Erwin Chemerinsky and Laurence Tribe are among this year's Silver Gavel nominees
University of California at Irvine law dean Erwin Chemerinsky is pitted against his mentor and one-time constitutional law professor, Harvard Law School’s Laurence Tribe, in the books category of the 2015 ABA Silver Gavel Awards for Media and Arts.
The ABA announced 14 finalists on Wednesday for its Silver Gavel Awards, which recognize outstanding work that fosters understanding of law and the legal system, according to a press release. The winners will be announced on May 13.
Chemerinsky is nominated for his book The Case Against the Supreme Court, while Tribe is nominated for Uncertain Justice: The Roberts Court and the Constitution, a book Tribe co-wrote with Joshua Matz, a law clerk for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.
The third finalist in the books category is journalist Nell Bernstein, author of Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison.
Here are the finalists in other categories, with links to their work:
MAGAZINES
The Murders at the Lake, Michael Hall, executive editor, Texas Monthly
NEWSPAPERS
No Relief, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Cary Spivak, reporter
Till Death Do Us Part, The Post and Courier; Glenn Smith, projects editor; Doug Pardue, projects reporter; Jennifer Berry Hawes, faith and values reporter; Natalie Caula Hauff, reporter
DOCUMENTARIES
Stop, Stop Productions, Spencer Wolff, director/producer
The Case Against 8, Tripod Media; Ben Cotner and Ryan White, directors/producers; Jessica Lawson, co-producer
TELEVISION
15 to Life: Kenneth’s Story, American Documentary/POV; Nadine Pequeneza, director/producer; Chris White, vice president, programming and production; Simon Kilmurry, executive producer; Cynthia Lopez, co-executive producer
The New Black, Promised Land Film; Yoruba Richen, producer/director; Yvonne Welbon, producer; Angela Tucker, co-producer
RADIO
Serial: Season One, Serial; Julie Snyder, executive producer; Sarah Koenig, host and executive producer; Dana Chivvis, producer
60 Words, Radiolab WNYC; Jad Adumrad, host/editor; Robert Krulwich, host; Kelsey Padgett, producer
OTHER MEDIA
Segregation Now: Investigating America’s Racial Divide, ProPublica; Nikole Hannah-Jones, investigative reporter; Minhee Cho, communications manager; Jeff Larson, data editor; Maisie Crow, independent documentary filmmaker
Profiting from Prisoners: Time is Money, The Center for Public Integrity; Eleanor Bell, multimedia editor; Daniel Wagner, reporter
