

President's Awards - NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN

The President's Awards represent the most esteemed category of the LIV Legal Awards.

For more information about the President's Awards including the award categories and past winners, please visit the President's Awards page. We are calling for nominations in the following President's Awards' categories:

  • Access to Justice Award
  • Accredited Specialists Achievement Award
  • Community Lawyer or Organisation of the Year Award
  • Government Lawyer of the Year Award
  • In-house (private sector) Lawyer of the Year Award (NEW)
  • Law Firm of the Year Award (NEW)
  • Mentor of the Year Award
  • Regional Lawyer of the Year Award
  • Rising Star of the Year Award
  • Suburban Lawyer of the Year Award

Download a copy of the form (pdf) or nominate online.

Key Dates for President's Awards

  • Friday 15 June - Nominations close
  • End of August - Shortlisted finalists and respective nominators are notified
  • September - Shortlisted finalists are published in the September LIJ
  • Friday 26 October - Winners announced at the Legal Awards Presentation Ceremony & Lunch
  • December - Winners and shortlisted finalists are published in the December LIJ, Special Edition insert

Other LIV Legal Awards Categories

Nominations for the following Legal Award categories are put forward by the relevant LIV sections, committees and law associations:

  • Honorary Life Membership - presented by the LIV Awards Committee
  • Certificates of Service - nomination received via LIV sections, committees and law associations
  • Paul Baker Prize for Administrative Law & Human Rights - nomination received via LIV Administrative Law and Human Rights (AL&HR) Section Committee
  • Rogers Legal Writing Award - nomination received via LIJ Editorial Committee

Past LIV Legal Award Winners

Read about 2011 President's Awards winners & finalists

Read about past LIV Legal Awards winners

LIV Legal Awards Presentation Ceremony & Lunch

Support your peers and acknowledge their excellent contributions to the legal profession. Join us at this annual prestigious event as we reveal the winners and recipients of the Legal Awards.

Friday 26 October, 12 - 2.30pm
Zinc at Federation Square, Melbourne

Enquiries

Awards Secretary
Law Institute of Victoria
470 Bourke Street, Melbourne 3000
GPO Box 263, Melbourne 3001
DX 350 Melbourne
P: 03 9607 9504
F: 03 9607 9451
E: events@liv.asn.au

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