Healey ’98 Selected to Receive WBA’s 2024 Lelia J. Robinson Award
08.13.24 — Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey ’98 has been selected as one of three 2024 recipients of the Massachusetts Women’s Bar Association’s (WBA) Lelia J. Robinson Award for 2024 — the WBA’s top honor recognizing women pioneers in the legal profession who have made a difference in the community. The first female and LGBTQ governor in the commonwealth, Healey previously served as attorney general of Massachusetts. In recognizing Healey, the WBA salutes her work as a trailblazer and role model for women seeking to join and participate in the legal profession. The WBA also notes her lifelong commitment to public service.
Healey will be honored at the WBA’s annual gala on October 25, 2024, at Boston Marriott Copley Place.
Northeastern Law Community Past Recipients of Lelia J. Robinson Award
Stephanie Page ’78 (2004)
Sarah McClean ’78 (2009)
Ann Morse Hartner ’88 (2009)
Professor Margaret Burnham (1995)
Professor Clare Dalton (1997)
Elaine Epstein ’76 (1999)
Mary Bonauto ’87 (2000)
Professor Judith Olans Brown (2013)
Monica Halas ’78 (2014)
Susan Sard Tierney ’85 (2015)
Professor Hon. Fernande Duffly (2016)
Hon. Margo Botsford ’73 (2017)
Professor Hon. Geraldine Hines (2017)
Late Hon. Nonnie Burnes ’77-’78 (2021)
Patricia Garin ’84 (2022)
Tamarattie Doucette ’88 (2023)
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