2015
Stephen Bright, Southern Center for Human Rights
2014
James Sandman, Legal Services Corp.
2013
James Sandman, Legal Services Corp.
2012
Honorable Ricardo Urbina, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
2011
Seth P. Waxman, WilmerHale
2010
Laurence H. Tribe, Harvard Law School
2009
Bryan Stevenson, Equal Justice Initiative
2008
Reverend Barry Lynn, Americans United for Separation of Church and State
2007
Mayor Adrian Fenty, District of Columbia
2006
Thomas E. Perez, University of Maryland School of Law
2005
Jamie Gorelick, WilmerHale
2004
Kurt Schmoke, Howard University School of Law
2003
Stephen Bright, Southern Center for Human Rights
2002
Peter Edelman, Georgetown Law