The Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund (WEJF) is now accepting nominations for the 2022 Howard B. Eisenberg Lifetime Achievement Award. Named for the late Dean of Marquette University Law School, the Howard B. Eisenberg Lifetime Achievement Award honors those who have devoted significant time, talents, or resources to the provision or advancement of pro bono civil legal aid in Wisconsin.
The award will be presented at WEJF’s annual Eisenberg Lifetime Achievement Award Dinner on October 29, 2022 at Saint Kate, The Arts Hotel in Milwaukee. Registration for the dinner will open in September on the WEJF website, wejf.org.
To nominate someone for the Howard B. Eisenberg Lifetime Achievement Award, please submit a letter or e-mail describing the nominee’s record of outstanding effort and accomplishments in one or more of the following areas:
- Direct provision of legal services to underserved segments of the population.
- Development of innovative methods for the delivery of legal services.
- Participation in and support of legislative or litigation-based initiatives to increase access to pro bono legal services.
- Improvement of awareness of the legal service needs of underserved populations.
Letters of nomination may be submitted by e-mail to alynch@wejf.org or by postal mail to the address below by July 25, 2022.
Aly Lynch, Executive Director
WEJF
PO Box 46103
Madison, WI 53744