A widely respected source of reasoned legal analysis, the National Law Review (NLR) has been honoring thought leaders in the legal field through its Go-To Thought Leader Awards on an annual basis since 2018. In addition to recognizing outstanding legal knowledge, these awards go to candidates who write with an eye towards compliance and adaptation. Typically, Go-To Thought Leader Award recipients publish articles that reach large readerships and garner numerous references in academic journals and other media outlets.
The 2021 Go-To Thought Leader Awards honored 87 individuals and organizations that span a broad spectrum of legal specialties and areas of practice. To single out these award-winners, the NLR officials examined a pool of more than 20,000 authors with published articles in the NLR over the course of the year.