Join the Death Penalty Representation Project in honoring Justice John Paul Stevens (Ret.) and celebrating the extraordinary volunteer death penalty work of Arnold & Porter LLP, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, and Fredrikson & Byron PA! We will also be joined by special guest Anthony Graves, a Texas death row exoneree.

The ABA created the Death Penalty Representation Project in 1986 to help ensure that every person facing a possible death sentence receives a fair trial and has the assistance of a good lawyer. During the last 25 years the Project has raised awareness about the lack of representation available to death row prisoners, addressed this urgent need by recruiting and training volunteer attorneys, and implemented systemic changes to capital counsel systems. The Project has recruited the country's top law firms to work on hundreds of pro bono death penalty cases. Our volunteers have contributed skills, more than one million pro bono hours, and many hundreds of thousands of dollars to this cause. They have also saved the lives of countless men and women.

We look forward to honoring our 2011 volunteers who seek justice for those on death row and to celebrating a quarter century of the Project's work and successes. This year's event will be held on September 14, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Decatur House in Washington, D.C. For more information and to RSVP to attend this event, please visit http://ambar.org/25anniversary.