Eligibility
The ACC Australia Corporate Lawyers Awards are open to all persons with legal qualifications who are employed by corporate, government or semi-government bodies, including statutory corporations, in Australia. Award judges and their companies are not eligible. Members of the ACC Australia Board of Directors and Division Executive Committees are not eligible for individual awards.
In respect of all awards, involvement in the work of professional associations, publications, pro bono work and contributions to the community will be favourably taken into consideration.
How to nominate
Anyone can nominate someone they think is an eligible in-house legal legend. You can nominate yourself, a person or team for one or more of the award categories. Simply complete the online form or hard copy Nomination Form, attach a Nomination Statement and send it to ACC Australia marked 'confidential award nomination' to Kelly Kayne k.kayne@accglobal.com or PO Box 422 Collins Street West Melbourne VIC 8007.
Nominations deadline: 5.00pm AEST Sunday 18 August.
The judging process
All nominations received will be reviewed by the judging panels of in-house lawyers, who will make a short-list of candidates for each award. Short-listed candidates will then be asked to provide additional supporting material. The judging panels reserve the right to make independent checks in the strictest confidence. From the short-listed candidates in each category, a winner will be chosen.
The judging panels consist of members of the ACC Australia Board of Directors. The decisions of the judging panels will be final and no correspondence will be entered into. Nominations will be received in the strictest confidence and the names of nominees, other than the short-listed candidates and the winners, will not be released.
What to expect if you are short-listed
If you are short-listed, you will be asked to provide additional supporting material. You do not need to provide this until advised you have been short-listed.
For individual nominees: Full curriculum vitae and detailed illustration of how the nominee has met/exceeded the relevant nomination criteria. In addition:
Young Lawyer Achiever of the Year nominees will need to provide a brief description from the nominee's manager of at least three relevant and significant matters in which the candidate was involved.
All other individual nominees will need to provide two appropriate testimonials. These could include testimonials from the CEO, CFO, COO or other senior executives of the nominee's employer or former employers, highlighting the actual impact that the nominee has had on the organisation.
All short-listed candidates in the Award categories of Corporate Lawyer of the Year, Government Lawyer of the Year, Young Lawyer Achiever of the Year and Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility will receive:
2 tickets to attend the Awards Dinner on 14 November 2019, discounted ticket to attend the 25th In-house Legal National Conference and 1 night’s accommodation.
For team candidates: Legal Team of the Year (Large and Small) nominees will need to provide two appropriate testimonials. These could include testimonials from the CEO, CFO, COO or other senior executives of the nominee's employer, highlighting the actual impact that the team has had on their organisation.
In addition, short-listed candidates may provide any other information relevant to the award criteria. Please limit this to 10 pages.
All short-listed candidates in the Award categories of Legal Team (Large) of the Year and Legal Team (Small) of the Year will receive:
2 tickets to attend the Awards Dinner on 14 November 2019 discounted tickets to attend the 25th In-house Legal National Conference 1 night’s accommodation – up to 2 rooms.
The winner of each Award category will be awarded at the ACC Australia corporate lawyer awards Dinner on 14 November 2019 at Adelaide Oval.
