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JURIST nominated for Webby Award as best law website

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] JURIST was nominated Tuesday for a prestigious Webby Award as the best Law website of 2009. Called the "Internet's highest honor" by the New York Times and presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, the "Webbys" are the leading international awards honoring excellence in interactive design, creativity, usability, and functionality on the Internet. As a Webby Award nominee, JURIST is also eligible to win a People's Voice Award. Voting on Webby nominees is open to the public from April 14 to April 30. To vote for JURIST, go to the "People's Voice" voting site by clicking here. Register (you may need to scroll down), get the activation code that will be sent to your e-mail account, then log in to the People's Voice site, click on the "Website" grouping, scroll down to "Society" and vote in the Law category. The process takes just a couple of minutes. It's easy. The People's Voice site also lets you write and leave a review of JURIST for the information of other voters. The 13th Annual Webby Awards competition received more than 10,000 entries from all 50 states and more than 60 countries worldwide. Also receiving finalist nominations in the Law category this year were GetLegal, Immigration Advocates Network, WomensLaw.org, and Workplace Fairness. Webby nominees in other categories this year include the New York Times, BBC News, PBS, National Geographic, and NPR. Winners will be announced in New York May 5. Headquartered at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, JURIST is powered by a team of some 35 law student reporters, editors, and web developers led by law professor Bernard Hibbitts who volunteer their time and talent to the project, working with leading legal experts from around the world to provide up-to-the minute legal news, primary source research, and analysis as an educational service to the public and the legal community.JURIST was nominated for a Webby in 2008 and was also named an Official Honoree in the Students category. JURIST won the Webby People's Voice Award as the best Law website of 2006 and in 2007 was named an Official Honoree.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on April 14, 2009 (boomark / email).