The 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.

2025

  • Colorado Licensed Legal Paraprofessionals (LLP) Committee Leaders:
    • Judge Angela R. Arkin (Ret.), Judicial Arbiter Group, Inc.
    • Judge Adam Espinosa, Denver District Court
    • Amy Goscha, Attorney, Kalamaya | Goscha
    • Maha Kamal, Attorney, Colorado Family Law Project
    • David Stark, Partner (Ret.), Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
    • Judge Jennifer Torrington, Denver District Court
    • Jessica Yates, Attorney Regulation Counsel, Colorado Supreme Court

2024

  • Oregon Alternatives to the Exam (ATE) Task Force

2023

  • Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack (Ret.), Michigan Supreme Court

2021

  • Justice Deno Himonas, Utah Supreme Court
  • John Lund, Shareholder, Parsons Behle & Latimer

2020

  • Margaret Hagan, Director, Legal Design Lab, Stanford Institute of Design (d. School)
  • 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

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