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The Gertrude Rush Award

The Gertrude Rush Award was co-established in 2003 and is co-sponsored with the Iowa Association of Women Attorneys. This award recognizes a lawyer who manifests the pioneering spirit of Gertrude Rush, demonstrates leadership in the community and in the legal profession, and demonstrates concern for human and civil rights.

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Recipients of the Gertrude Rush Award

2020: Helen Miller

2019: Vicky Long Hill

2018: Kristina Stanger

2017: Erin Lain

2016: Angela Onwuachi-Willig

2015: Judge Karen Romano

2014: Shontavia Johnson

2013: Sharon Malheiro

2012: Barbara Schwartz

2011: Bonnie Campbell

2010: Chinyere Ukabiala

2009: Roxanne Conlin

2008: Romonda Belcher

2007: Judge Artis Reis

2006: Adrien Wing

2005: Inga Bumbary-Langston

2004: Diann Wilder-Tomlinson

2003: Willie Glanton

Journey Award

The Journey Award was established by the INBA in 2019 and recognizes individuals/ groups who have demonstrated a commitment to equity and diversity and have enriched the lives of others.

Recipients of The Journey Award:

2020: 

  • The NAACP Legal Redress Committee (Betty C. Andrews accepting on its behalf) 

  • Professor Russell Lovell, Drake University Law School

  • Former Drake University Law School Dean David Walker

2019:

  • Attorney Alfredo Parrish