Recognition of the achievements of our members and programs to support the Section’s key initiatives.
The Business Law Section sponsors a collection of awards, initiatives, and fellowships, designed to honor business law professionals and promote the Section’s mission to further the development and improvement of business law.
Provides a springboard to substantive leadership roles within the Section over a two-year term.
The Leadership Academy aims to provide Section members skills to assume leadership roles in the ABA, charitable and community organizations and their places of employment through a curriculum of advancing CLE and non-CLE programs.
Provides business law clerkship placements and mentoring to provide exposure to business practices.
Helps law students navigate Section Meetings and network with practicing business law practitioners to learn more about a career in business law.
Invites distinguished leaders and business law practitioners with national reputations to participate in Section activities for a two-year term.
Supports current members of the judiciary who preside over courts or dockets consisting primarily of complex business and commercial litigation to participate in Section activities for a two-year term.
Recognizes the pro bono contributions of business lawyers in the areas of community development and legal services to nonprofits and micro-enterprises.
Recognizes a woman member of the Section who has achieved professional excellence in her field, demonstrated dedication to the work of the Section, and has been actively involved in the mentoring of, and served as a role model for other women members of the Section.
Recognizes the importance of bankruptcy education and scholarship to the ABA Business Bankruptcy Committee and the bankruptcy profession.
The Committee on Nonprofit Organizations presents the Awards annually to outstanding lawyers in the categories of Academic, Attorney, Nonprofit In-House Counsel, and Young Attorney.
Encourages law student writings on a business law subject of general and current interest.
