The Baylor Lawyer of the Year Award is given annually to an outstanding alumnus/a who has brought honor and distinction to the Law School and to the legal profession. Recipients are selected based upon the following criteria:
1. The nominee's legal ability and achievements as a lawyer;
2. The nominee's contributions to the legal profession;
3. The nominee's standing in the profession;
4. The nominee's Christian character;
5. The nominee's civic, religious and other attainments; and
6. The nominee's active interest in Baylor Law School.
2011 Steve McConnico
2010 Hon. Ed Kinkeade
2009 George Chandler
2008 Joe E. Coleman
2007 Sam R. Cummings
2006 Noley R. Bice, Jr.
2005 Wyatt H. Heard
2004 T. John Ward
2003 Turner W. Branch
2002 John Eddie Williams
2001 Harold Nix
2000 Louis Muldrow
1999 Walter Umphrey
1998 Gordon L. Hollon
1997 James M. "Jim" Farris
1996 Jack Hightower
1995 John T. Boyd
1994 Bob Bullock
1993 Bill Logue
1992 Rex Houston
1991 Sam B. Hall, Jr.
1990 Edwin P. Horner
1989 George M. Cowden
1988 William S. Sessions
1987 R. Matt Dawson
1986 Robert Maurice Campbell
1985 Bill D. Daniel
1984 Angus S. McSwain, Jr.
1983 Wayne Fisher
1982 Clarence A. Guittard
1981 John H. Minton, Jr.
1980 Cullen Smith
1979 Howard F. Saunders
1978 Connally McKay
1977 William J. Boswell
1976 Claude Williams
1975 Gibson Gayle, Jr.
1974 Jim D. Bowner
1973 Truman E. Roberts
1972 Charles W. Barrow
1971 W.R. "Bob" Poage
1970 Marris Harrell
1969 Thomas C. Mann
1968 Frank M. Wilson
1967 Victor W. Bouldin
1966 Abner V. McCall
1965 M. Price Daniel
1964 Leon Jaworski
1963 A.J. Folley