Awards - The Academy

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.

Award Submission

2020 – 2021 Eisenberg Prize Recipient

Charles W. Tyler, Associate Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School

"The Adjudicative Model of Precedent", University of Chicago Law Review, September 2020

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	2020-2021 Eisenberg Prize Recipient Charles 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 Recipient Professor William Baude, University of Chicago Law School Precedent and Discretion", 2019 Supreme Court Review 313 (2020)
	2018-2019 Eisenberg Prize Recipient Professor 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 Recipient Co-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 Recipient Co-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 Recipient Professor Allison Orr Larsen, Professor of Law, College of William and Mary Law School The Trouble with Amicus Facts
	2013-2014 Eisenberg Prize Recipient Professor Bryan Lammon, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law Rules, Standards, and Experimentation in Appellate Jurisdiction
	2012-2013 Eisenberg Prize Recipient Richard 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
	2011-2012 Professor Joan Steinman, Chicago-Kent School of Law Appellate Courts as First Responders: The Constitutionality & Propriety of Appellate Courts' Resolving Issues in the First Instance
	2010-2011 Aaron R. Petty, U.S. Department of Justice The Hidden Harmony of Appellate Jurisdiction
	2009-2010 Jennifer 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
	2008-2009 Professor Beth Thornburg, SMU Dedman School of Law The Curious Appellate Judge: Ethical Limits on Independent Research
	2007-2008 Associate Professor Adam N. Steinman, University of Cincinnati College of Law Reinventing Appellate Jurisdiction
	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
	2004-2005 Professor Joan Steinman, Chicago-Kent School of Law Irregulars: The Appellate Rights of Persons Who Are Not Full-Fledged Parties
	2003-2004 Assistant Professor Chad M. Oldfather, Oklahoma City University Law School Appellate Courts, Historical Facts, and the Civil-Criminal Distinction

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2019-2020 Eisenberg Prize Recipient

Professor William Baude, University of Chicago Law School
Precedent and Discretion", 2019 Supreme Court Review 313 (2020)

2018-2019 Eisenberg Prize Recipient

Professor 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 Recipient

Co-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 Recipient

Co-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 Recipient

Professor Allison Orr Larsen, Professor of Law, College of William and Mary Law School
The Trouble with Amicus Facts

2013-2014 Eisenberg Prize Recipient

Professor Bryan Lammon, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law
Rules, Standards, and Experimentation in Appellate Jurisdiction

2012-2013 Eisenberg Prize Recipient

Richard 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

2011-2012

Professor Joan Steinman, Chicago-Kent School of Law
Appellate Courts as First Responders: The Constitutionality & Propriety of Appellate Courts' Resolving Issues in the First Instance

2010-2011

Aaron R. Petty, U.S. Department of Justice
The Hidden Harmony of Appellate Jurisdiction

2009-2010

Jennifer 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

2008-2009

Professor Beth Thornburg, SMU Dedman School of Law
The Curious Appellate Judge: Ethical Limits on Independent Research

2007-2008

Associate Professor Adam N. Steinman, University of Cincinnati College of Law
Reinventing Appellate Jurisdiction

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

2004-2005

Professor Joan Steinman, Chicago-Kent School of Law
Irregulars: The Appellate Rights of Persons Who Are Not Full-Fledged Parties

2003-2004

Assistant 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.

2022 Kathleen McCree Lewis Award Recipient

Charles A. Bird (posthumously)

Academy Past President Charles A. Bird was recognized for his contribution to and impact on the delivery of appellate justice with the publication of his book, Advance Topics in Appellate Practice: The Path of Mastery.

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	2019 Blake A. Hawthorne
	2015 Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
	2013 Sanford (Sandy) Svetcov
	2010 Arthur J. England Jr.
	2009 Daniel Meador
	2008 Elaine Alexander

Two Awards of Distinction

The Eisenberg Prize

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2020 – 2021 Eisenberg Prize Recipient

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The Kathleen McCree Lewis Award

About The Award

2022 Kathleen McCree Lewis Award Recipient

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