| 2012 |
Marta C. Bukata, Chicago Legal Clinic |
| 2011: |
Richard T. Cozzola, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago |
| 2010: |
Benjamin S. Wolf, Roger Baldwin Foundation of the ACLU, Inc. |
| 2009: |
Margaret Stapleton, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law |
| 2008: |
Alan A. Alop, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago |
| 2007: |
Ann Hilton Fisher, AIDS Legal Council of Chicago |
| 2006: |
Eugene C. Edwards, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago |
| 2005: |
Alan Mills, Uptown People’s Law Center |
| 2005: |
Andrew J. Cohen, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago (Special Award) |
| 2004: |
Susan Kaplan, Community Economic Development Law Project |
| 2003: |
Frances Corwin, Legal Aid Bureau of Metropolitan Family Services |
| 2002: |
Marshall J. Hartman, Office of the Illinois Appellate Defender |
| 2001: |
Margaret C. Benson, Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation |
| 2000: |
William P. Wilen, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law |
| 1999: |
Edward I. Grossman, Chicago Legal Clinic |
| 1998: |
Laurene Heybach, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless |
