Deadline: 15-May-22
The Foundation for Improvement of Justice is seeking nominations for its award program to recognize innovative and effective works and/or programs whose efforts have made positive influential differences in the United States criminal and civil judicial arenas.
Award Categories
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The Foundation encourages improvement by recognizing and rewarding accomplishment in the following categories:
- Legal Reform
- Crime Prevention
- Child Protection
- Speeding the Process
- Crime Victims’ Rights
- Alternative Sentencing
- Lowering the Cost
- Improvements to Civil Litigation Process
- Other Significant Efforts
Prize Information
- The Foundation recognizes and awards up to seven nominees on an annual basis with an awards package which includes: the Paul H. Chapman medal, a check for $10,000, a commendation bar pin, a certificate of appreciation, and an invitation to an awards banquet in Atlanta, Georgia.
Eligibility Criteria
- This awards program is open to all individuals, programs, and organizations within the United States.
- Members of neither the Foundation nor their relatives are eligible for recognition.
- In addition, previous award recipients are not eligible for consideration.
Nomination Process
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Nominations Must Include
- Cover letter: In the cover letter, provide your name as nominator, your position, address, cell number, and e-mail address. Include the same information for the person or group whom you are nominating. Nominators must sign the cover letter. Self-nominations will not be considered.
- Summary: Enclose a two-page (8 1/2 X 11), double-spaced, 1″ margins, typewritten (10 to 12 standard font) summary of your nominee’s accomplishment. Cite specific actions and results with a time frame given. Do not identify the nominee or the nominator in this summary. Information as to location, political affiliation, gender, race, religion, etc., must be omitted in order that these nominees may be judged without concern of prejudice. Refer to “nominee”, “city”, or “state”. Do not use letterhead, page#, charts, graphs, annotation, footnotes in this summary. The initial stage of selection is based on this blind summary alone.
- Evidence: All nominations MUST include evidence of your nominee’s accomplishments such as commendations, endorsements, newspaper/magazine articles, TV/radio clips, or other links. These materials are necessary for verification and validation purposes. All submitted materials become the property of the Foundation. An elaborate presentation is not necessary. Substance counts. If nomination procedures are not followed exactly, the nomination will be rejected.
For more information, visit Foundation for Improvement of Justice.
For more information, visit https://justiceawards.com/nominations/