About Us - Emil Gumpert AwardTo recognize programs, whether public or private, whose principal purpose is to maintain and improve the administration of justice.
This $50,000 award is made in honor of the late Honorable Emil Gumpert, Chancellor-Founder of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Judge Gumpert, throughout his more than half-century professional career as an eminent trial lawyer, State Bar president and trial judge, substantially and effectively devoted himself to the administration of justice and to the improvement of trial practice. The purpose of the award is set forth in the Mission Statement. Key criteria are noted below. The award recognizes programs, public or private, whose principal purpose is to maintain and improve the administration of justice. The programs considered may be associated with courts, law schools, bar associations or any other organization that provides such a program. Potential candidates may apply directly for the award by submitting the Application form found below to the American College of Trial Lawyers. Candidates may also be nominated by Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers including State and Province Committees, and by bar associations, law schools, or any person who wishes to propose a candidate for consideration. Nominators should use the Nomination form found below. In addition to looking for programs that are compatible with the basic mission statement, the Emil Gumpert Award Committee pays particular attention to the following factors in evaluating applications:
The Committee generally does not favor applications seeking funds for
general operating expenses, to support existing programs, or to add new
employees who perform the pre-existing work of the applicant. Past
winners, described in more detail below, all sought funding for new,
well-defined programs that, if successful, could be replicated
elsewhere.
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