• Our Goal was to Establish a Tradition
  • Our Hope was to Find the Best
  • To Present Most Coveted Awards
    In Association with the Library of Congress
  • And Bring Together the Finest Leaders
  • To Celebrate the Greatest Achievements
  • And Feature the Most Renowned Jurists:
    Justice Sonia Sotomayor, 2011
  • Justice Ruth Ginsburg, 2010
  • Justice Antonin Scalia, 2009
  • Justice Stephen Breyer, 2008
  • And Justice John Paul Stevens, 2012
  • And Celebrities like Michele Pfeiffer
    and David E. Kelley
  • With Jane Krakowski of "30 Rock" Fame
  • With the Incomparable Bernadette Peters
  • And the Elegant Katherine Jenkins
  • With Best-Known Guest Speakers
    Tom Brokaw, NBC News
  • Chris Mathews, MSNBC
  • Bob Scheiffer, of CBS News
  • Giving Joy to the Winners
  • Through the Vision of William C. Burton, Founder
  • With an Audience that has Grown to over 500 Guests
  • To Create the Greatest Celebration of Law
  • With the Stage Now Set
  • For the Upcoming Event on June 3, 2013.
The Burton Awards 2012 Event

Each year since its inception fourteen years ago, the national awards program has grown in stature, prestige and recognition. The next event is scheduled to be held on June 3, 2013, at the Library of Congress. The non-profit program is now one of the most prominent and dynamic awards programs in law. Patterned after the Pulitzers, its relationship with the Library of Congress has helped it flourish. Read More...