Award Winners & Lectures
The Kate Stoneman Awards are given to individuals in the legal profession who have demonstrated a commitment to seeking change and expanding opportunities for women.
The Hon. Judith S. Kaye, then Chief Judge of the State of New York, was the inaugural Kate Stoneman keynote honoree at Albany Law School's first Kate Stoneman Day in 1994. Chief Judge Kaye's lecture is featured in Chapter 2 of the American Bar Association book Pioneering Women Lawyers: From Kate Stoneman to the Present.
The following women and men have been recognized by Albany Law School for their outstanding contributions to ensuring equity and fairness in the legal profession for women of all races, ages and religions. All of the people recognized have been role models and mentors for women attorneys and aspiring attorneys, and have served as an inspiration to others.
2023
Keynote Honoree: Hon. Teneka E. Frost ’02
Hon. Patricia Marks ’74
Alejandra N. Paulino ’02
2022
Keynote Honoree: Berta E. Hernández-Truyol ’78
Hon. Shirley Troutman ’85
Hon. Marsha D. Michael ’02
Rita Pasarell ’08
2020/2021
Keynote Honoree: Nancy Hogshead-Makar, J.D.
Hon. Christine M. Clark ’96
Donna E. Young
2020 Kate Stoneman Day was postponed due to COVID-19 Pandemic.
2019
Keynote Honoree: Barbara Underwood
Patricia E. Salkin ’88
Kelley Ross Brown ’91
2018
Keynote Honoree: Martha Albertson Fineman
Cristine Cioffi ’78
Hon. Joanne M. Winslow ’86
2017
Keynote Honoree: Hon. Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Experience Justice Sotomayor's Visit to Albany Law School
2016
Keynote Honoree: State Sen. Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins
Heidi Schult Gregory ’93
Hon. Margaret T. Walsh
In memory of the Hon. Judith S. Kaye
2014
Keynote Honoree: Navanethem (Navi) Pillay
Hope Lewis
Hon. Sondra Miller
Marjorie Karowe '74
Ruth Miner '20 (posthumously)
Special Recognition: Professor Mary Lynch
2013
Keynote Honoree: Patricia Williams
Hilary Charlesworth
Elizabeth Loewy '84
Theresa Higgins Snyder '64
Special Recognition: Lisa Frisch
2012
Keynote Honoree: Jennifer J. Raab
Lisa Codispoti '95 (posthumously)
Hon. Elizabeth Garry '90
Hon. Joan Kohout '74
2011
Keynote Honoree: Patricia McGowan Wald
Margaret Clemens '84
Maria Melendez '92
2010
Keynote Honoree: Annette Gordon-Reed
Barbara Cottrell '84
Dale Skivington '79
2009
Keynote Honoree: Nell Minow
Catherine Cerulli
Anne Reynolds Copps '81
2008
Keynote Honoree: Arlinda F. Locklear
Mae A. D'Agostino
Melissa Mourges '80
2007
Keynote Honoree: Cheryl D. Mills
Hon. Leslie E. Stein '81
Sharon P. Stiller '75
2006
Keynote Honoree: Margaret Montoya
Marina Angel
Betty Lugo '84
Hon. Karen K. Peters
Ann Shalleck
2004
Keynote Honoree: Herma Hill Kay
Qudsia Mirza
Nancy K. Ota
Dianne Otto
Dianne R. Phillips '88
Donna E. Wardlaw '77
2003
Keynote Honoree: Carol E. Dinkins
Hon. Carmen Ciparick
Hon. Yvonne Mokgoro
Lorraine Power Tharp
Winifred R. Widmer '54
2002
Keynote Honoree: Hon. Mary Jo White
Penelope Andrews
Gail Brown Bensen
Georgia Nucci '96
Patricia Youngblood Reyhan
2000
Keynote Honoree: Hon. Mary O. Donohue '83
Martha Davis
1999
Keynote Honoree: Martha W. Barnett
Hon. Victoria A. Graffeo '77
Kathryn Grant Madigan '78
Mary Helen Moses
1998
Kate Stoneman Graduation Centennial
Keynote Honoree: Judy Clarke
Keynote Honoree: Karen J. Mathis
Rachel Kretser
Lillian M. Moy
Margrethe Powers '63
Marjorie Semerad
Sandra M. Stevenson '71
Hon. Beverly C. Tobin '62
1997
Keynote Honoree: Hon. Constance Baker Motley
Gloria Herron Arthur '85
Charlotte S. Buchanan '80
1996
Keynote Honoree: M. Catherine Richardson
Donna J. Morse
Miriam M. Netter '72
1995
Keynote Honoree: Hon. Jeanine F. Pirro '75
Katheryn D. Katz '70
1994
Keynote Honoree: Hon. Judith S. Kaye
Bernard E. Harvith
Helen M. Pratt ’28