The ALWD Diversity Award honors a person inside or outside the ALWD membership who has made significant accomplishments in the area of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) or has demonstrated a strong commitment to promoting DEI, including efforts to improve the status of historically underrepresented groups. Diversity includes but is not limited to gender, sexual orientation, race, ability, age, and ethnicity. ALWD created this award in 2020 and announced the inaugural recipients in 2021 in furtherance of ALWD’s continued commitment to contributing to a legal writing discipline that is equitable and inclusive. The meaningful inclusion of diverse voices and experiences is necessary for ALWD to succeed in its mission of improving legal education and the analytic, reasoning, and writing abilities of lawyers.