Save the Date: November 7, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. for the Fall Reception where OWLS will honor Justice Aruna Masih with the 2025 Katherine H. O’Neil Volunteer Service Award.
The name of the award honors founding OWLS president Katherine O’Neil’s steadfast dedication and long-term volunteer service to organizations which promote women in the legal profession. The inaugural award was presented to Katherine H. O’Neil at the Oregon Women Lawyers 20th anniversary celebration, September 25, 2009.
The OWLS Board of Directors selects recipients of the Katherine H. Volunteer Service Award. Award recipients are selected based on 8 cumulative years of service with the OWLS board, an OWLS chapter, or an OWLS committee, the Oregon Women Lawyers Foundation, the National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations, the National Association of Women Lawyers, or the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession.
Here are past recipients of the Katherine H. O’Neil Volunteer Service Award:
Katherine H. O’Neil, 2009
Terri Kraemer, 2011
Phylis Myles, 2012
Laurie Craghead, 2013
Kathryn Root, 2014
Heather Weigler, 2015
Cristina Sanz, 2019
Judge Angela Lucero, 2023
The OWLS Board is accepting nominations for the Katherine H. O’Neil Volunteer Service Award.
Click here to nominate an OWLS member. Self-nominations accepted. Nominations due Monday April 15, 2024 at 5pm.
