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Gruber Prize for Justice
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<p>The Gruber Prize for Justice, established in 2001, was one of five international prizes worth US$500,000 awarded by The <a href="/facts/Peter_and_Patricia_Gruber_Foundation/mBLoCypE">Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation</a>, an American <a href="/facts/Non-profit_organization/AmXu2c85">non-profit organization</a>. </p><p>Recipients were selected by a distinguished panel of <a href="/facts/International_law/WJEPeq44">international legal experts</a> from nominations received from around the world. </p><p>The Gruber Foundation Justice Prize was presented to individuals or organizations for contributions that have advanced the cause of justice as delivered through the legal system. The award was intended to acknowledge individual efforts, as well as to encourage further advancements in the field and progress toward bringing about a fundamentally just world. </p><p>The foundation established an annual fellowship at George Washington University Law School between 2009 and 2011, which funded a student to clerk with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hauge under the ICJ’s University Traineeship Programme. The foundation awarded its final prize in 2011, after which it was merged into the Gruber Program for Global Justice and Women’s Rights and moved to Yale Law School. </p>