The Webby People's Voice Award Goes to ... ABA Journal
The ABA Journal won the 2008 People’s Voice Webby Award in the Law category, it was announced today.
Described by the New York Times as the “the Internet’s highest honor,” the Webby Awards are administered by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, and received almost 10,000 entries this year.
“It’s enormously gratifying that thousands of our readers took the time to show their support for the site,” said Edward A. Adams, the Journal’s editor and publisher. The site features legal news updated continuously every business day, a directory of more than 1,800 legal blogs, and archives of the magazine.
Among the other news organizations winning People’s Voice awards this year were: BBC News (in the category of News), Consumer Reports (Guides/Ratings/Reviews), ESPN (Sports), National Geographic (Magazine) and the New York Times (Newspaper).
In addition to the People’s Voice award, the Webby judges also give an award in each category. In the Law category, it was won this year by the IT and e-commerce legal advice site Out-Law.com, which is published by the British law firm Pinsent Masons. Other nominees were the 2007-08 Recruiting Campaign at Shearman & Sterling; the University of Pittsburgh School of Law’s JURIST; and Pro Bono Net’s LawHelp.
At the June 10 ceremony in Manhattan honoring the winners, Stephen Colbert will receive the Person of the Year award and Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am will receive the Artist of the Year award.
The Webby Awards famously limit acceptance speeches to just five words. In recent years, they’ve included Al Gore (”Please don’t recount this vote”), the Beastie Boys (”Can anyone fix my computer?”), and Prince (”Everything you think is true”).
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