Awards for The Champion® Magazine

NACDL is honored to be recognized for the work that goes into creating each issue of The Champion® Magazine.

The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers is honored to receive the 2024 APEX Award of Excellence for the Mass Incarceration issue of The Champion® Magazine in the Magazine, Journals, and Tabloid – Writing (entire issue) category. Thank you to all the authors who contributed to this and every issue of The Champion® Magazine.

Authors in This Issue

Articles
  • Jerome F. Buting – Correctional Reform: The Norwegian Model
  • Nazgol Ghandnoosh – Can We Wait 75 Years to End Mass Incarceration?
  • Jacqueline Goodman – The Fight Against Mass Incarceration & Torture on Our Watch: A Call to Conscience
  • JoEllyn Jones – An Uneasy Journey
  • Justin Rosas – Decarcerating Our Communities, Psyches, and Practices
Columns
  • Nellie L. King – From the President: Thank You
  • Al Menaster – Book Review: Wilkes Syndrome by Charles Sevilla
  • Sonya Pfeiffer – Book Review: Prisoner of Politics by Rachel Elise Barkow
  • Robert Sanger – Book Review: Mass Incarceration Nation by Jeffrey Bellin

APEX Awards

Winner 2024 APEX Awards for Publication ExcellenceCommunications Concepts, Inc. advises publishing, PR and marketing professionals on best practices to improve their publications and communications programs. Concepts has published Writer's Web Watch, the Writing That Works Archives and their predecessors since 1984. Subscribers include corporate, nonprofit, agency and freelance communicators. In 2024, there were more than 1,100 entries. 

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More Awards for Graphics and Content

Front Cover, Digital Imagery - GOLD. The Champion magazine, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Team: Lisa Wayne, Quintin Chatman, Catherine Zlomek, Julian Giles. 2022 Tabbies Winners. Celebrate your team. 

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