About the Institute
The Institute for Law and the Humanities was created to facilitate,
support and encourage symposia, lectures, scholarship, and faculty
discussion on the relationship between law and other humanistic
disciplines. It provides opportunities for faculty and students
to integrate humanities-based studies with the study of law and
to explore the increasingly rich and diverse scholarship in areas
such as legal philosophy, legal history, law and literature, and
law and religion.
Supreme Court Review -- 2009 Term
Announcements
The Institute for Law and the Humanities (ILH) is pleased to announce the two winners of the 2011 ILH paper prize competition.
The first prize winner ($500) is Alexander Rabanal, for his paper, Constitutional Discourse in the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill Debate. This paper is an excellent example of “doing” American constitutional history. It is extremely well written and insightful.
The second prize winner ($250) is Stephen Wauck, for his paper Princess Soraya and Justice Scalia: A Mismatched Couple. This paper is also very well written and engages in a thoughtful comparative jurisprudential approach to constitutional interpretation.
Congratulations to both of these deserving winners who were up against tough competition.
View the Past ILH Prize Winners Archive
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Chicago-Kent Institute for Law and the Humanities Events
The Chicago-Kent Institute for Law and the Humanities is pleased to announce eighth annual student paper prize for the academic year 2011-2012. An award of $500.00 will be presented to the best law and humanities paper in 2011-2012. J.D. as well as LL.M. students at Chicago-Kent are eligible for the prize. There will be an honorable mention prize of $250.00. Winning papers are put on deposit in the library and are linked to the ILH website. Students writing winning papers are given assistance in publishing their articles, including use of ExpressO.
A law and humanities paper is one that examines any issue from both a legal and a humanities-based perspective, or integrates the two perspectives in an appropriate manner, including legal philosophy, legal history, gender and the law, law and literature and law and religion. The paper should be scholarly and worthy of publication.
Eligibility and Submission: The prize is limited to Chicago-Kent students enrolled in the 2011-2012 year. Submissions must have been written in association with a course or an independent research project or Law Review note in either the Fall 2011 term or the Spring 2012 term. Submissions are to be received no later than June 1, 2012.
Please direct all inquiries to Professor Sheldon Nahmod (snahmod@kentlaw.edu)
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