JURIST [FAQ] was nominated Tuesday for a prestigious Webby Award [awards website] as the best Law website of 2015. Called the “Internet’s highest honor” by the New York Times and presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences [professional website], the “Webbys” are the leading international awards honoring excellence in interactive design, creativity, usability and functionality on the Internet.

As a Webby Award nominee, JURIST is also eligible to win a People’s Voice Award [awards website]. Voting on Webby nominees is open to the public from April 7 to April 23. To vote for JURIST, go to the “People’s Voice” voting site by clicking here. Roll your cursor over JURIST Legal News & Research and click “Sign up to Vote.” You can log in with your Facebook, Twitter or Google+ account or use your e-mail address to register. Registering to vote is easy and takes just a few seconds, and then you can vote for JURIST as well as entries in all of the other categories.

The 19th Annual Webby Awards competition received more than 12,000 entries from all 50 states and more than 60 countries worldwide. Also receiving finalist nominations in the Law category [nomination list] this year were Cooley GO, TSMP Law Corporation, Perma.cc and ABAJournal: Law News Now [websites]. Webby nominees in other categories this year include the New York Times, the Guardian, WIRED, and Al Jazeera English. Winners will be announced in New York May 18.

Headquartered at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law [law school website], JURIST is powered by a team of some 43 law student reporters, editors and web developers [staff list] led by law professor Bernard Hibbitts [profile] who volunteer their time and talent to the project, working with leading legal experts from around the world to provide up-to-the minute legal news, primary source research and analysis as an educational service to the public and the legal community.

JURIST was nominated for a Webby in 2009 and 2008 [JURIST reports] and was also named an Official Honoree in the Students category [awards website] in 2008. JURIST won the Webby People’s Voice Award as the best Law website of 2006 and in 2007 was named an Official Honoree [JURIST reports].