Berkeley Law’s Death Penalty Clinic will receive this year’s Abolition Award from Death Penalty Focus (DPF), a large nonprofit dedicated to eradicating capital punishment. Clinic director Elisabeth Semel and associate director Ty Alper will accept the honor at DPF’s annual awards dinner May 12 in Beverly Hills. The event, which draws numerous celebrities, will also recognize two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank for her performance in “Conviction,” Southern Center for Human Rights President and Senior Counsel Stephen Bright, DPF Executive Director Lance Lindsey, television director/producer Tommy Schlamme, and the sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, CA.