The Eisenberg Prize
About the Award
The Academy created the Eisenberg Prize to recognize the publication of high-quality articles in the field of appellate practice and procedure. The award is named in honor of the late Howard B. Eisenberg, Dean of the Marquette University Law School, and an early Academy member. The author of the winning article receives a $2000 cash prize.
2023-2024
Eisenberg Prize Recipient
Abbe R. Gluck, Alfred M. Rankin Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Is Unpublished Unequal? An Empirical Examination of the 87% Nonpublication Rate in Federal Appeals, 1107 Cornell L. Rev. 1 (2022). Co-authors: Abbe R. Gluck, Jade Ford, Rachel Brown, Sahrula Kubie, Katrin Marquez, Bennett Ostdiek,
Previous Recipients
 | 2022-2023 Eisenberg Prize RecipientBenjamin Johnson, Associate Professor University of Florida Levin College of LawThe Origins of Supreme Court Question Selection, 122 Colum. L. Rev. 793 (2022), Penn State Law Research Paper No. 12- 2022. |
 | 2020-2021 Eisenberg Prize RecipientCharles W. Tyler, Associate Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School "The Adjudicative Model of Precedent", University of Chicago Law Review, September 2020 |
 | 2019-2020 Eisenberg Prize RecipientProfessor William Baude, University of Chicago Law School Precedent and Discretion", 2019 Supreme Court Review 313 (2020) |
 | 2018-2019 Eisenberg Prize RecipientProfessor Jeffrey L. Fisher, Stanford Law School and Professor Allison Orr Larson, William and Mary Law School "Virtual Briefing at the Supreme Court", Cornell Law Review at 105 Cornell L. Rev. 85 (2019) |
 | 2017-2018 Eisenberg Prize RecipientCo-authors: Professors Thomas B. Bennett and Barry Friedman - New York University School of Law, Chancellor Andrew D. Martin - Washington University School of Law, Professor Susan Navarro Smelcer - Georgia State University Divide and Concur: Separate Opinions & Legal Change, 103 Cornell L. Rev. 817 (2018) |
 | 2016-2017 Eisenberg Prize RecipientCo-authors Professors Allison Orr Larsen and Neal Devins of the College of William and Mary School of Law The Amicus Machine, 102 Va. L. Rev. 1901 (Dec. 2016) |
 | 2015-2016 Eisenberg Prize RecipientProfessor Allison Orr Larsen, Professor of Law, College of William and Mary Law School The Trouble with Amicus Facts |
 | 2013-2014 Eisenberg Prize RecipientProfessor Bryan Lammon, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law Rules, Standards, and Experimentation in Appellate Jurisdiction |
 | 2012-2013 Eisenberg Prize RecipientRichard A. Posner, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; Senior Lecturer, University of Chicago Law School Judicial Opinions and Appellate Advocacy in Federal Courts — One Judge's Views |
 | 2011-2012Professor Joan Steinman, Chicago-Kent School of Law Appellate Courts as First Responders: The Constitutionality & Propriety of Appellate Courts' Resolving Issues in the First Instance |
2010-2011Aaron R. Petty, U.S. Department of Justice The Hidden Harmony of Appellate Jurisdiction |
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2009-2010Jennifer L. Sheppard, Associate Professor of Law, Mercer University School of Law Once Upon a Time, Happily Ever After, and in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Using Narrative to Fill the Cognitive Gap Left by Overrelliance on Pure Logic in Appellate Briefs and Motion Memoranda |
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2008-2009Professor Beth Thornburg, SMU Dedman School of Law The Curious Appellate Judge: Ethical Limits on Independent Research |
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2007-2008Associate Professor Adam N. Steinman, University of Cincinnati College of Law Reinventing Appellate Jurisdiction |
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2005-2006Professors Michael E. Solimine and Rafael Gely, University of Cincinnati College of Law The Supreme Court and the DIG: An Empirical and Institutional Analysis |
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2004-2005Professor Joan Steinman, Chicago-Kent School of Law Irregulars: The Appellate Rights of Persons Who Are Not Full-Fledged Parties |
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2003-2004Assistant Professor Chad M. Oldfather, Oklahoma City University Law School Appellate Courts, Historical Facts, and the Civil-Criminal Distinction |
The Kathleen McCree Lewis Award
About The Award
The Kathleen McCree Lewis Award for Appellate Justice was created in honor of Academy past president Kathleen McCree Lewis, who died shortly after completing her term as president. The Academy’s Board of Directors wanted to recognize Kathleen's warmth, elegance, and especially her devotion to appellate justice.
2024 Recipient
Kathleen McCree Lewis Award
Honorable Stephen G. Breyer, former Supreme Court Justice.
Previous Recipients
 | 2022Charles A. Bird |
 | 2019Blake A. Hawthorne |
 | 2015Justice Anthony M. Kennedy |
 | 2013Sanford (Sandy) Svetcov |
 | 2010Arthur J. England Jr. |
 | 2009Daniel Meador |
2008Elaine Alexander |