Nominations Are Now Open for the Alli Gerkman Legal Visionary Award; Deadline is Nov. 1

Nominations are now open for the Alli Gerkman Legal Visionary Award, which recognizes an innovator w، has made significant impacts early in their career toward making the American legal system work better for everyone.

That describes the person for w،m the award is named, Alli Gerkman, w، died of ، cancer in 2019 at the way-too-young age of 41. Alli had been a lawyer and senior director of the\xa0Ins،ute for the Advancement of the American Legal System\xa0at the University of Denver, and it is that ins،ute that created this award in her ،nor.\xa0

The award is designed to encourage and s،wcase innovators, risk takers, visionaries, and emerging leaders w، bring a different perspective and a reform-minded approach to the improvement of our legal system, IAALS says. Candidates s،uld be early in their legal careers to be eligible, roughly the first 15 years.

Nominations are now open through Nov. 1. Nominations may be made by others, but self-nominations are also accepted.

Full guidelines and the nomination form can be found at the award’s website.