As defined by the NACRA constitution:
Those members of NACRA who have distinguished themselves through their life-long achievement in case research, writing, and teaching may be designated as a NACRA fellow. Individuals may be nominated by any member of NACRA. Selection of Fellows shall be made by a committee comprised of the President and immediate two Past Presidents of NACRA. Members of the Advisory Council shall be polled for the comments concerning nominee qualifications; however, the final decision to designate a NACRA Fellow shall rest with the President and the immediate two Past Presidents.
NACRA is honored to recognize the following NACRA members selected as Fellows since 1980:
| Robert L. Anderson* | Robert D. Hay* | Charles R. Scott* | |
| Bobby G. Bizzell* | David Hunger* | John A. Seeger* | |
| William R. Boulton* | Anne T. Lawrence | Jeffrey P. Shay | |
| Lew G. Brown | John Lawrence | Timothy Singleton* | |
| Tupper Caswey* | Robert McGlashan | Burnard Sord* | |
| Robert P. Crowner* | Leon Megginson* | Melvin J. Stanford | |
| George G. Eddy* | Thomas Miller | Raymond G. Stephens* | |
| Richard Eisenbeis | Rebecca Morris | Linda E. Swayne | |
| Deborah R. Ettington | Margaret P. Naumes | Curtis E. Tate, Jr.* | |
| Armand Gilinsky | William Naumes | Marilyn L. Taylor | |
| Janis Gogan | Marlene M. Reed | Lyle Trueblood* | |
| A. Kay Guess | David W. Rosenthal | Thomas L. Wheelen* | |
| Randall Harris | Kathryn Savage |
*Deceased