Nominations for The Judge Sylvia H. Rambo Award

Each year the Women's Law Caucus (WLC) of the Penn State Dickinson School of Law honors a female in the legal profession who has had a distinguished career and who, by example, has made the professional success of other women more likely. The WLC established this award in 1993 when it honored Judge Sylvia Rambo as the first recipient, paying tribute to her contributions as a lawyer and jurist and to her interest in promoting the role of women in the law.

In conjunction with this award, the WLC sponsors an annual Honorable Sylvia H. Rambo Award Reception, which will be held on Thursday, February 28, 2008, in the Social Hall of the Holland Union Building at Dickinson College.

Judge Rambo graduated cum laude from Dickinson College in 1958 and received her J.D. degree from The Dickinson School of Law in 1962. She served as the Cumberland County Chief Public Defender and as an adjunct professor of law at The Dickinson School of Law. Judge Rambo currently serves as a Senior Judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. She was originally appointed to the federal bench by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and was the first woman to be appointed to the Middle District of Pennsylvania and the first woman to serve as Chief Judge for the Middle District, a position she held from 1992 to 1999.

Nominations for this prestigious award are now being solicited. Anyone may nominate a woman in the legal profession (lawyer, judge, politician, etc.) by using the online form; by printing out the form and forwarding it by mail to WLC President Sandra Serrano at The Dickinson School of Law, The Pennsylvania State University, 150 S. College Street, Carlisle, PA 17013; by e-mail to szs192@psu.edu; or by placing it in the WLC mail folder in the Advantica Building. Supporting documentation (resume, curriculum vitae, newspaper or magazine articles, etc.) is greatly appreciated and will aid the Selection Committee in making its determination. The deadline for nominations is Friday, November 16, 2007.