Each year, the Board shall consider nominations for the President's Membership Service Award, the President's Public Service Awards, the President's Diversity & Inclusion Award, the President's Special Award of Appreciation, the Award of Merit, the Wallace P. Carson, Jr. Award for Judicial Excellence, the President's Public Leadership Award, the President's Sustainability Award, and the President's Technology & Innovation Award. The Board may select award recipients from among the nominations received from local bars, committees, sections, individual members, affiliated groups and bar groups.