Law and Courts

Membership

Section List

Law and Courts

The purpose of this section is to promote interest in teaching and research in the areas of law and the judicial process.

Website: www.law.nyu.edu/lawcourts/

Law and Politics Book Review is available at: www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/lpbr/

2008 - 2009 Officers

Chair:
Stefanie A. Lindquist
University of Texas
School of Law
727 E. Dean Keeton Street
Austin TX 78705
slindquist@law.utexas.edu

Chair-Elect:
Christine B. Harrington
New York University
Politics
19 West 4th Street, 207
New York NY 10003
christine.harrington@nyu.edu

Secretary:
Wendy L. Martinek
SUNY, Binghamton
Political Science
PO Box 6000
Binghamton NY 13902-6000
martinek@binghamton.edu

Treasurer:
Isaac Unah
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Political Science
CB No. 3265
Chapel Hill NC 27599-3265
unah@unc.edu

2008 Program Chairs:
Law and Courts
Georg Vanberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence
Mark Brandon, Vanderbilt University
Pamela Brandwein, University of Michigan

Law and Politics Book Review:
Wayne McIntosh, University of Maryland, College Park

Law and Courts:
Artemus Ward, Northern Illinois University

Law and Courts LISTSERV:
Christine Harrington, New York University

Executive Committee:
Gretchen Helmke, University of Rochester
Kevin Quinn, Harvard University
Gerald Rosenberg, University Chicago
James Stoner, Louisiana State University
Chad Westerland, University of Arizona

Nominations Committee:
Donald R.Songer, University of South Carolina
Christopher W. Bonneau, University of Pittsburgh
James L. Gibson, Washington University in Saint Louis
Barbara Perry, Sweet Briar College
Joseph Smith, University of Alabama

Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award Committee of the Law and Courts Section is now taking nominations for the Lifetime Achievement Award. The award honors a distinguished career of scholarly achievement and service to the Law and Courts field.

Nominees must be political scientists who are at least 65 years of age or who have been active in the field for at least 25 years. Nominations from previous competitions will be carried forward to the current year's competition. The committee will retain nominations for 3 years, but one may re-nominate an individual and renew the materials in the file. Nominations may be made by any member of the Section and should consist of a statement outlining the contributions of the nominee and, if possible, the nominee's vitae.

A committee of five, appointed by the Section chair, selects the winner. Please send nomination materials via email. The deadline for nominations is January 1, 2009.

Award Committee Chair:
Michael Giles, Emory University
michael.giles@emory.edu

Committee Members:
Valerie Hoekstra, Arizona State University
valerie.howkstra@asu.edu

David E. Klein, University of Virginia
dek5b@virginia.edu

J. Mitchell Pickerill, Washington State University
mitchp@mail.wsu.edu

Gerald Rosenberg, University of Chicago
g-rosenberg@uchicago.edu

Best Graduate Student Paper Award
This award is given annually for the best paper on law and courts written by a graduate student. To be eligible the nominated paper must have been written by a full-time graduate student. Single- and co-authored papers are eligible. In the case of co-authored papers, each author must have been a full-time graduate student at the time the paper was written. Papers may have been written for any purpose (e.g., seminars, scholarly meetings, potential publication in scholarly journals). This is not a thesis or dissertation competition. Papers may be nominated by faculty members or by the students themselves. The papers must have been written during the twelve months previous to the nomination deadline. The award carries a cash prize of $200. To be considered for this year's competition, a copy of the nominated paper should be submitted to each member of the award committee by February 1, 2009 (e-mail attachments, in the form of .pdf files, are acceptable).

Award Committee Chair:
Paul J. Wahlbeck, George Washington University
wahlbeck@gwu.edu

Committee Members:
Paul M. Collins, Jr., University of North Texas
pmcollins@unt.edu

Julie Novkov, University of Albany (SUNY)
jnovkov@albany.edu

C. Herman Pritchett Award
The C. Herman Pritchett award is given annually for the best book on law and courts written by a political scientist and published the previous year. Case books and edited books are not eligible. Books may be nominated by publishers or by members of the Section. The award carries a cash prize of $250. To be considered for this year's competition, a copy of the nominated book must be submitted to each member of the award committee by February 1, 2009.

