Celebrate the 61st Annual Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts

WASHINGTON, July 10, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Each year since 1958, the American Bar Association has honored compelling and interesting works by the media that foster the public's understanding of law and the legal system.

Awards Presentation
July 17, 2018
5:15 PM Reception
6:00 PM Awards Presentation

Location: National Press Club | Grand Ballroom, 13^th Floor
529 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20045

Presiding: Hilarie Bass, President, American Bar Association
Featured Speaker: Akhil Reed Amar, Author and Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science,
Yale University

The 2018 Silver Gavel awarded-works focused on such matters as: policing, Japanese American internment during World War II, Thurgood Marshall, Guantánamo, a murder trial, and mortgage-fraud prosecution. View the complete list of winners and honorees.

Eligible entries for the 2018 Silver Gavel Awards must have been originally published, produced, or presented in 2017.

The nine award categories are:

• Books
• Magazines
• Newspapers
• Commentary
• Drama & Literature
• Documentaries
• Television
• Radio
• Multimedia

No more than one Silver Gavel is presented in each category. These awards are highly selective — this year the ABA is presenting only 6 Silver Gavels and 4 Honorable Mentions among nearly 200 entries received.

The reception and awards program are free and open to members of the media and to the public. Register to attend here.

This program is conducted by the ABA Division for Public Education. The Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Butler Snow LLP.

SOURCE American Bar Association

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