Changes are coming for the Columbian Lawyers Association (CLA), First Judicial Department, as it recently announced that it has officially changed the name of its prestigious award from the Rapallo Award to the Charles A. Rapallo and Justice Antonin Scalia Award, in honor of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

"The award will be that much more prestigious as we honor the name of the First Italian-American to be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States," said CLA President Marianne Bertuna. "As many of you know, Charles A. Rapallo was the first Italian-American judge elected to the New York State Court of Appeals."

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