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One of the biggest nights of the year in the Missouri legal community, now in its 14th year. This elegant evening of networking culminates in an awards celebration for Missouri’s leading women professionals, including our Woman of the Year, the highest honor of the night.
Award Categories
Awarded to women law students at area law schools who demonstrate leadership, professionalism and a passion for making a difference in the justice system or the legal profession.
Rising Star Awards
Awarded to women lawyers 40 or under or within the first 10 years of practice who have already made a difference in the justice system or the profession and who appear on a path toward even greater accomplishment.
Legal Scholar Awards
Awarded to women faculty members or administrators at area law schools who fulfill the above ideals through their own work with the justice system, through their research or scholarship, or through teaching and inspiring others.
Citizenship Awards
Generally, though not necessarily, awarded to women non-lawyers who fulfill the above ideals in improving the quality of justice in the community at large.
Enterprise Awards
Awarded to women in a business setting, be they entrepreneurs, executives, corporate counsel or other business professionals, who fulfill the above ideals in contributing to the improvement of the justice system.
Litigation Practitioner Awards
Awarded to women trial practitioners who fulfill the above ideals in improving the quality of justice or contributing to the betterment of the profession.
Business Practitioner Awards
Awarded to women business practitioners who fulfill the above ideals in improving the quality of justice or contributing to the betterment of the profession.
Public Official Awards
Awarded to women judges and other public officials whose public service fulfills the above ideals in improving the quality of justice.
Public Service Practitioner Awards
Awarded to women government and non-profit lawyers who improve the quality of justice or contribute to the betterment of the profession.
Woman of the Year
The biggest award of the evening, recognizing that woman whose fulfillment of the above ideals truly stands out in making an extraordinary difference in improving the quality of justice or exemplifying the highest ideals of the legal profession. Awarded in lieu of any of the above awards to a woman selected from among the nominees for those other awards.
