Silver Gavel Award
The Silver Gavel Award (also known as the ABA Silver Gavel Awards for Media and The Arts) is an annual award the American Bar Association gives to honor outstanding work by those who help to improve comprehension of jurisprudence in the United States.
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• Name — Silver Gavel Award • Awarded For — Honors outstanding work by those who help improve comprehension of jurisprudence in the United States • Sponsor — American Bar Association • Date — 1958 • Country — United States
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Past Recipients
The film directed by Sidney Lumet, 12 Angry Men, received the award in 1958. Stanley Kramer's movie Judgment at Nuremberg received the award in 1962, and To Kill a Mockingbird directed by Robert Mulligan was recognized with the award in 1963. In 1985, 391 candidates were entered in consideration to receive a Silver Gavel. In addition to 15 honorees recognized with Silver Gavel Awards in 1987, the American Bar Association also handed out 20 Certificates of Merit. In 1988, 298 organizations submitted 500 candidates for consideration for the Silver Gavel. A total of 12 awards were given out in 1996, in categories including literary works, pieces written in periodicals, journalism, plays, and writing for the screen. The 51st Silver Gavel Awards were announced by American Bar Association president William H. Neukom in Washington, D.C. at the National Press Club and included honorees The Denver Post, The Dallas Morning News, and Jeffrey Toobin for his book The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court. In 1962 Emilie Tavel was the first woman to receive the award.
Reception
The News & Observer noted, "The... Silver Gavel Awards are considered the premier honors for law-related publications and productions." The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette characterized the honor as the "top media award" of the American Bar Association.
Award
The award is the American Bar Association's highest form of recognition. The American Bar Association gives the award during its annual meeting, bestowing one award in each of nine categories: books, commentary, documentaries, drama & literatures, magazines, multimedia, newspapers, radio/podcast, and television. Silver Gavels are awarded to each winner and decisions on award recipients are announced by the chairman of the American Bar Association's standing committee on Gavel Awards. In a comment in the ABA Journal, American Bar Association Division for Public Education representative Howard Kaplan noted, "From the very beginning, the Association has recognized that legal drama has an unmatched capacity to humanize legal actors and, well, dramatize legal issues for public audiences."
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- 1.Times staff. Times Receives Award From Bar Association. Los Angeles Times. 18. July 13, 1985.
- 2.Herald wins ABA for stories on Dade juries. The Miami Herald. 6A FRONT. June 9, 1985.
- 3.Monthly, Texas. American Bar Association Honors Texas Monthly With Silver Gavel Award. Texas Monthly. 2023-05-31.
- 4.Lechman, Bill. KCNC-CHANNEL 4 wins award. The Rocky Mountain News. September 3, 1991.
- 5.www.npr.org. NPR Series Judicial Vacancy Crisis Wins American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award. National Public Radio. June 25, 1998.
- 6.NPR Documentary Murder, Punishment and Parole In Alabama Wins American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award. National Public Radio. June 24, 1997.
- 7.Lincoln Journal Star staff. National award to Journal Star - American Bar Association honor is for eight-part 'Presumed Guilty' series. Lincoln Journal Star. B2. April 29, 2010.
- 8.ABA names PARDON ME Documentary 2024 finalist for Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts. yorkbar.com. 22 March 2024.
- 9.Harrison wins Silver Gavel Award. Lakeland Ledger. 1B. July 11, 1977.
- 10.Neil, Martha. Legal Education: 50th Year of ABA Silver Gavel Awards. ABA Journal. American Bar Association. July 27, 2007.
- 11.Sunday Call-Chronicle staff. Series on child support wins bar award for call fyi. The Morning Call. The Morning Call, Inc. B09. June 16, 1985.
- 12.Herald staff. Bar Association honors Herald for coverage of imprisoned man. The Miami Herald. 3A. July 14, 1987.
- 13.Post's Constitution series wins award from ABA. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 2D. July 10, 1988.
- 14.American Bar Association honors News with Silver Gavel Award. The Dallas Morning News. August 29, 1996.
- 15.Neil, Martha. ABA: Denver Post Sweeps Newspaper Category in 51st Annual Silver Gavel Awards. ABA Journal. American Bar Association. May 19, 2008.
- 16.American Bar Association. American Bar Association Gavel Award Winners.
- 17.The News & Observer Pub. Co. N&O series on juvenile justice wins prize. The News & Observer. B6. July 9, 1994.
- 18.Vancheri, Barbara. Power of the 'List' TV screen doesn't detract from impact of 'Schindler's List'. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 28. August 19, 1994.
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