Silver Gavel finalists named; ABA award honors media and arts that foster legal understanding
This year’s finalists for the ABA Silver Gavel Awards include SCOTUSblog, several books about constitutional law, and a novel about a once-high powered defense lawyer who is approaching rock bottom.
The awards recognize outstanding work in media and the arts that fosters the public’s understanding of law and the legal system. The winners will be announced May 15.
A press release lists these 19 finalists:
BOOKS
American Epic: Reading the U.S. Constitution by Garrett Epps; Oxford University Press
The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution by Marcia Coyle; Simon & Schuster
States of Union: Family and Change in the American Constitutional Order by Mark E. Brandon; University Press of Kansas
The Terror Courts: Rough Justice at Guantanamo Bay by Jess Bravin; Yale University Press
A Wild Justice: The Death and Resurrection of Capital Punishment in America by Evan J. Mandery; W.W. Norton & Company Inc.
COMMENTARY
“An American Gulag” in the Atlantic by Andrew Cohen
DOCUMENTARIES
Gideon’s Army by Trilogy Films
Dirty Wars by Civic Bakery
DRAMA & LITERATURE
A Case of Redemption by Adam Mitzner; Simon & Schuster
MAGAZINES
“Heavyweight: How Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Moved the Supreme Court” in the New Yorker by Jeffrey Toobin
“Welcome to the 36th” in the American Prospect by Kat Aaron
NEWSPAPERS
“Reinvestigating Rape: Old Evidence, New Answers” in the Cleveland Plain Dealer by Rachel Dissell and Leila Atassi
“Twice Betrayed” in the San Antonio Express-News by Karisa King and Sig Christenson
OTHER MEDIA
SCOTUSblog published by Tom Goldstein
“In the Name of the Law: What the Public Isn’t Being Told About Police Misconduct” in Honolulu Civil Beat by Nick Grube
RADIO
“The Constitutional Right to Bear Arms Has Outlived Its Usefulness” by Intelligence Squared U.S.
“Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl” by Radiolab
TELEVISION
The Invisible War by Chain Camera Pictures
Constitution USA with Peter Sagal by Twin Cities Public Television
