Our goal at ALM Media is to serve the entire legal community and, as part of that, we're adding new wrinkles to our annual Professional Excellence Awards to make sure we highlight the great work and achievements across the full breadth of the legal communities that our publications serve.

We have categories in select regions, as well as honoring Litigation Departments of the Year in those regions for firms of all sizes.

Please note that this list only covers U.S. editorial awards for ALM's legal publications.  It does not include research surveys, regulated markets publications, or business-side awards or international awards.

For research surveys (AmLaw 200, NLJ 500, Pro Bono Scorecard, etc.), please contact Carole Clark at [email protected]You can also sign up for research survey notifications here.

We are no longer running Trailblazers or the Watchlist. Any questions regarding these two contests should go to Kelsey Costello [email protected].

For International ALM awards, please visit see the ALM Events Calendar and for further queries on international awards, contact [email protected].

Please see below for U.S. nominations dates. Please check back for updates as we open each nomination period. For questions about any of the contests listed below, please contact Recognition Desk Manager, Pearl Wu, at [email protected].

 

We welcome nominations from firms and companies for their own attorneys, attorneys nominating mentors/colleagues/mentees, and self-nominations.
 
All upcoming deadlines are tentative and subject to change.
 
 

Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Awards 2025 Who should apply: Law firms, in-house legal departments and vendors/providers in the legal tech industry Nominations Open: September 12, 2024 Deadline: December 2, 2024 Finalists Announced: mid January 2025 Event Date: March 24, 2025 Location: NYC

Florida Legal Awards 2025 Who Should Apply: Attorneys, law firms, legal departments based in Florida Nominations Open: September 24, 2025 Deadline: December 13, 2024 Finalists Announced: late January 2025 Event Date: April 3, 2025 Location: Miami

Southeastern Legal Awards 2025 Who Should Apply: Attorneys, law firms, legal departments based in Georgia, North and South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee Nominations Open: October 24, 2024 Deadline: January 15, 2025 Finalists Announced: late February Event Date: May 1, 2025 Location: Atlanta

Pennsylvania Legal Awards 2025 Who Should Apply:  Attorneys, law firms, legal departments based in Pennsylvania Nominations Open: November 21, 2024 Deadline: February 13, 2024 Finalists Announced: mid April Event Date: June 12, 2025 Location: Philadelphia

Elite Trial Lawyers 2025 Who Should Apply: Plaintiffs firms and attorneys at plaintiffs firms in the United States Nominations Open: December 19, 2024 Deadline: March 13, 2025 Finalists Announced: May 1, 2025 Event Date: July 10, 2025 Location: NYC

New York Legal Awards 2025 Who Should Apply: Attorneys, law firms, legal departments based in New York state Nominations Open: March 5, 2025 Deadline: May 17, 2025 Finalists Announced: July 16, 2025 Event Date: September 4, 2025 Location: NYC

Texas Legal Awards 2025 Who Should Apply: Attorneys, law firms, legal departments based in Texas Nominations Open: March 13, 2025 Deadline: June 5, 2025 Finalists Announced: July 24, 2025 Event Date: September 25, 2025 Location: Dallas

WIPL Awards 2025 Who Should Apply: Women attorneys at law firms and in-house legal departments Nominations Open: March 25, 2025 Deadline: June 17, 2025 Finalists Announced: Late July Event Date: October 7, 2025 Location: Washington, D.C.

New England Legal Awards 2025 Who Should Apply: Law firms and in-house legal departments in Connecticut, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island Nominations Open: April 2, 2025 Deadline: June 25, 2025 Finalists Announced: mid August Event Date: October 15, 2025 Location: Boston

National Law Journal Legal Awards 2025 Who Should Apply: Nominations Open: Deadline: Finalists Announced: Event Date: Location:

New Jersey Legal Awards 2025 Who Should Apply: Deadline: Finalists Announced: Event Date: Location:

California Legal Awards 2025 Who Should Apply: Deadline: Finalists Announced: Event Date: Location:

The American Lawyer Industry Awards 2025 Who Should Apply: Deadline: Finalists Announced: Event Date: Location:

Corporate Counsel Best Legal Departments 2025 Who Should Apply: Deadline: Finalists Announced: Event Date: Location: