Liberty Bell Award

The Young Lawyers Division is pleased to solicit nominations for the Liberty Bell Award to recognize individuals exemplifying lifelong service to the law in North Carolina.

Nominations are now open for the 2025 Liberty Bell Award. As we celebrate the 67th anniversary of Law Day and this year’s theme of “The Constitution’s Promise: Out of Many, One,” we encourage submissions reflecting the theme in our state. The recipient should be someone who exemplifies lifelong service to the law in North Carolina. We request that full information be given about each candidate’s qualifications, including a resume or brief description of the nominee’s career accomplishments.

The deadline for Liberty Bell Award nominations is Friday, March 14, 2025.

Award | Liberty Bell Nominations 2024-2025

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Award Recipients

2024 | Paul L. Jones
2023 | Samuel James Ervin, IV
2022 | Cheryl Howell
2021 | Former Chief Justice Cheri Beasley
2020 | Douglas Carmichael “Mike” McIntyre II
2019 | Former Chief Justice Mark D. Martin
2018 | Honorable Judge James A. Wynn Jr.
2017 | Honorable Linda M. McGee
2016 | Honorable A. Elizabeth Keever
2015 | Honorable Sammie Chess Jr.
2014 | Major General Ret. James B. Mallory III
2013 | Honorable Patricia Timmons-Goodson
2012 | Honorable W. Earl Britt
2011 | Former Chief Justice Burley B. Mitchell Jr.
2010 | Justice Harry C. Martin
2009 | Janice McKenzie Cole
2008 | Stacy C. Eggers Jr.
2007 | Honorable R. Maurice Braswell
2006 | Judge Herbert L. Richardson
2005 | William Joslin
2004 | Justice Henry E. Frye
2003 | Judge Robert R. Browning
2002 | Judge Lacy H. Thornburg
2001 | James B. Hunt Jr.
2000 | William C. Friday
1999 | Judge Sam J. Ervin III
1998 | Senator Terry Sanford
1997 | Herbert H. Taylor
1996 | Judge J. Dickson Phillips Jr.
1995 | Wade E. Brown
1994 | Judge Hiram H. Ward
1993 | Kathrine R. Everett
1992 | L. Richardson Preyer
1991 | Justice J. Frank Huskins
1990 | McNeill Smith
1989 | Judge Franklin T. Dupree, Jr.
1988 | Secretary of State Thad Eure
1987 | Chief Justice Joseph Branch
1986 | Dr. Robert E. Lee
1985 | William B. Aycock
1984 | Chief Justice Susie M. Sharp
1983 | Senator Samuel J. Ervin Jr.

The Young Lawyers Division is pleased to solicit nominations for the Liberty Bell Award to recognize individuals exemplifying lifelong service to the law in North Carolina.

Nominee Information

Contact Information for Person Submitting Nomination

Award Recipients

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