http://www.abajournal.com/news/ en Copyright 2013 2013-05-18T13:23:37-06:00 http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/michael_connelly_accepts_second_annual_harper_lee_prize_for_legal_fiction/ Bar Associations, ABA, Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, Law in Popular Culture, Opening Statements Thu, 01 Nov 2012 04:00:23 -0500 41104.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/michael_connelly_wins_2012_harper_lee_prize_for_legal_fiction/ Michael Connelly's legal thriller The Fifth Witness has been named the winner of the 2nd Annual Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. The Fifth Witness, which debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times Best Seller List, features a… ABA Journal, The Modern Law Library, Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, Law in Popular Culture Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:55:29 -0500 39735.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/help_pick_the_legal_novel_of_the_year_vote_for_one_of_three_harper_lee/ After reviewing some 40 submissions, judges have selected three finalists for the 2012 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. Now you can help them pick the winner by voting in the poll accompanying this post through July 8. Those up for the prize this year are: Michael Connelly, author of… Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, Law in Popular Culture Wed, 16 May 2012 12:47:27 -0500 38829.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/the_confession_excerpt_from_john_grishams_winning_entry_for_harper_lee/ ABA Journal, Bar Associations, ABA, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, Law in Popular Culture, Features Sat, 01 Oct 2011 05:00:44 -0500 34989.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/letters_readers_reading_lists/ Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, Law in Popular Culture, Letters to the Editor Sat, 01 Oct 2011 04:50:35 -0500 34994.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/john_grisham_awarded_inaugural_harper_lee_prize/ John Grisham isn’t certain what’s happened to the image of lawyers in the five decades since To Kill A Mockingbird was published. But he’s fairly sure that his readers might not want to read about a lawyer who closely resembles the book’s iconic hero, Atticus Finch. “Here’s the truth,” says… Celebrities, Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, Law in Popular Culture Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:04:27 -0500 35117.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/harper_lee_stopped_writing_due_to_pressure_and_publicity_says_friend/ Why did Harper Lee stop writing after her first, highly celebrated attempt? Because she said what she wanted to in To Kill A Mockingbird, the Birmingham News reports, and she didn’t want to go through all the pressure and publicity again. The insight came from Rev. Thomas… Celebrities, Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, Law in Popular Culture Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:33:19 -0500 34332.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/ala._lawyer_has_a_rare_encounter_with_the_author_of_to_kill_a_mockingbird/ Bar Associations, ABA, Annual Meeting, Celebrities, Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, Law in Popular Culture, Your ABA Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:50:18 -0500 33881.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/john_grisham_wins_first_harper_lee_prize_for_legal_fiction/ John Grisham's The Confession, a novel that chronicles the gut-wrenching politics of a last-ditch death penalty appeal in Texas, has been named the winner of the inaugural Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. The 2011 Prize will be awarded at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 22… Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, Law in Popular Culture Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:21:26 -0500 34145.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/vote_for_the_best_legal_novel_of_the_year/ To honor the 50th anniversary of the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird, the ABA Journal and the University of Alabama School of Law have created the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. And you can help pick this year’s winner. Novels… Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, Law in Popular Culture Thu, 26 May 2011 12:35:19 -0500 33029.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/harper_lee_prize_for_legal_fiction_nominations_are_open/ Nominations are now open for the inaugural Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. The prize, announced in September and created in honor of the 50th anniversary of Harper Lee's acclaimed classic To Kill a Mockingbird, is sponsored by the University of Alabama… ABA Journal, Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, Law in Popular Culture Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:04:24 -0600 30978.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/new_harper_lee_fiction_prize/ It's been 50 years since Harper Lee published her now-famous book To Kill a Mockingbird. But her fictional tale of racial injustice, focused on a Southern lawyer's efforts to defend an unpopular client at trial in a rape case, is still a cautionary story for our times, said U.S. Attorney… Attorney General, Bar Associations, ABA, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Government Law, Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, Law in Popular Culture, Legal Ethics, Trials & Litigation Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:44:41 -0500 28454.abajournal.com