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The ABA Division for Public Education has asked that the following
invitation and registration link be posted:
2009 ABA Silver Gavel Awards Presentation
Presenter
H. Thomas Wells Jr.
ABA President
Featured Speaker
Jeffrey Toobin
Staff writer for The New Yorker magazine
Senior analyst for CNN Worldwide
Event Details:
Wednesday, July 1
5:00 - 6:30 P.M.
National Press Club, Ballroom, 13th Floor
529 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC
(Business attire recommended)
Register at http://www.abanet.org/publiced/gavel/presentation09.shtml.
Refreshments will be served.
2009 Honorees Scheduled to Attend Include:
Silver Gavels
- Author Steven Wax and Editor Corinna Barsan, Kafka Comes to America:
Fighting for Justice in the War on Terror, A Public Defender's Inside
Account, Other Press (Books)
- Columnist Regina Brett, "Open Discovery Columns," The Plain Dealer,
Cleveland (Commentary)
- Producer/Director Susanne Mason, Writ Writer, (Documentaries)
- Writer/Producer/Actor Sig Libowitz, Director Adam Rodgers,
Cinematographer Richard Chisolm, Editor Steve Bell, Executive Producers
Karen Rothenberg and Geoff Garinther, The Response,
Look at the Moon Productions, University of Maryland School of Law, and
Venable LLP, (Drama and Literature)
- Staff Writer Karen de Sa and Investigations Editor Fredric Tulsky,
"Broken Families, Broken Courts," San Jose Mercury News (Newspapers)
Honorable Mentions
- Author James Whitman, The Origins of Reasonable Doubt: Theological
Roots of the Criminal Trial, Yale University Press (Books)
- Co-Producer Olivia Bueno, American Purgatory: Political Asylum in the
Age of Terrorism (Radio)
For complete information on the winning entries, go to
http://www.abanet.org/publiced/gavel/win09.shtml.
Silver Gavel Awards
The American Bar Association has presented Silver Gavel Awards since
1958 to recognize products in media and the arts published or presented
during the preceding year that are exemplary in fostering the American
public's understanding of law and the legal system. Eligible categories
include books, newspapers, magazines, commentary, documentaries, drama
and literature, radio, television programs, and websites. The Silver
Gavel Award is the ABA's highest honor in recognition of this purpose
and no more than one Silver Gavel is presented in each category. In
addition, Honorable Mention citations may also be presented.
We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of Vinson & Elkins for
the Silver Gavel Awards program.
Annette Cade
Reference Librarian / Internet Contact Manager
American Bar Association
Membership & Marketing Division
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Chicago, IL 60654-7598
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