LIBERTY BELL AWARD

Presented by the New Haven County Bar Association from 1966-2009, after which it was passed to the Bar Foundation, the Liberty Bell Award honors a non-lawyer or community organization who has encouraged respect for law and the courts, stimulated a sense of civic responsibility, and/or contributed to good government in the community.


Past recipients include:

2000        Community Mediation, Inc.

2001        Martha J. Sullivan

2002       “The Spirit of Amistad”: Amistad America, Amistad Academy, City of New Haven and Yale Law                           School

2003        Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. & the City of New Haven and President Richard C. Levin & Yale                              University

2006        Rev. Bonita Grubbs

2008        Rev. Barbara Cheney

2009        Louise Endel

2011        Laurie Harkness, Ph.D & John Leventhal, M.D.

2012        Dorsey Kendrick, Ph.D

2013        Cheryl Burack

2014        Dr. Henry C. Lee

2015        Anthony P. Rescigno

2016        Pietrina Sappern

2017        Senator Chris Murphy

2019        Jocelyn Maminta

2022        David Salinas