liberty bell Award

The Liberty Bell Award recognizes an individual who has performed community service that has strengthened the American system of freedom under the law. The following criteria govern consideration by the Committee to recognize outstanding service by a non-lawyer in one of these areas:

1) Promoting a better understanding of our Constitution and the Bill of Rights

2) Encouraging greater respect for law and the courts

3) Stimulating a deeper sense of individual responsibility so that citizens recognize their duties as well as their rights

4) Contributing to the effective functioning of our institutions of government; and/or

5) Fostering a better understanding and appreciation of the rule of law

Nominations for 2020
Liberty Bell Award

The MCB Law Day Committee is accepting nominations for the 2019-20 Liberty Bell Award. This annual award, our Bar’s highest honor for a non-lawyer, will be presented during the MCB Law Day Luncheon on May 5, 2020.

Please submit your nominations, including supporting materials and résumé of the nominee (if possible), by Fri., March 20, 2020 to MCB, ATTN: Liberty Bell Award, 2850 Zebulon Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28208; addressed to Liberty Bell Award; or e-mail LibertyBell@meckbar.org. All nominations will be held in confidence.
 

Distinguished Winners of the Liberty Bell Award