Call for Nominations: Professional Excellence
Our goal at ALM Media is to serve the entire legal community and, as part of that, we're adding new wrinkles to our annual Professional Excellence Awards to make sure we highlight the great work and achievements across the full breadth of the legal communities that our publications serve.
April 24, 2024 at 06:35 AM
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We have categories in select regions, as well as honoring Litigation Departments of the Year in those regions for firms of all sizes.
Please note that this list only covers U.S. editorial awards for ALM's legal publications. It does not include research surveys, regulated markets publications, or business-side awards or international awards.
For research surveys (AmLaw 200, NLJ 500, Pro Bono Scorecard, etc.), please contact Carole Clark at [email protected]. You can also sign up for research survey notifications here.
We are no longer running Trailblazers or the Watchlist. Any questions regarding these two contests should go to Kelsey Costello [email protected].
For International ALM awards, please visit see the ALM Events Calendar and for further queries on international awards, contact [email protected].
Please see below for U.S. nominations dates. Please check back for updates as we open each nomination period. For questions about any of the contests listed below, please contact Recognition Desk Manager, Pearl Wu, at [email protected].
We welcome nominations from firms and companies for their own attorneys, attorneys nominating mentors/colleagues/mentees, and self-nominations.
All upcoming deadlines are tentative and subject to change.
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Dealmakers of the Year Research Survey 2025
For more information, contact Diane Walton [email protected]
Deadline: January 3, 2025
Florida Legal Awards 2025
Who Should Apply: Attorneys, law firms, legal departments based in Florida
Nominations Open: September 24, 2025
Deadline Extended to December 20, 2024
Finalists Announced: late January 2025
Event Date: April 3, 2025
Location: Miami
Southeastern Legal Awards 2025
Who Should Apply: Attorneys, law firms, legal departments based in Georgia, North and South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee
Nominations Open: October 24, 2024
Deadline: January 15, 2025
Finalists Announced: late February
Event Date: May 1, 2025
Location: Atlanta
Register for a Q&A Call with the Editor on Dec. 5 at 2:30pm EST
Pennsylvania Legal Awards 2025
Who Should Apply: Attorneys, law firms, legal departments based in Pennsylvania
Nominations Open: November 21, 2024
Deadline: February 13, 2024
Finalists Announced: mid April
Event Date: June 12, 2025
Location: Philadelphia
Who Should Apply: Legal professions, firms, organizations in California
Deadline: February 26, 2025
Finalists Announced: April 16, 2025
Event Date: June 25, 2025
Location: Downtown Los Angeles
Q&A Online Call with editors, Thursday, Jan 23 11:30am-12:15pm PST: Register here for invitation to the call
Who Should Apply: Plaintiffs firms and attorneys at plaintiffs firms in the United States
Nominations Open: December 19, 2024
Deadline: March 13, 2025
Finalists Announced: May 1, 2025
Event Date: July 10, 2025
Location: NYC
New York Legal Awards 2025
Who Should Apply: Attorneys, law firms, legal departments based in New York state
Nominations Open: March 5, 2025
Deadline: May 17, 2025 Finalists Announced: July 16, 2025
Event Date: September 4, 2025
Location: NYC
Texas Legal Awards 2025
Who Should Apply: Attorneys, law firms, legal departments based in Texas
Nominations Open: March 13, 2025
Deadline: June 5, 2025
Finalists Announced: July 24, 2025
Event Date: September 25, 2025
Location: Dallas
WIPL Awards 2025
Who Should Apply: Women attorneys at law firms and in-house legal departments
Nominations Open: March 25, 2025
Deadline: June 17, 2025
Finalists Announced: Late July
Event Date: October 7, 2025
Location: Washington, D.C.
New England Legal Awards 2025
Who Should Apply: Law firms and in-house legal departments in Connecticut, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
Nominations Open: April 2, 2025
Deadline: June 25, 2025
Finalists Announced: mid August
Event Date: October 15, 2025
Location: Boston
National Law Journal Legal Awards 2025
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New Jersey Legal Awards 2025
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The American Lawyer Industry Awards 2025
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Corporate Counsel Best Legal Departments 2025
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