- Source: American Bar Association Medal
- Felix Frankfurter
- Albert Einstein
- John F. Kennedy
- Morris Dees
- Formula Satu
- Audie Murphy
- Jake Gyllenhaal
- Sue Bird
- Diana Taurasi
- I.M. Pei
- American Bar Association Medal
- American Bar Association
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- Military Medal
- Henry Drinker
- New York City Bar Association
- Shirley Hufstedler
- List of legal awards
- Theodore Olson
- Robert G. Storey
The American Bar Association Medal (or ABA Medal) is the highest award given by the American Bar Association for "exceptionally distinguished service by a lawyer or lawyers to the cause of American jurisprudence." The ABA Board of Governors chooses the medal's recipient. The medal was authorized at the 50th anniversary meeting of the ABA in 1928. The first medal was given in 1929 and it has been given most, but not all, years since.
The medal itself was designed by Laura Gardin Fraser. It is four inches in diameter, made of 24K gold, later reduced to 14K gold. On the obverse is a profile of John Marshall with the inscription "To the end it may be a government of laws and not of men," from the Constitution of Massachusetts. On the reverse is "Justitia" with a likeness of Lady Justice.
List of recipients
Source: "Recipients of the American Bar Association Medal" at the American Bar Association website