This year the Project will celebrate its dedicated volunteers at its annual event in Atlanta on September 24, 2009 at the Woodruff Arts Center. Volunteer firms are nominated by their colleagues for exceptional service to prisoners on Death Row and honored with our award.

Previous award honorees have included WilmerHale LLP, Mayer Brown LLP, Sidley Austin LLP, Covington & Burling LLP, Jenner & Block LLP, King & Spalding LLP, Skadden Arps LLP, Kaye Scholer LLP, and Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP. To be eligible for the award, we must receive a completed Application and a Letter of Nomination for each nominee by August 7, 2009.

To access nomination materials, please go here: http://www.abanet.org/deathpenalty/23anniversary/Award%20Nomination%20Form%202009.pdf

Please email Katie Hughes at hughesk@staff.abanet.org for additional information. Eight (8) copies of each nomination and supporting documents must be completed and returned (by mail) by August 7, 2009.