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and<\/li>\n<li>the importance of giving back to the profession and the community by teaching, mentoring and\/or pro bono work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nominees must be lawyers in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario.\u00a0 Self-nominations are allowed.<\/p>\n<p>To submit a nomination, send a letter of nomination to Helena Likwornik, Counsel at the Court of Appeal, at <a href=\"mailto:Helena.likwornik@ontario.ca\">Helena.likwornik@ontario.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nominations should include<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the recipient\u2019s up-to-date curriculum vitae<\/li>\n<li>a description of suitability<\/li>\n<li>supporting letters and materials (optional).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The deadline to submit a nomination is March 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first annual Mary Lou Benotto Award for Excellence in Family Law will be presented to an Ontario lawyer who&#46;&#46;&#46;","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":5313,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page-template.php","meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>First annual Mary Lou Benotto Award for Excellence in Family Law - Court of Appeal for Ontario<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/about-the-court\/archives\/news-archive\/first-annual-mary-lou-benotto-award-for-excellence-in-family-law\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First annual Mary Lou Benotto Award for Excellence in Family Law - Court of Appeal for Ontario\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The first annual Mary Lou Benotto Award for Excellence in Family Law will be presented to an Ontario lawyer who&#046;&#046;&#046;\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/about-the-court\/archives\/news-archive\/first-annual-mary-lou-benotto-award-for-excellence-in-family-law\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Court of Appeal for Ontario\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-10T14:01:35+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/about-the-court\/archives\/news-archive\/first-annual-mary-lou-benotto-award-for-excellence-in-family-law\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/about-the-court\/archives\/news-archive\/first-annual-mary-lou-benotto-award-for-excellence-in-family-law\/\",\"name\":\"First annual Mary Lou Benotto Award for Excellence in Family Law - Court of Appeal for Ontario\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-27T20:29:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-10T14:01:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/about-the-court\/archives\/news-archive\/first-annual-mary-lou-benotto-award-for-excellence-in-family-law\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/about-the-court\/archives\/news-archive\/first-annual-mary-lou-benotto-award-for-excellence-in-family-law\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/about-the-court\/archives\/news-archive\/first-annual-mary-lou-benotto-award-for-excellence-in-family-law\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"About the Court\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/about-the-court\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Archives\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ontariocourts.ca\/coa\/about-the-court\/archives\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"News &#8211; 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