The Mecklenburg Bar Foundation's Ayscue Professionalism Award is presented each year to a present or former member(s) of the Mecklenburg County Bar. The award may be given to more than one Bar member in a year for outstanding work done together on a specific project or if the work they do is inextricably linked. Its purpose is to recognize exemplary professionalism, as broadly defined.

Criteria may include one or more of the following:

• Outstanding service through or on behalf of the Mecklenburg County Bar or Mecklenburg Bar Foundation for the benefit of the legal community or the community at large.
• Substantial and significant service to the community, to the Bar, or to the justice system, whether on the basis of lifetime contributions or a specific project.
• Embodiment of the traits to which all attorneys should aspire-high ethical standards, model conduct, unquestioned integrity, and consistent competence.

The Award will be presented at the 2012-13 Law and Society Luncheon on October 30, 2012.