Juvenile Law Center’s Leadership Prize recognizes outstanding individuals working in any field—law, government, the arts, media, entertainment, sports, business, or any other sector—who are fighting for the rights and well-being of youth in the child welfare and justice systems.
Recipients of the Leadership Prize are leading lights whose inspirational careers are beacons for future generations and whose work has substantially improved the lives of youth. Awardees have achieved lasting change either through a lifetime of work on behalf of youth, a landmark contribution to the field of children’s rights, or exceptional efforts to shine a light on the most important issues affecting youth today.
2025 Leadership Prize Winner: Marsha Levick
On May 2, 2025 Juvenile Law Center celebrated its 50th Anniversary and honored Marsha Levick as she prepares to step down as Chief Legal Officer later this year. On this historic night celebrating Marsha’s legacy, she was awarded the 2025 Leadership Prize, coming full circle to the moment she awarded the inaugural prize ten years prior to her dear friend and colleague, Bob Schwartz.
Marsha Levick co-founded Juvenile Law Center in 1975. Throughout her legal career, she has been an advocate for children’s and women's rights and is an internationally recognized expert in juvenile law. Learn more about Marsha’s exceptional career.
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History
Juvenile Law Center’s annual Leadership Prize was first awarded in 2015 to recognize individuals working to reform the child welfare and justice systems. The inaugural recipient, Juvenile Law Center Co-Founder Robert Schwartz, not only brought Juvenile Law Center to national and international prominence over the course of his 40 years of leadership, he also helped develop the nascent field of children’s law, inspiring thousands of children’s rights advocates working nationwide. Today, Juvenile Law Center is recognized both nationally and internationally for its expertise as a trailblazer in the field of children’s rights law.
Leadership Prize winners include attorneys, national and international children’s rights advocates, members of the judiciary and the media.
Sponsor
Help build and sustain the field of child advocacy with Juvenile Law Center for years to come. Your generous support is more important now than ever, as we respond to new challenges and threats to many hard-won reforms for youth. Recognizing and honoring the trailblazers among us is critical to creating and sustaining a better world for our youth.
Sponsor levels start at $2,500. Sponsorship gifts of $10,000 and above may be fulfilled across multiple years.
All sponsorships help support the work of Juvenile Law Center.
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