In 2018, the Justice Betty Roberts and Judge Mercedes Deiz awards were combined to be the OWLS Roberts & Deiz Award.
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HISTORICAL:
The Justice Betty Roberts Award recognizes an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to promoting women in the legal profession and in the community. The recipient of this award is a person who has influenced women to pursue legal careers, opened doors for women attorneys, or advanced opportunities for women within the profession.
Justice Betty Roberts has long been recognized in Oregon for her contribution to women in the profession. She has served in the Oregon House and Senate and in 1977 became the first female appellate judge in Oregon, when she was appointed to the Court of Appeals by Governor Bob Straub.
In 1982 she became the first woman to serve as a justice on the Oregon Supreme Court. On August 6, 2006, Roberts was recognized for her outstanding accomplishments when she received a Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award from the ABA Commission on Women at the Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Past recipients of the Justice Betty Roberts Award
Hon. Betty Roberts, 1992
Hon. Sid Galton, 1993
Helen Althaus, 1994
Norma S. Freitas, 1996
Katherine O’Neil, 1997
Barrie Herbold, 1998
Elizabeth Harchenko, 1999
Hon. Maureen McKnight, 2000
Hon. Ellen Rosenblum, 2001
S. Diane Rynerson, 2002
Diana Craine, 2003
Hon. Susan Leeson, 2004
Hon. Ann Aiken, 2005
Sandra Hansberger, 2006
Hon. Mary Deits, 2007
Trudy Allen, 2008
Hon. Patricia Sullivan, 2009
Sarah J. Crooks, 2010
Hon. Kate Brown, 2011
Hon. Virginia Linder, 2012
Hon. Jean Maurer, 2013
Hon. Elizabeth Perris, 2014
Jane Paulson, 2015
Hon. Jill Tanner, 2016
Hon. Julie Frantz, 2017
2017 is the last year for the individual Roberts Award. See Roberts-Deiz Award for honorees after 2017.