Rebuilding Justice Award Dinner
The IAALS Rebuilding Justice Award recognizes individuals who exemplify the spirit of innovation and leadership that we champion as we work toward building a legal system that is accessible, fair, reliable, efficient, and accountable.
The first recipient of the IAALS Rebuilding Justice Award was United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (Ret.) in 2007. IAALS has given the award to chief justices of state supreme courts, legislators, federal district court judges, legal educators, and philanthropists. Formerly, the honor was known as the Transparent Courthouse Award.
Recipients
2020
- Margaret Hagan
- Chief Justice Mark Cady (posthumously), Iowa Supreme Court
2019
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- Columbia Law School
- University of Denver Sturm College of Law
- Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
- Seattle University School of Law
2018
- The Conference of Chief Justices
2017
- El Pomar Foundation, William J. Hybl, and Kyle H. Hybl
2016
- 10th Anniversary Celebration and Reprise of Previous Winners
2015
- American College of Trial Lawyers Task Force on Discovery and Civil Justice
2014
- Chief Justice Michael L. Bender (Ret.), Colorado Supreme Court
- Chancellor Robert D. Coombe, University of Denver
2012
- James E. Moliterno, Vincent Bradford Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University School of Law
2011
- Judge Mark R. Kravitz, United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
- Judge Lee H. Rosenthal, United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division
- Judge John G. Koeltl, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
2010
- Nevada Senator William J. Raggio
- Nevada Assembly Speaker Barbara E. Buckley
- Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer (posthumously), Ohio Supreme Court
2009
- Chief Justice John Broderick, Jr., New Hampshire Supreme Court
2008
- Chief Justice Christine Durham, Utah Supreme Court
2007
- Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (Ret.), United States Supreme Court
