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 2008 meeting of the AAAL. The award for the 2003-2004 school year went to Ass't Prof. Chad M. Oldfather of the Oklahoma City University Law School for his article, Appellate Courts, Historical Facts, and the Civil-Criminal Distinction, 57 VAND. L. REV. 437 (2004). The award for the 2004-2005 school year went to Professor Joan Steinman, Chicago-Kent School of Law, for her article Irregulars: The Appellate Rights of Persons Who Are Not Full-Fledged Parties, 39 GA. L. REV. 411 (2005). The award for the 2005-2006 school year went to Professors Michael E. Solimine and Rafael Gely, University of Cincinnati College of Law, for their article The Supreme Court and the DIG: An Empirical and Institutional Analysis, 2005 WIS. L. REV. 1421. Those who would like to enter an article in the 2007-2008 competition should send it to the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, 15245 Shady Grove Road, Suite 130, Rockville, MD 20850 or by email info@appellateacademy.org, with a post mark or email date no later than July 10, 2008.
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