Earlier this month at the 2018 American Bar Association (ABA) annual meeting in Chicago, the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) – in partnership with Thomson Reuters – presented its 10th annual Liberty Achievement Award to recognize lawyers and judges who demonstrate leadership by actively promoting diversity in the legal profession. Kathleen Dillon Narko, …
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Judge Lorna G. Schofield Receives 2017 Liberty Achievement Award
At the 2017 American Bar Association (ABA) annual meeting in New York City, the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) presented its annual Liberty Achievement Award to Judge Lorna G. Schofield of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The award recognizes lawyers and judges who take a leadership role by …
- August 15, 2017
- Alex Cook
Podcast: Interview with ABA Liberty Award winner Okianer Christian Dark
Fueled by her witness to and personal experience with discrimination, Dean Okianer Christian Dark channeled her sorrow and anger into action serving as lifelong role model of, and champion for, justice and equal rights in the public sector, private sector, and today as a teacher, mentor and dean at Howard University School of Law. This …
- August 8, 2014
- Gretchen DeSutter
Podcast: Sharon Sayles Belton and ABA TIPs Liberty Award winner Steven Shapiro
Just in time for the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Annual Meeting in San Francisco later this week, Sharon Sayles Belton, vice president of Community Affairs at Thomson Reuters, chatted with this year’s ABA Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPs) Liberty Award recipient, Steven Shapiro. The award, sponsored by Thomson Reuters, will be presented to …
- August 6, 2013
- Susan Martin