Hodson Award
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The Hodson Award is an American Bar Association
award for extraordinary service by a government or public-sector legal office. The recipients are chosen from all offices, bureaus, and departments within the country and range in purpose and goal.
The award is named in honor of the distinguished public service career of the late Major General Kenneth J. Hodson
. He was a former member of the Judge Advocate General's Corps
of the U.S. Army, and a founding member of The Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division.
American Bar Association
The American Bar Association , founded August 21, 1878, is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation...
award for extraordinary service by a government or public-sector legal office. The recipients are chosen from all offices, bureaus, and departments within the country and range in purpose and goal.
The award is named in honor of the distinguished public service career of the late Major General Kenneth J. Hodson
Kenneth J. Hodson
Major General Kenneth Joe Hodson, USA was an American military lawyer who served as the 27th Judge Advocate General of the United States Army from 1967 to 1971.-Career:After retiring from the Army in 1971, Gen...
. He was a former member of the Judge Advocate General's Corps
Judge Advocate General's Corps
Judge Advocate General's Corps, also known as JAG or JAG Corps, refers to the legal branch or specialty of the U.S. Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, and Navy. Officers serving in the JAG Corps are typically called Judge Advocates. The Marine Corps and Coast Guard do not maintain separate JAG Corps...
of the U.S. Army, and a founding member of The Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division.
Recipients
- 1993- Public Protection Division of the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office
- 1994- American Law Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, and Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, Inc.
- 1995- International and Operational Law Division, Office of the Judge Advocate General, Department of the Army
- 1996- Office of the County Attorney, Broward County, FL
- 1997- Domestic Abuse Service Center of the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, Minneapolis, MN
- 1998- Naval Legal Service Office Pacific and Office of the New York State Attorney General
- 1999- Office of the County Attorney, Montgomery County, MD
- 2000- First Infantry Division and Seventh Army Training Command’s Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, and Office of Criminal Enforcement, Antitrust Division, United States Department of Justice
- 2001- San Diego Public Defender's Office
- 2002- Center for Disability and Elder Law, Chicago, IL
- 2003- California's Administrative Office of the Courts' Center for Families, Children and the Courts, San Francisco, CA
- 2004- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Law Department
- 2005- Legal Aid of the Bluegrass, Covington, KY
- 2006- Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office Juvenile Offender Intervention Network (J.O.I.N.)
- 2007- Community Legal Services, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
- 2008- Lawyers For ChildrenLawyers For ChildrenLawyers For Children was created in 1984 with the mission to advocate on behalf of children in foster care in New York City. On August 8th, 2008 the organization received the American Bar Association's Hodson Award....
, Inc., New York, NY - 2009- Children's Law Center of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- 2010- Legal Services Support Section, Combat Logistics Regiment-17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, and U.S. Agency for International Development, Office of General Counsel