The Legal History and Rare Books Special Interest Section of AALL, in cooperation with Gale Cengage Learning, announces the first annual Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition.
The purpose of the competition is to encourage scholarship in the areas of legal history, rare law books, and legal archives, and to expose students to AALL and law librarianship through their attendance at the Annual Meeting.
Currently enrolled students attending accredited graduate programs in library science, law, history, or related subjects are eligible to enter the competition. Students may be enrolled either full- or part-time. Members of AALL are eligible if they meet other eligibility requirements.
Papers may be on any topic related to legal history, rare law books, or legal archives. Papers must be submitted by April 15, 2009. The winner will be announced by May 15.
The winner will receive a $500.00 prize from Gale Cengage Learning. In addition, the winner will receive up to $1000 to be applied towards expenses associated with attendance at the Annual Meeting of AALL. (Gale Cengage and the Legal History and Rare Books SIS will each contribute to the travel expenses).
Attendance at the AALL Annual Meeting is strongly encouraged, but not required. The 2009 Annual Meeting will be held July 25 - 28 in Washington, D.C. Winners will receive recognition at the Association-wide Awards Luncheon and at the Business Meeting of the Legal History and Rare Books SIS. Winners will also have the opportunity to present their paper at the Legal History and Rare Books SIS Roundtable or at a program during the Meeting.
Detailed procedures and an application form are available at the LHRB webpage: www.aallnet.org/sis/lhrb/.
Questions may be directed to Katherine Hedin, University of Minnesota Law Library: k-hedi@umn.edu.
OR Jennie Meade, Jacob Burns Law Library, George Washington University: jmeade@law.gwu.edu.