Nomination Form for the Arkansas Bar Association Legal Hall of Fame Please use this form to nominate a person, group, organization or event for the Arkansas Bar Association Legal Hall of Fame. Launching in 2020, the Legal Hall of Fame will honor Arkansas’ greatest lawyers, most revered institutions, most treasured traditions and other legends of the Bar. Please use this form to nominate one person, group, organization or event. Please submit multiple nomination forms if you wish to nominate more than one person, group, organization or event. Any person is welcome to submit a nomination. The form is also available online at www.arkbar.com/events/hof. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: For an individual to be eligible for inclusion in the Hall of Fame, the nominee must: 1. Meet one of these two criteria: a. Be a living person at least 50 years old; or b. Be deceased for at least three years. This requirement may be waived by a supermajority of the Selection Committee. 2. Have an articulable connection to the state of Arkansas, including but not limited to: (i) born in Arkansas; (ii) reared in Arkansas; (iii) educated in Arkansas; or (iv) practiced law in Arkansas. 3. Have made an extraordinary contribution to the law, society, the administration of justice or legal education.
For a group, organization or event, the nominee must have a close and clearly articulable connection to Arkansas. National groups, organizations or events where Arkansas is just one of many affected areas are not eligible for consideration. For example, the American Bar Association would not be an eligible organization and the signing of the United States Constitution would not be an eligible event. The group, organization or event must have existed for at least 25 years or occurred at least 25 years ago. The group, organization or event must have made an extraordinary contribution to the law, the administration of justice or legal education. No person, group, organization or event may be selected for the Hall of Fame more than once, though a person who is also a member of a group, organization or event may be separately honored.
You may find the complete guidelines for selection at www.arkbar.com/events/hof. This nomination form, along with the required attachments, is due on or before March 16, 2020. Please send the nomination form and attachments to: hof@arkbar.com. If you have any questions, please contact Karen K. Hutchins at (501) 801-5663. General Questions: 1. Name and contact information of the person submitting this nomination: Name:______________________________________ Address: _____________________________________________________ Phone:______________________________________ Email: _____________________________________________________ 2. Name of the person, group, organization or event being nominated: __________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Contact information of the nominee (if applicable). If the nominee is deceased, please list living next of kin or other possible representative of the nominee if known: __________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Concise statement regarding the nominee’s connection to the state of Arkansas: _______________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Questions Applicable to Individuals: 1. Birthdate: _____________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Birthplace: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Date of Death (if applicable): ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Residence at Death (if applicable): __________________________________________________________________________ Required Attachments (use separate pages or include in separate files): 1. A general statement of why the nominee should be in the Hall of Fame (not to exceed 750 words); 2. A resume or vita of the nominee (if available); and 3. Up to two letters of recommendation.
Deadline March 16
