TIPS Calendar

• Date: 01 January 2024

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The following calendar highlights important

upcoming dates in TIPS.

TIPS Calendar

JUNE

8–12

TIPS/ABOTA National Trial Academy

National Judicial College, Reno, NV

Information: 312-988-5656

AUGUST

2–4

ABA Annual Meeting

Chicago, IL

Information: 312-988-5656

SEPTEMBER

19–20

Aviation Litigation Conference

Ritz Carlton Pentagon City, Arlington, VA

Information: 312-988-5672

25–27

FSLC Fidelity Fall Conference

Philadelphia Marriott, Philadelphia, PA

Information: 312-988-5656

OCTOBER

16–19

TIPS Fall Meeting

Royal Sonesta Kauai, Kauai, HI

Information: 312-988-5656

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outstanding teaching, mentoring, and scholarship in the elds

of tort, trial, and insurance law. By honoring exceptional

professors, the award not only recognizes their individual con-

tributions but also underscores the importance of nurturing a

knowledgeable and skilled legal community.

Andrew C. Hecker Memorial Award

The Andrew C. Hecker Memorial Award pays tribute to a

TIPS member whose lifetime achievements in the law and

community have demonstrated and continue to demonstrate

the qualities of leadership, outreach, enthusiasm, profession-

alism, and pride in TIPS and its accomplishments.The award

also recognizes the recipient’s dedication, persistence, and

ability to motivate both groups and individuals to achieve

goals in a volunteer organization.This award is dedicated to

Andrew Hecker, a revered leader and Chair of TIPS who was

known for exhibiting the qualities described above and whose

life ended early due to cancer.

James K. Carroll Leadership Award

The James K. Carroll Leadership Award recognizes a TIPS

member who has exhibited outstanding leadership as a

member and leader of TIPS, including a dedication to the

furtherance of all aspects of TIPS work and diversity of the

Section and its leadership. Jim Carroll was an outstanding

member and leader of TIPS, including service as Chair and

Finance Ocer. He was dedicated to TIPS and served it in

many leadership roles. He died unexpectedly in 2009.

Kirsten Christophe Memorial Award for

Excellence in Trial and Insurance Law

The Kirsten Christophe Memorial Award is awarded to a

TIPS member who exemplies dedication to TIPS as a mem-

ber and leader while eectively balancing family life, career,

and professional activities. Kirsten was a lifelong TIPS member,

having attended TIPS meetings as a youngster when her father

was a Council member, as Law Student Liaison to TIPS, and

on the TIPS Council, as well as other leadership positions in

TIPS. Kirsten was working in the World Trade Center on

September 11, 2001, and died in the attack. She was mother to

a one-year-old daughter on 9/11.

Excellence in the Advancement

of Animal Law Award

The Excellence in the Advancement of Animal Law Award

is presented by the TIPS Animal Law Committee to a TIPS

Animal Law Committee member whose commitment and

leadership have advanced the humane treatment of animals

through the law and furthered the eld of animal law.The

mission of the TIPS Animal Law Committee is to address all

issues concerning the intersection of animals and the law to

create a paradigm shift resulting in a just world for all.

Nomination Process

The TIPS awards hold great signicance in honoring indi-

viduals who have made exceptional contributions to the

legal profession and TIPS.Whether through their dedication

to public service, advocacy for civil liberties, pursuit of

justice, leadership of TIPS, furtherance of balanced lives, or

commitment to legal education, the recipients of these awards

serve as inspirations to legal professionals everywhere. These

awards not only celebrate individual accomplishments but also

reinforce the principles upon which the legal system is built:

justice, equality, and the advancement of the greater good.

To learn more about these awards, their past recipients, and

the nomination qualications and procedures, visit https://

www.americanbar.org/groups/tort_trial_insurance_practice/

about_us/awards.Z

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