XML FeedsHarper Lee Prize to Honor Legal Fiction
By Richard Amada on Feb 15, 2011 | In Literary
Atticus Finch, the heroic attorney and protector of the downtrodden in Harper Lee's classic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is often cited as the most admired fictional lawyer in literature. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the publishing of that novel, the University of Alabama School of Law and the American Bar Association Journal have created the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction as a way to honor new works of literature about the legal profession.
According to the prize's website, "the Prize will be given to the published book-length work of fiction that best exemplifies the role of lawyers in society, and their power to effect change." To qualify for this year's prize, a book must have been published in the year 2010 and be available for purchase through the standard retail outlets. It will be awarded this September as part of the Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
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