Leon Hubbard Community Service Award

Sponsored by: Oakland County Bar Association

Established: 1994

Purpose: To celebrate and promote an awareness of the rich cultural diversity of Oakland County by recognizing and honoring an individual or law firm, legal services or other law-related organization that has a record of community service, has promoted cultural diversity, advanced social equality, and worked to enhance the quality of life for all people.

Awarded: 

• Presented at the biennial Taste of Diversity event

Criteria:

• An attorney or law firm with a minimum of five years of community service experience. The five years may be inclusive of time spent in community service as a law student.
• Qualifying community service experience is defined as service rendered on an independent and individual basis, membership in and/or support of an organization whose mission is to promote diversity in economic advancement opportunities and/or social equality.
• Economic advancement opportunities include promotion of diversity in the areas of the legal profession, mentoring, career counseling, and small business development. It also includes philanthropy.

• Social equality includes promotion of improvement in the quality of life to indigent individuals and/or advancing the concept of open housing for all people.

Selection Process: The members of the Diversity in the Legal Profession Committee (which is now part of the Membership Committee) select the award recipient(s).

How to Nominate: Letter of nomination includes a description of nominee’s community service supporting diversity and pipeline programming.

Past Recipients