Award Committee Chair:
John A. Maltese
University of Georgia
Political Science
Baldwin Hall
Athens GA 30602

Committee Members:
Christine L. Nemacheck
College of William & Mary
Government
Jamestown Road Morton Hall 27
Williamsburg VA 23185

Christopher Zorn
Pennsylvania State University
Political Science
203 Pond Lab
University Park PA 16802

Best Conference Paper Award
This award is given annually for the best paper on law and courts presented at the previous year's annual meetings of the American, Midwest, Northeastern, Southern, Southwestern, or Western Political Science Associations. Single- and co-authored papers, written by political scientists, are eligible. Papers may be nominated by any member of the Section. The award carries a cash prize of $100. To be considered for this year's competition, a copy of the nominated paper should be submitted to each member of the award committee by February 1, 2009. (e-mail attachments, in the form of .pdf files, are acceptable).

Award Committee Chair:
Kevin T. McGuire, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
kmcguire@unc.edu

Committee Members:
Cornell W. Clayton, Washington State University
cornell@mail.wsu.edu

James F. Spriggs II, Washington University in St. Louis
jspriggs@artsci.wustl.edu

Lasting Contribution Award
This award is given annually for a book or journal article, 10 years or older, that has made a lasting impression on the field of law and courts. Only books and articles written by political scientists are eligible; single-authored works produced by winners of the Lifetime Achievement Award are not eligible. The award carries a cash prize of $250. Any member of the Section may submit a nomination. The nomination should include a statement outlining the nature of the contribution of the nominated work. To be considered for this year's competition, nomination statements should be submitted to each member of the award committee by February 1, 2009.

Award Committee Chair:
Elliot E. Slotnick, Ohio State University
slotnick.1@osu.edu

Committee Members:
Vanessa A. Baird, University of Colorado
vanessa.baird@colorado.edu

Virginia A. Hettinger, University of Connecticut
virginia.hettinger@uconn.edu

Keith E. Whittington, Princeton University
kewhitt@princeton.edu

Best Journal Article Award
This award recognizes the best journal article on law and courts written by a political scientist and published during the previous calendar year. Articles published in all refereed journals and in law reviews are eligible, but book reviews, review essays, and chapters published in edited volumes are not eligible. Journal editors and members of the section may nominate articles. To be considered for this year's competition, a copy of the nominated paper should be submitted to each member of the award committee by February 1, 2009 (e-mail attachments, in the form of .pdf files, are acceptable).

Award Committee Chair:
Greg Caldeira, Ohio State University
caldeira.1@osu.edu

Committee Members:
Charles R. Epp, University of Kansas
churckepp@ku.edu

Amy Steigerwalt, Georgia State University
polals@langate.gsu.edu

Teaching and Mentoring Award
The Committee selects the winner of the Teaching and Mentoring Award, which recognizes innovative teaching and instructional methods and materials in law and courts. The Teaching and Mentoring Award recognizes innovation in instruction in law and courts. Examples of innovations that might be recognized by this award include (but are not limited to) outstanding textbooks, web sites, classroom exercises, syllabi, or other devices designed to enhance the transmission of knowledge about law and courts to undergraduate or graduate students. The Teaching and Mentoring Award is sponsored by the Division for Public Education of the American Bar Association. Any member of the section may make a nomination for the Teaching and Mentoring Award by submitting to each member of the award committee a statement identifying the nominee and outlining the nature of the nominee's innovation and the contribution it makes to achieving the purposes of the award by February 1, 2009 (e-mail attachments, in the form of .pdf files, are acceptable). The Teaching and Mentoring Committee also advises the Organized Section on matters related to teaching and mentoring of students and colleagues.

Award Committee Chair:
Jeffrey A. Segal, Stony Brook University
jeffrey.segal@stonybrook.edu

Committee Members:
Roger E. Hartley, University of Arizona
rhartley@eller.arizona.edu

Jolly Emrey, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
emreyj@uww.edu

H.W. Perry, Jr, University of Texas at Austin
hwperry@mail.utexas.edu