The Eisenberg Prize $2,000
The American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, a professional organization of selected lawyers who specialize in appellate practice, sponsors an award named for the late Howard B. Eisenberg, Dean of the Marquette University Law School and an early member of the AAAL. The purpose of the award is to encourage publication of high-quality articles in the field of appellate practice and procedure.
For best article on appellate practice and procedure published
The prize will be awarded at the October 2009 meeting of the AAAL in Philadelphia.
Past winners include: 2003-2004: Ass't. Professor Chad M. Oldfather, Oklahoma City University Law School, Appellate Courts, Historical Facts, and the Civil-Criminal Distinction, 57 VAND. L. REV. 437 (2004).
2004-2005: Professor Joan Steinman, Chicago-Kent School of Law,Irregulars: The Appellate Rights of Persons Who Are Not Full-Fledged Parties, 39 GA. L. REV. 411 (2005). 2005-2006: Professors Michael E. Solimine and Rafael Gely, University of Cincinnati College of Law, The Supreme Court and the DIG: An Empirical and Institutional Analysis, 2005 WIS. L. REV. 1421. 2007-2008: Assoc. Professor Adam N. Steinman, University of Cincinnati College of Law, Reinventing Appellate Jurisdiction, 48 B.C. L. REV. 1237 (2007). Those who would like to enter an article in the 2008-2009 competition should send it to the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, 9707 Key West Avenue, Suite 100, Rockville, MD 20850 or by email info@appellateacademy.org, with a post mark or email date no later than Friday, July 17, 2009.
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