Fordham-Stein Prize
Barbara Underwood, Solicitor General of New York State, accepts 2019 Stein Prize from Dean Matthew Diller
Fordham-Stein Prize
First awarded in 1976, the Fordham-Stein Prize is presented annually to a member of the legal profession whose work embodies the highest standards of the legal profession. Prize recipients exemplify outstanding professional conduct; promote the advancement of justice; and bring credit to the profession by emphasizing in the public mind the contributions of lawyers to our society and to our democratic system of government.
From its inception, the winners of the Prize have been men and women with distinguished careers who reflect a profound commitment to the public good. Past winners include nine Supreme Court Justices; four former United States Attorneys General; three former Secretaries of State; and leaders of the bench and bar.
Honorees
1976 Henry J. Friendly
1977 Edward H. Levi
1978 Warren E. Burger
1979 Wade H. McCree, Jr.
1980 Archibald Cox
1981 Warren M. Christopher
1982 William H. Webster
1983 Potter Stewart
1984 Edward Weinfeld
1985 Edward Bennett Williams
1986 Shirley M. Hufstedler
1987 Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
1988 Robert M. Morgenthau
1989 Marian Wright Edelman
1990 William Hughes Mulligan
1991 William P. Rogers
1992 Sandra Day O'Connor
1993 Cyrus Vance
1994 Milton Pollack
1995 Lloyd N. Cutler
1996 Gerald Bard Tjoflat
1997 Charles Alan Wright
1998 George J. Mitchell
1999 William H. Rehnquist
2000 William T. Coleman, Jr.
2001 Ruth Bader Ginsburg
2002 Judith S. Kaye
2003 John D. Feerick
2004 Patricia M. Wald
2005 Griffin B. Bell
2006 Joseph M. McLaughlin
2007 Robert B. Fiske, Jr.
2008 Stephen G. Breyer
2009 John F. Keenan
2010 Theodore B. Olson
2011 Kenneth Feinberg
2013 Jack B. Weinstein
2014 Mary Jo White
2015 Eric H. Holder, Jr.
2016 Guido Calabresi
2017 Anthony Kennedy
2018 Elena Kagan
2019 Barbara D. Underwood
2021 Robert A. Katzmann
The Fordham-Stein Prize was not awarded in 2012 due to Hurricane Sandy.
The Fordham-Stein prize was not awarded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.