Past Recipients of the Public Interest Achievement Award

2014–2015

Peter Lehner '83, Executive Director, Natural Resource Defense Council

2013–2014

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. '83, Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice

2012–2013

Rachel B. Tiven, Executive Director, Immigration Equality

2011–2012

Reed Brody, Counsel & Spokesperson, Human Rights Watch

2010–2011

Preet Bharara '93, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, U.S. Department of Justice

2009–2010

David C. Vladeck, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, U.S. Federal Trade Commission

2008–2009

Diane Houk, Executive Director, Fair Housing Justice Center

2007–2008

Bill Lann Lee '74, Shareholder, Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C.

2006–2007

Maria Foscarinis '81, Founder and Executive Director, National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty

2005–2006

Julie E. Dinnerstein '95, Deputy Director for Immigration Policy, New York Immigration Coalition

2004–2005

Nina Perales '90, Regional Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)

2003–2004

Louis Lowenstein, Simon H. Rifkind Professor Emeritus of Finance and Law, Columbia University

2002–2003

Lee Gelernt '88, Immigrants' Rights Project, ACLU

2001–2002

Nancy Northup, Director, Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law

2000–2001

Jeffrey Fagan, Professor, Columbia Law School

Jim Liebman, Simon H. Rifkind Professor of Law, Columbia Law School

1999–2000

Lynn Hecht Schafran '74, NOW Legal Defense and Educational Fund

1998–1999

Michael Ratner '70, Center for Constitutional Rights

1997–1998

Eric H. Holder, Jr. '76, Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice

1996–1997

Kristin Booth Glen '66, Dean, CUNY Law School

1995–1996

Alumni Working at Legal Aid Society and Legal Services Organizations

1994–1995

Clive Stafford-Smith '84, Southern Prisoners Defense Committee

1993–1994

Julius Chambers LLM '64, Director-Counsel, NAACP LDF

1992–1993

Harriet Rabb '66, Founder, Employment Rights Project

1991–1992

Arthur Kinoy '47, Civil Rights Activist and Author

1990–1991

Daniel L. Greenberg '69, Director of Clinical Programs, Harvard Law School


HOME GET INVOLVED BOARD OF DIRECTORS ANNUAL DINNER AUCTION COMMUNITY GRANTS BOOKSTORE	Past Recipients of the Public Interest Achievement Award 2014–2015 Peter Lehner '83, Executive Director, Natural Resource Defense Council 2013–2014 Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. '83, Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice 2012–2013 Rachel B. Tiven, Executive Director, Immigration Equality 2011–2012 Reed Brody, Counsel & Spokesperson, Human Rights Watch 2010–2011 Preet Bharara '93, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, U.S. Department of Justice 2009–2010 David C. Vladeck, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, U.S. Federal Trade Commission 2008–2009 Diane Houk, Executive Director, Fair Housing Justice Center 2007–2008 Bill Lann Lee '74, Shareholder, Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C. 2006–2007 Maria Foscarinis '81, Founder and Executive Director, National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty 2005–2006 Julie E. Dinnerstein '95, Deputy Director for Immigration Policy, New York Immigration Coalition 2004–2005 Nina Perales '90, Regional Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) 2003–2004 Louis Lowenstein, Simon H. Rifkind Professor Emeritus of Finance and Law, Columbia University 2002–2003 Lee Gelernt '88, Immigrants' Rights Project, ACLU 2001–2002 Nancy Northup, Director, Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law 2000–2001 Jeffrey Fagan, Professor, Columbia Law School Jim Liebman, Simon H. Rifkind Professor of Law, Columbia Law School 1999–2000 Lynn Hecht Schafran '74, NOW Legal Defense and Educational Fund 1998–1999 Michael Ratner '70, Center for Constitutional Rights 1997–1998 Eric H. Holder, Jr. '76, Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice 1996–1997 Kristin Booth Glen '66, Dean, CUNY Law School 1995–1996 Alumni Working at Legal Aid Society and Legal Services Organizations 1994–1995 Clive Stafford-Smith '84, Southern Prisoners Defense Committee 1993–1994 Julius Chambers LLM '64, Director-Counsel, NAACP LDF 1992–1993 Harriet Rabb '66, Founder, Employment Rights Project 1991–1992 Arthur Kinoy '47, Civil Rights Activist and Author 1990–1991 Daniel L. Greenberg '69, Director of Clinical Programs, Harvard Law School
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