Nominations Open for Five Young Lawyers Division Awards The nomination period will close on October 18 for the Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, the Outstanding Local Affiliate, the Program of the Year, the Hon. Michaelle Pitard Wynne Professionalism Award and the YLD Pro Bono Award.Finalists and winners will be recognized at the LSBA YLD’s Professional Development Conference during the LSBA’s Midyear Meeting in January 2019. To be eligible for consideration, individual nominees must be a current member of the YLD (attorneys who have not yet reached the age of thirty-nine (39) years or who has been admitted to the practice of law for less than five (5) years) in good standing. The YLD Council selects award winners from recommendations made by a Committee of young lawyers appointed from around the state. For more nomination information, go to: http://www.lsba.org/YLD/.