The InnovAction Awards is a worldwide search for lawyers, law firms, and other deliverers of legal services who are currently engaged in some extraordinarily innovative efforts. The goal is to demonstrate to the legal community what can be created when passionate professionals, with big ideas and strong convictions, are determined to make a difference. Each year (since 2005), the College of Law Practice Management (COLPM) presents the coveted InnovAction Awards to those unsung heroes and rising stars within the legal profession who dare to think differently and succeed by doing so.  The COLPM is an organization that was "founded to recognize distinguished law practice management professionals, to set standards of achievement for others in the profession, and to fund and assist projects that enhance the highest quality of law practice management."

Entry Information
Applications for the 2010 InnovAction Awards are now available.  All entries must be received by June 1, 2010 accompanied by a $325 US entry fee. 

Judging Criteria
Entries will be reviewed and selections made by the Award Selection Committee. The InnovAction Award entries will be judged based on the following criteria:

• Absence of precedent (never been done, or done quite this way before)
• Evidence of action (the innovation idea was transformed into action and not merely reflective of best intentions)
• Effectiveness of innovation (there is some measurable outcome that indicates that the innovation is accomplishing what it was intended to do)
• Action must have taken place within no more than three years prior to this entry

The 2010 InnovAction Award winners will receive their InnovAction Awards at the College of Law Practice Management's Annual Conference to be held in conjunction with the College's Annual Meeting in Washington, DC on October 22 – 23, 2010.  You can read about the winners from 2009 here.

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