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The NIJC Human Rights Awards honors human rights champions and celebrates the contributions of business, philanthropic, and community leaders. This luncheon is NIJC's signature event, drawing 1,000 attendees to raise funds for programs that protect immigrant rights and provide access to life-changing immigration legal services for more than 10,000 people each year. As NIJC begins its new chapter as an independent organization, the 26th Annual Human Rights Awards is a special opportunity to celebrate our tremendous impact for immigrants, refugees, and people seeking asylum.

SAVE THE DATE:

26th Annual NIJC Human Rights Awards
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile
540 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. CT

Stay tuned for more details about the 26th Annual Human Rights Awards including awardees. In the meantime, see more about this past year's event, the 25th Annual Human Rights Awards.

If you're interested in partnering with us as a sponsor for the 26th Annual Human Rights Awards, please visit our sponsorship page for more details and benefits.

HRA 2024 Edwidge Danticat keynote presentation
Author Edwidge Danticat presented the keynote speech before accepting the Jeanne M. and Joseph P. Sullivan Human Rights Award at the 25th Annual NIJC Human Rights Awards in 2024.
NIJC Executive Director Mary Meg McCarthy speaking at the Human Rights Awards on a stage at the front of a very large ballroom. Many round tables fill the room and event attendees watch her speak.
NIJC Executive Director Mary Meg McCarthy speaks at the 25th Annual Human Rights Awards in 2024.

 

2024 Sponsors

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Diamond Sponsors

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Platinum Sponsors

Aon plc
Baker McKenzie LLP
Faegre Drinker
KMA Zuckert
Latham & Watkins LLP
Mayer Brown LLP
McDermott Will & Emery
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Reed Smith
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
United Airlines
Winston & Strawn

Emerald Sponsors

Cboe
Cozen O'Connor
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Littler Mendelson, P.C.
Locke Lord LLP
Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Gold Sponsors

AbbVie
Accenture
Arnold & Porter
Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Chapman and Cutler LLP
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Foley & Lardner LLP
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
GCM Grosvenor
Grant Thornton
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Jones Day
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Paul Hastings
Perkins Coie LLP
Porter Wright
Quinn Emanuel
Ropes & Gray, LLP
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr

Silver Sponsors

ADM
Akerman LLP
Alvarez & Marsal
Ankura
ArentFox Schiff LLP
Benesch Law
CME Group
Consilio
Cooley
Crowell & Moring LLP
CTS Impact
Dykema Gossett PLLC
Elizabeth Higashi
Eimer Stahl
Exelon
Fidelity Investments
Goldberg Kohn
GoodSmith Gregg & Unruh LLP
Gretchen Wolf
Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd.
Impact Networking
Ingredion
Insperity
Jaszczuk P.C.
John A. Simon
King & Spalding
KPMG
Law Office of Susan Fortino-Brown
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
McDonald’s Corp.
Mesirow
Minsky, McCormick & Hallagan
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)
Pritzker Traubert Foundation
Proskauer Rose
Protiviti
PwC
RSM US LLP
Schaner Dispute Resolution LLC
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Smith, Gambrell & Russell
Taft Law
Vedder Price
Weinberg/Newton Family Foundation
Zurich North America

Friend Sponsors

Ahlgren Law
CBRE
Cornerstone Research
CS DISCO
Holland & Knight LLP
Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (IHCC)
Law Office of Jennifer K. Fardy
Mary Clare Loftus
McGuireWoods LLP
Mony Ruiz-Velasco & Denise Poloyac
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Park Evaluations
Rapp Law Group LLC
Redgrave LLP
Sterling Bay


If you're interested in partnering with us as a sponsor for the 26th Annual Human Rights Awards, please visit our sponsorship page for more details and benefits.