Previous Chambers Award Winners
The Julius L. Chambers Diversity Champion Award is presented each year by the Mecklenburg Bar Association through its Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee. Its purpose is to recognize an attorney who champions diversity, equity and inclusion in Mecklenburg County while embodying high ethical standards, unquestioned integrity and consistent competence. The Award is fittingly named after its first honoree, the distinguished civil rights attorney Julius L. Chambers. Mr. Chambers represented the plaintiffs in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school desegregation case Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education. The award is presented to the selected recipient at the McMillan Fund Fellowship Dinner.