About the Gambrell Award
E. SMYTHE GAMBRELL PROFESSIONALISM AWARDS
About the Award
The annual E. Smythe Gambrell Professionalism Awards recognize projects contributing to the understanding of professionalism among lawyers. The awards are presented annually by the ABA Standing Committee on Professionalism in the amount of $3,500 each. Law schools, bar associations, law firms and other law-related organizations are eligible for the awards.The Gambrell Awards were established in 1991 and are named for E. Smythe Gambrell, ABA and American Bar Foundation president from 1955 to 1956. Gambrell founded the Legal Aid Society in Atlanta, where he practiced law from 1922 until his death in 1986.
