ACLA Australian In-house Lawyer of the Year Awards
ACLA Australian In-house Lawyer of the Year Awards 2008
ACLA is pleased to announce the launch of the 2008 ACLA Australian In-house Lawyer of the Year Awards, presented by ACLA with the generous support of principal sponsors Middletons and LexisNexis.
This year there will again be two senior individual awards: the Australian Corporate Lawyer of the Year Award and the Australian Government Lawyer of the Year Award. In addition, there will be our junior award, sponsored by Allocatur Consulting: the Australian In-house Lawyer Young Achiever of the Year Award and a team award, the Australian In-house Legal Team of the Year Award, sponsored by SAI Global.
We are also delighted to announce that, for the first time, we will be presenting this year, the ACLA Excellence in Sustainability Award, which will recognise an individual or team contribution to sustainable practices within an organisation.
I encourage you to nominate worthy candidates - perhaps yourself - for one or more of these prestigious Awards. Help us to recognise and affirm the valuable role played by in-house lawyers in Australian business and government.
Click here for the Nomination Form. Nominations close: 15 September 2008.
ACLA Announces: 2007 Award Winners
ACLA is delighted to announce the Winners of its 2007 Awards, which were presented at its Annual Dinner on Thursday, 1 November. Proudly sponsored by Middletons and Lexis Nexis.
The winners are:
Australian Corporate Lawyer of the Year:
Brett Johnson, General Counsel, Qantas Airways Limited (NSW)
Australian Government Lawyer of the Year:
Alastair Shields – Executive Director, Policy, Department of The Chief Minister (Northern Territory)
Australian In-house Lawyer Young Achiever of the Year:
Madeleine Love, General Counsel, Southern Cross University (NSW)
Australian In-house Legal Team of the Year:
Mincom Legal Team – Mincom Limited (QLD).
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ACLA congratulates the winners and thanks all those who participated in this year’s event. Certificates of Merit will be presented to all short-listed candidates in each Awards category shortly.
The ACLA Awards recognise excellence in the provision of legal services by in-house lawyers employed in both the corporate and government sectors. ACLA believes that their wealth of knowledge and expertise should be recognised and rewarded through these annual Awards.
Who is eligible for the In-house Lawyer of the Year Awards?
The ACLA Australian In-house Lawyer of the Year Awards recognise, on a annual basis, Australia’s most outstanding corporate lawyer, government lawyer, young in-house lawyer achiever and in-house legal team (department).
The Awards are open to all persons/team leaders who are eligible for full membership of the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association. This means all persons with legal qualifications who are employed by corporate, government or semi-government bodies, including statutory corporations in Australia. Members of the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association’s Board of Directors and Division Executive Committees are not eligible for the Awards. Individuals may nominate themselves for any individual Award.
Nominations can be made in four categories:
• Australian Corporate Lawyer of the Year
• Australian Government Lawyer of the Year
• Australian In-house Lawyer Young Achiever of the Year
• Australian In-house Legal Team of the Year.
Past Winners