Forum Initiatives & Awards

    Champion of the First Amendment Award

    The Champion of the First Amendment is the most prestigious award of the ABA Forum on Communications Law. It is given to members of the Media bar who have fearlessly worked to defend the First Amendement.

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    Scholarships

    Each year, the American Bar Association Forum on Communications Law awards two or three full-ride scholarships to law students to the Forum’s Annual Conference.

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    Competitions

    The Forum also holds an annual First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition.

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