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MWL Myra Bradwell

The Myra Bradwell Award is presented to an MWL member who expresses the highest ideals of the legal profession and who possesses the qualities exemplified by Myra Bradwell such as courage, perseverance, and leadership on issues of concern to women.

    Additional Criteria for Selection

  1. An attorney who is a leader in their field and who has exemplified legal excellence, professionalism, and ethics.

  2. An attorney who has reached out to assist other women, e.g., by mentoring, by facilitating institutional support, and/or by being a role model.

Myra Colby Bradwell

Myra Bradwell (1831-1894), the founder and editor of the Chicago Legal News, applied for admission to the Illinois bar in 1869.  Her application was denied by the Illinois Supreme Court, first on the grounds that she was a married women, and finally on the grounds that she was a woman.   She appealed the decision to the United States Supreme Court, which upheld the lower courts decision. 

Bradwell was finally admitted to the Illinois bar in 1872, at which time she was already a success in the legal community, was publishing the Chicago Legal News, and was actively campaigning for the removal of women's legal disabilities.

Past Award Recipients:

2007 Trudy Halla, Briggs and Morgan, P.A.
2006 Hon. Wilhelmina Wright, MN Court of Appeals
2005 Hon. Susan Richard Nelson, U.S. District Court
2004 Judith Bevis Langevin, Gray Plant Mooty
2003 Hon. Harriet Lansing, MN Court of Appeals
2002 Hon. Kathleen Blatz, MN Supreme Court

2001  

 Barbara Frey, Attorney at Law

2000  

 Hon. Ann Montgomery, Federal District Court

1999  

 Martha Brand, Brand Consulting

1998  

 Suzanne Born, Attorney at Law

1997  

 Hon. Esther Tomljanovich, MN Supreme Court

1996  

 Hon. Diana Murphy, Eight Circuit Court of Appeals

1995  

 Ann Carrott, Douglas County Attorney

1994  

 Loretta Frederick, SMRLS

1993  

 Ember Reichgott, Minnesota State Senate

1992  

 Hon. Lynn C. Olson, Tenth Judicial District

1991  

 Aviva Breen, Commission on the Economic Status of Women

1990  

 Mary P. Walbran, Attorney at Law

1989  

 Viola M. Kanatz, attorney-arbitrator

1988  

 Hon. Rosalie Wahl, MN Supreme Court

1987  

 Irene Scott, Attorney at Law

1986  

 Helen I. Kelly, Attorney at Law

1985  

 Hennepin County Attorney's Office Job Sharing Program

1984  

 Hon. Susanne C. Sedgwick, MN Court of Appeals

   
To Make a Nomination
Submissions for the Myra Bradwell Award should include a letter of nomination and any supplemental materials directly relating to the selection criteria.  The Award will be presented at MWL’s 36th Annual Meeting to be held on May 15, 2008 at Windows on Minnesota, IDS Tower in Minneapolis (11:30 a.m. registration; 12:00 noon luncheon and program)

(Nominations will be considered by an Award Selection Committee appointed by the MWL Board President.  In the event there are no award nominations or if consensus on an award recipient cannot be reached, the Award Selection Committee will turn to the MWL Executive Committee for further direction).

 Nominations should be sent to Minnesota Women Lawyers; 600 Nicollet Mall, Suite 390B; Minneapolis, MN 55402.   Call the MWL office at 612/338-3205 with any questions.

 To be considered for the 2008 Myra Bradwell Award, submissions must be received by at the MWL office by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 18th, 2008.

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