Regina Brett receiving Silver Gavel award

Click on the headline to see a video of Regina Brett receiving the 2009 Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association

The Silver Gavel Awards recognize entries from communications media that have been exemplary in helping to foster the American public's understanding of the law and the legal system. Past winners include To Kill a Mockingbird, Hitler's Courts: Betrayal of the Rule of Law in Nazi Germany, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court and Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power, to name just a few. Regina won the 2009 Award for the columns she wrote about Open Discovery. Regina is a metro columnist for The Plain Dealer. For more information, please go to www.reginabrett.com and www.cleveland.com/brett