Annually, Washington Council of Lawyers is thrilled to celebrate us! – the hundreds of public-interest and pro bono professionals who dedicate time, expertise, finances, and compassion to helping their neighbors. Our Justice Impact Awards is a time for us to come together, recharge our collective batteries, celebrate our accomplishments, commiserate on our challenges, and be inspired.
Further, each year there are a few exceptional individuals who go above and beyond and deserve special recognition. As we have for many years, we will recognize the outstanding advocates who make exceptional contributions to the pro bono and public-interest community while bringing our larger community together. We are looking forward to our annual pro bono and public interest celebration.
Join us in congratulating our 2024 Justice Impact Award Recipients!
Presidents Award for Public Service
Chief Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby
D.C. Court of Appeals
Legal Services
Amy Nelson
Whitman-Walker Health
Government
Christine Ennis
U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division
Law Firm
Jessica Hough
Skadden
Corporate Legal Department
Kathi Wescott
Pew Charitable Trusts
Thank you to our 2024 annual Justice Impact Awards Sponsors!
Your support means we can continue our mission of ensuring that our legal system treats everyone fairly, regardless of money, position, or power.
Champion
Arnold & Porter
Compass Lexecon
Kirkland & Ellis
Benefactor
Allen & Overy
Sidley Austin
Defender
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Covington & Burling
DLA Piper
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Hogan Lovells
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Steptoe Foundation
TM Financial Forensics
Wiley
Pioneer
AlixPartners
ArentFox Schiff
Cleary Gottlieb
Crowell & Moring
Dechert
James Sandman
Sponsors help make our work possible. If you would like to become a sponsor, please contact our Executive Director, Christina Jackson, at cjackson@wclawyers.org or 202.451.8129.
If you weren’t able to attend our 2023 celebration, check out the inspiring remarks from our award recipients on our Instagram Reels @wash_lawyers or our other platforms using #JusticeImpactAwards23.
Past Award Winners
Past Winners – Presidents Award for Public Service
Past Winners – Corporate Legal Department
More on our past awards celebrations
2023 Justice Impact Awards Ceremony
2022 Awards Ceremony
2021 Awards Ceremony
Sponsors
50th Anniversary Celebration video
Attorney General Karl Racine remarks video
Photo Album