New Zealand Law Society -

Awards nomination form

We are excited to celebrate the support that lawyers provide to the Wellington city, community and its culture, and are seeking to recognise those lawyers who contribute their skills in countless ways. 

To honor their efforts, and recognise the role of the profession in supporting society, we are proud to announce the search for our inaugural recipients of the below awards. 

Award applied for

Individual award

Team award

Nomination

  • You may nominate yourself/your own team or another person/team.
  • If you nominate another person/team without their knowledge, and they are selected as a finalist, then we will advise them of your nomination and confirm they agree to participate. 
  • Please note that if your nominee is successful at obtaining the award, your name as nominee may also but published in promotional material.  
Consent Have you advised the nominee that they have been nominated?

Reference

If you are nominating yourself or your team, please provide the details below for a referee.
Consent Have you checked that they will be a referee?

Contribution

Please briefly describe the following - if doing so over more than one project, then please provide additional details per project
Type of involvement
Frequency of contribution

a. Each member’s contribution
b. Connection members have with the legal community/Wellington  

Main entry

1000 words maximum

Please provide the following in Microsoft Word format and email it to wellington@lawsociety.org.nz

Explain the essence of this nomination and why the nominee should win. 

As well as describing the contribution made by the individual of team, we also welcome insights or reflection to the overall impact of the project participated in, including review or reflection on its effectiveness. Individual’s or teams who made strong contribution to a project that didn’t achieve the hoped for success should still set out their involvement and inspiration to seek change.  

Important: Show how the contribution demonstrates commitment from and/or community impact in the award area. 

If an individual is being nominated in their own right for the individual award, due to their individual contribution to a larger project, then please clearly identify the scope of their individual contributions to that project.  

Link to video (optional)

You may provide ONE short video featuring a programme, initiative or activity described in this nomination. 

If your video exceeds 15 minutes then please identify which part of the video is most relevant to the award. 

Please provide a link to the video via email and send it to wellington@lawsociety.org.nz

Attachments and Info

Supporting materials (recommended)

Supporting materials, such as pictures, images, references or any other relevant information  may help the judges better understand your nomination and achievements.  

Attach the supporting material as a single PDF or MS Word document of no more than 4 A4 pages and send it to wellington@lawsociety.org.nz

Any pages over the limit will be removed and disregarded in judging. 

Terms and Conditions

By submitting a nomination, or agreeing to accept a nomination, you accept the award terms and conditions, set out here.