WALS Pioneer of Justice and Equality Award
Pioneer of Justice Award
Each year the Women’s Association of Law Students (WALS) at Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University selects a recipient for their Pioneer of Justice and Equity Award. The award recognizes and celebrates the achievement of phenomenal women in our society who are breaking glass ceilings and laying down foundations for a more equal future. The awardee is honored at an annual event that is open to the Haub Law community and members of the public.
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- 2022: Elizabeth Lee, Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory
- 2021: Congresswoman Grace Meng (6th District, NY)
- 2020: (no award due to COVID-19 pandemic)
- 2019: The Honorable Susan M. Capeci, Supervising Judge of Problem Solving-Courts, New York State Unified Court System, Ninth Judicial District
- 2018: Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, co-founder, Period Equity
- 2017: The Honorable Sharon A.M. Aarons, Justice of the State of New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department
- 2016: Darcel Clark, Bronx District Attorney and first African American woman to be elected DA in New York State
- 2015: Nancy D. Kellman, Esq. ('85)
- 2014: The Honorable Jenny Rivera, Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
- 2013: N/A
- 2012: Rachel Floyd, Founder, GEMS
- 2011: Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (12th District, NY)
- 2010: Honorable Kathie E. Davidson, Supervising Judge, Ninth Judicial District Family Courts
- 2009: Margaret L. Satterthwaite, Faculty Director, NYU Center for Human Rights & Global Justice
- 2008: Catharine A. MacKinnon, Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law, University of Michigan, and James Barr Ames Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School, International equal rights scholar, lawyer & activist
- 2007: Eleanor Smeal, President, Feminist Majority Foundation
- 2006: Dr. Sarah Weddington, Former Texas State Legislature, Attorney for Petitioners in Roe v. Wade
- 2005: Camille Failla Murphy, C.S.W., Director, Westchester Office for Women
- 2004: The Honorable Congresswoman Nita Lowey, New York’s 18th District, Representing Westchester & Rockland Counties
- 2003: Vicki Lutz, Esq., Executive Director, Pace Women’s Justice Center
- 2002: N/A
- 2001: The Honorable Fern Fisher-Brandveen, Administrative Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York
- 2000: Linda Fairstein, Esq., Deputy Chief Attorney, Trial Unit, Chief Prosecutor of the Sex Crimes Unit, Manhattan District Attorney’s Office
- 1999: The Honorable Judith S. Kaye, Chief Judge of the State of New York, New York Representative, State Court of Appeals
- 1998: Bonnie Campbell, Esq., Director, Violence Against Women Office United States Department of Justice
- 1997: The Honorable Sondra Miller, First woman appointed to the Appellate Division, Second Department, State of New York
- 1996: The Honorable Janet Johnson, First woman appointed to the Iowa Court of Appeals