Women in Law Section: Ruth G. Schapiro Award

The Ruth G. Schapiro Memorial Award will be presented by the NYSBA President during the Association’s House of Delegates meeting in January 2025.

Deadline: Fall 2024

About: Ruth G. Schapiro Memorial Award

The Ruth G. Schapiro Memorial Award honors a male or female member of the Association who has made a noteworthy contribution to the concerns of women through pro bono services, writing, service to bar associations or community organizations or other such endeavors.

PRIZE AWARDED: CRYSTAL VASE WITH INSCRIPTION

PAST RECIPIENTS

Ruth Schapiro Award 2023 Winner

2023 Hon. Edwina G. Richardson
2022 Hon. Elizabeth A. Wolford
2021 Hon. Leslie E. Stein
2020
Betty Lugo, Esq.
2019 Hon. Rosalyn Richter
2018 Deborah A. Scalise, Esq.
2017 Bernice K. Leber, Esq.
2016
 Chief Judge Janet DiFiore
2015
 Dean Patricia Salkin
2014 Hon. Joan S. Kohout
2013 Kathleen Donelli, Esq.
2012 
Kathryn Grant Madigan, Esq.
2011 Kim K. Azzarelli, Esq.
2010 Susan B. Lindenauer, Esq.
2009 Hon. Evelyn Frazee
2008 Karen DeCrow, Esq.
2007 Hon. Jacqueline W. Silbermann
2006 Rhonda Copelon, Professor
2006 Edith I. Spivack, Esq.
2005 Catherine Jean Douglass, Esq.
2004 Denise E. O’Donnell, Esq.
2003 Eileen R. Kaufman, Esq.
2002 M. Catherine Richardson, Esq.
2001 Hon. Lawrence H. Cooke
2001 Hon. Kristin Booth Glen
2000 Joan L. Ellenbogen, Esq.
1999 Hon. Rachel Kretser
1998 Anne F. Mead, Esq.
1997 Hon. Betty Weinberg Ellerin
1996 Hon. M. Dolores Denman
1995 Hon. Sondra Miller
1994 Maryann Saccomando Freedman, Esq.
1993 Fern Schair, Esq.
1992 Hon. Judith S. Kaye