LIV Recognises Lawyers' Contributions
Lawyers from around Victoria were honoured at the LIV Legal Awards late last year.
Shepparton lawyer and former LIV president David Faram was made an honorary life member for his contribution to the LIV which included his involvement in the Family Law and Criminal Law Sections, with the Goulburn Valley Law Association and with the LIV Council from 1999 to 2007.
Mr Faram said lawyers had many opportunities to make a contribution to the community and they did so in many ways – whether it be through local sporting clubs, manning legal services, staffing court duty solicitor schemes or providing pro bono services to the community.
Melbourne University Professor Tim McCormack received the Paul Baker Award for Administrative Law and Human Rights.
Prof McCormack is the Foundation Australian Red Cross Professor of International Humanitarian Law at the Melbourne Law School. He was a national vice-president of Australian Red Cross from 1999 -2002 and chaired the Australian Red Cross National Advisory Committee on International Humanitarian Law from 1994-2002.
Other awards included the Rogers Legal Writing Award, which went to TressCox Lawyers partner Jason Newman, for an outstanding contribution to the monthly LIJ and the winners of the President’s Awards.
The President’s Awards categories are Access to Justice Award, Accredited Specialists Award, Community Lawyers’ Award, General Award, Community Lawyers Award, General Award, Government Lawyers’ Award, Legal Ethics Award, New Lawyers’ Award, Pro Bono Award, Regional Lawyers’ Award and from 2008, the Mentor Award.
LIV 2008 president Tony Burke said the President’s Awards gave the LIV the opportunity to honour lawyers who have demonstrated professional excellence in legal practice and lawyers who have promoted or advanced the legal profession.
Other practitioners received certificates of service or were honoured for 50 years in legal practice.
Nominations for the 2009 LIV Legal Awards will open towards the middle of this year with a closing date in mid-July.
For more information on last year’s LIV Legal Awards, see www.liv.asn.au/legalawards | 
