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Key Facts
- National overview: The ABA describes the Livingston Hall Juvenile Justice Award as honoring an active member of the bar who devotes a significant portion of legal practice to youth and children and makes positive contributions in and outside the courtroom.
- National overview: The ABA’s maintained award materials describe selection criteria focused on skill, commitment, and professionalism in representing young clients and on positive contributions to the rights and interests of children served.
- National overview: The ABA connects the award’s name to Livingston Hall’s role in securing ABA approval of Juvenile Justice Standards described as a 24-volume set.
- National overview: The maintained ABA award page lists Craig Cooley as the 2004 recipient of the Livingston Hall Juvenile Justice Award.
- National overview: The maintained ABA award page shows a 2026 nomination deadline of Dec. 1, 2026.
- National overview: The maintained ABA award page states that incomplete nomination packages will not be considered for the current cycle.
- National overview: The maintained ABA award page states that nominations must be emailed to an address shown on the award page.
- National overview: ABA Criminal Justice Section awards overview language repeats the award’s active-bar-member and youth-and-children purpose.
Time-sensitive note for readers: the ABA’s maintained Livingston Hall Juvenile Justice Award webpage displays current-cycle nomination conditions (including a Dec. 1, 2026 deadline and submission rules). Those details can change and are not part of the unretrieved January 2004 nomination call.
- What this archive recovery covers (and what it does not)
- What the Livingston Hall Juvenile Justice Award recognizes
- Selection criteria practice skill plus professional impact for children
- Why the name matters Juvenile Justice Standards history
- 2004 “19th Annual” notice versus what current ABA pages can confirm
- 2004 recipient listing found on the maintained award page
- Current cycle nomination rules shown on the maintained award page (not the 2004 call)
- What remains unknown about the January 2004 nomination call in the retrieved record
- Related ABA award archive recovery (same category)
- Sources
This archive recovery centers on a January 2004 ABA NOW post announcing nominations for the “19th Annual” Livingston Hall Juvenile Justice Award. It matters because the award recognizes lawyers for practical and professional work affecting youth and children—an emphasis that connects historical ABA advocacy with how the ABA’s Criminal Justice Section continues to frame the award today.
What this archive recovery covers (and what it does not)
The retrieved record preserves the historical frame of the January 2004 announcement, but it does not reproduce the full 2004 nomination-call instructions (such as the exact packet contents, submission method for that year, or 2004-specific deadlines). Where needed, this article separates: (1) what current ABA award materials confirm now, and (2) what cannot be verified from the unretrieved 2004 solicitation text.
What the Livingston Hall Juvenile Justice Award recognizes
The ABA describes the Livingston Hall Juvenile Justice Award as an honor for an active member of the bar who devotes a significant portion of legal practice to youth and children and makes positive contributions in and outside the courtroom. (See Livingston Hall Juvenile Justice Award (ABA).)
Selection criteria practice skill plus professional impact for children
The ABA’s maintained award materials describe selection criteria that emphasize a high degree of skill, commitment, and professionalism in representing young clients, along with positive and meaningful contributions to the rights and interests of the children served. The same youth-and-children framing appears in related ABA Criminal Justice Section awards coverage. (See ABA Criminal Justice Section awards overview.)
Why the name matters Juvenile Justice Standards history
The ABA’s award materials also explain that the Livingston Hall name is tied to Livingston Hall’s role in securing ABA approval of comprehensive Juvenile Justice Standards described by the ABA as a 24-volume set. (See Livingston Hall Juvenile Justice Award (ABA).)
2004 “19th Annual” notice versus what current ABA pages can confirm
The comparison below reflects what the retrieved evidence supports: current ABA pages can be used to confirm the award purpose, selection criteria language, and the fact of a 2004 recipient listing. However, the retrieved record does not include the original January 2004 solicitation text needed to confirm 2004-specific nomination instructions and dates.
| Topic | What current ABA materials confirm | What the retrieved January 2004 notice text cannot verify here |
|—|—|—|” , “| Award purpose and criteria | Youth-and-children focus and professionalism/skills criteria described on the maintained ABA award page | Exact wording from the 2004 nomination call |” , “| 2004 recipient listing | A 2004 recipient is listed on the maintained ABA award page | Whether the 2004 notice contained any additional selection language beyond the maintained description |”
2004 recipient listing found on the maintained award page
Although this archive recovery does not reproduce the full 2004 nomination-call packet, the maintained ABA award page includes a recipient list and identifies Craig Cooley as the 2004 recipient. (See Livingston Hall Juvenile Justice Award (ABA).)
Current cycle nomination rules shown on the maintained award page (not the 2004 call)
The maintained award page also includes current-cycle nomination-cycle information, including a Dec. 1, 2026 deadline and statements that incomplete nomination packages will not be considered and that nominations must be emailed to an address shown on the page. This describes how the ABA administers nominations for the current cycle, not what the unretrieved January 2004 call required. (See Livingston Hall Juvenile Justice Award (ABA).)
What remains unknown about the January 2004 nomination call in the retrieved record
From the retrieved evidence set, the exact January 2004 “19th Annual” nomination instructions, submission deadlines, submission method details for that historical year, and any 2004 packet requirements remain unknown. The legacy post itself is referenced here as the historical entry point, but the missing 2004 solicitation details cannot be reconstructed from the evidence recovered for this archive recovery. (See ABA NOW (legacy) post.)
Related ABA award archive recovery (same category)
The FirstFile also has other archive recoveries covering ABA award announcements from the same general era, including: Judge Harry Edwards ABA legal education award (archive).
