The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas announced today it will award the Dole Leadership Prize to Sandra Day O’Connor, former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and founder of the nonprofit educational organization iCivics, at a public program on October 24 at 7 p.m. It is the first time the Dole Institute has honored a recipient posthumously.

The Dole Leadership Prize is a bipartisan award presented to an individual or nonprofit whose public service leadership demonstrates the importance of and inspires others to be engaged in political and civic affairs. Justice O’Connor, the Supreme Court’s first female justice, will be honored for her legacy of leadership and her advocacy in spurring civic and government involvement, notably through her nonprofit organization iCivics.

Scott O’Connor, the late justice’s eldest son, and Louise Dubé, Chief Executive Officer of iCivics, will accept the award and join Dole Institute Director Audrey Coleman for a conversation on the late justice’s life and legacy.

The program, which is free and open to the public, will take place at the Dole Institute of Politics on Thursday, October 24, at 7 p.m. The program will also be live streamed on the Institute’s website and YouTube channel.

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