Each spring, the Texas Review of Law & Politics awards its Distinguished Jurist of the Year award to an individual who has made valuable contributions both to the journal and to conservative causes of national importance.

Past Recipients

2009 Recipient - Mr. Leonard Leo
2008 Recipient - The Honorable William Garwood
2007 Recipient - Honorable Antonin Scalia
2006 Recipient - Honorable Priscilla Owen
2005 Recipient - Honorable C. Boyden Gray
2004 Recipient - Senator John Cornyn
2003 Recipient - Honorable Jerry Smith
2002 Recipient - Honorable Theodore B. Olson
2001 Recipient - Honorable Greg Abbott
2000 Recipient - Honorable Kenneth W. Starr
1999 Recipient - Honorable Edwin Meese III
1998 Recipient - Honorable Edith Jones