Thursday, October 23 — Save the Date
Virginia Holocaust Museum
2000 East Cary Street, Richmond
About the Event
The Virginia Law Foundation and the Virginia Holocaust Museum are celebrating the Rule of Law and honoring two outstanding citizen lawyers who have devoted their careers to advancing it.
A primary lesson of the Holocaust is the centrality of the Rule of Law in the preservation of civil societies. Established by the Virginia Holocaust Museum’s Nuremberg Courtroom Committee and the Virginia Law Foundation, this program honors individuals whose life and work emulate the highest ideals enshrined in the principles of the Nuremberg Military Tribunal and later the International Court of Justice.
In collaboration with the VHM, the Virginia Law Foundation’s Legacy Committee, comprised of past presidents and distinguished leaders, will select the two award recipients. If you would like to nominate a colleague for an award, you may do so at the link below through July 22.
This year’s event will also feature a continuing legal education seminar by Virginia CLE®. Professor A.E. Dick Howard, Warner Booker Distinguished Professor of International Law Emeritus at the University of Virginia School of Law, will present an hour-long lecture and serve as the event’s keynote speaker. Howard, whose luminous career includes drafting the most recent version of Virginia’s Constitution, will be accompanied by Charles Barzun, Joel B. Piassick Research Professor of Law and Director of the Program on Legal and Constitutional History at UVA.
Registration for this event and the CLE will open later this summer. If you are interested in sponsoring, please contact Katie Arata at karata@vacle.org.
The Rule of Law Award
One of the greatest examples of the steadfast adherence to the Rule of Law is the lasting reminder of the great work of the Nuremburg Military Tribunal and the International Court of Justice. Such adherence to the Rule of Law and its principles is fundamental to a free society. In recognition of these tenets, the Rule of Law Award is given to an individual who has faithfully demonstrated such adherence to the Rule of Law, its principles, and high ideals throughout their career and lifetime.
The Civility in Law Award
The Civility in the Law Award is bestowed upon a member of the legal profession in Virginia who throughout their career has evinced the highest ideals of professionalism, courtesy, and civility in their practice or profession. This recognition shall be awarded to a present or former member of the Virginia State Bar (active, associate, or judicial) who has exhibited such attributes as a practicing lawyer, judge, academic, or other legal professional.
