Carol Weiss King & Daniel Levy Awards
NIPNLG honors outstanding members of the immigrant rights community each year.
Each year, during the annual National Lawyers Guild (NLG) convention (#Law4thePeople), we honor an individual with the Carol Weiss King Award, and an organization with the Daniel Levy Award. The Carol Weiss King Award was established in 1987 in memory of prominent U.S. lawyer Carol Weiss King (1895-1952), who specialized in immigration law and the defense of the civil rights of immigrants, and was a founding member of the NLG. The Daniel Levy Award was established in 2002 in memory of beloved scholar and nationally known defender of immigrant and refugee rights, Daniel Levy, who also authored the U.S. Citizenship and Naturalization Handbook.
Our Awardees embody the kind of fierce, bold immigrant advocacy and law that is the bedrock of the National Immigration Project.
Congratulations to our 2022 awardees:
Anne Pilsbury
(Carol Weiss King Award)
Guerline Jozef/Haitian Bridge Alliance
(Daniel Levy Award)
And congratulations to all of our previous awardees, listed below by year:
2021
Carlos Moctezuma García (Carol Weiss King Award)
Project South (Daniel Levy Award)
2020
Michael J. Wishnie (Carol Weiss King Award)
The UndocuBlack Network (UBN) (Daniel Levy Award)
2019
Denyse Sabagh (Carol Weiss King Award)
IRAP (Daniel Levy Award)
2018
Annie Benson (Carol Weiss King Award)
Mijente (Daniel Levy Award)
2017
Jayashri Srikantiah (Carol Weiss King Award)
Dulles Justice Coalition and Muslim American Women Policy Forum (Daniel Levy Award)
2016
Javier Maldonado (Carol Weiss King Award)
Georgia Latina Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR) (Daniel Levy Award)
2015
Ahilan Arulanantham (Carol Weiss King Award)
Causa Justa / Just Cause (Daniel Levy Award)
2014
Mary Kenney (Carol Weiss King Award)
Cook County Anti-Detainer Coalition (Daniel Levy Award)
2013
Cecillia Wang (Carol Weiss King Award)
National recipient: Andrea Black/Detention Watch Network; Local recipient: Centro de la Mujer Dominicana (Puerto Rico) (Daniel Levy Award)
2012
Nancy Hormachea (Carol Weiss King Award)
Stop LAPD Spying! Coalition (Daniel Levy Award)
2011
Holly Cooper (Carol Weiss King Award)
Uncover the Truth Campaign — Cardozo Law, NDLON, and CCR (Daniel Levy Award)
2010
Barbara Hines (Carol Weiss King Award)
New Orleans Workers Center for Racial Justice (Daniel Levy Award)
2009
Robert Gibbs and Robert Pauw
(Carol Weiss King Award)
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) (Daniel Levy Award)
2008
Michael Maggio and Joseph Vail (post-humously) (Carol Weiss King Award)
ACLU of Southern California’s Immigration Team (Daniel Levy Award)
2007
Katherine Brady (Carol Weiss King Award)
New Bedford, Massachusetts Raids Response Legal Team (Daniel Levy Award)
2006
Judy Rabinovitz (Carol Weiss King Award)
Political Asylum Project of Austin and Casa de Proyecto Libertad of Harlingen (Daniel Levy Award)
2005
Larry Kleinman (Carol Weiss King Award)
Susan Lydon and the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (Daniel Levy Award)
2004
Daniel Hoyt Smith (Carol Weiss King Award)
Laura Luis Hernandez Legal Team (Daniel Levy Award)
2003
Karen Musalo (Carol Weiss King Award)
Oficina Legal/Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights, and Centro Legal, Inc. (Daniel Levy Award)
2002
Linton Joaquin and Gail Pendleton
(Carol Weiss King Award)
