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.
Chicago-Kent Institute for Law and the Humanities
Paper Prize
The Chicago-Kent Institute for Law and the Humanities is pleased to announce its fifth annual student paper prize for the academic year 2008-2009. An award of $500.00 will be presented to the best law and humanities paper in 2008-2009. 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, 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 2008-2009 year. Submissions must have been written in association with a course or an independent research project or Law Review note in either the Fall 2008 term or the Spring 2008 term. Submissions are to be received no later than June 1, 2009.
Please direct all inquiries to Professor Sheldon Nahmod (snahmod@kentlaw.edu)
Upcoming ILH Events:
April 7, 2009
It’s now official. The renowned Lincoln Trio, under the auspices of the Ravinia Festival, is coming to Kent on Tuesday evening, April 7, 2009, to perform an historic chamber music program in celebration of the Lincoln bicentennial. This special program of the Institute for Law and the Humanities, which is also co-sponsored by Alumni Relations and Development, will take place in the auditorium from 6:30-8:30 pm, with a reception from 5:30-6:30 in the lobby. All faculty, students, alumni, staff and their guests are cordially invited.
We hope to see you there, so please mark this unique event on your calendar.
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Announcements
The Institute for Law and Humanities is pleased to announce the winners of its forth annual paper prize for the academic year 2007-2008 . A first prize award and an honorable-mention prize are awarded to outstanding law and humanities papers by Chicago-Kent students. 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, and includes, for example, legal philosophy, legal history, law and literature and law and religion.
The first prize paper, “A Comparison of Free Speech in American and Jewish Law,” was written by Matthew Stone. This well written paper carefully and thoughtfully examines the marked differences in free speech approaches of two very different jurisprudential systems. The paper then persuasively explains the political, historical and religious sources of those differences in a very knowledgeable manner.
The second prize paper, “A Foreign Exchange: The Hidden Costs of Advocating Legislative Protections for Mail-Order Brides,” was written by Laurie Drum. This well written paper studies the policies and underlying assumptions of the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act. The paper goes on, interestingly and convincingly, to connect the Act to domestic violence in the United States and to feminist theory in general.
Both papers are examples of first-rate scholarly work produced by Kent
students. We wish to thank all those who submitted papers on behalf of their students or who encouraged students to submit their own papers. The ILH is planning to make past winning papers available on our website and in the library.
Previous Winners:
2006 - 2007
Frank Hill:
Restorative Justice: Sketching a New Legal Discourse
Publication of Frank Hill's article is forthcoming in International Journal of Punishment and Sentencing.
Jonathan Lahn:
The Demise of the Law-Finding Jury in America and the Birth of American Legal Science: History and its Challenge for Contemporary Society
2004 - 2005
Tonya Newman:
Chicago Clubwomen and Progressive Era Politics: Gender and the Pursuit of Power
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