2023 Call for Nominations
2023 Teaching Innovation Award in Interdisciplinary Legal Studies Teaching
Nomination deadline: April 1, 2023
CULJP invites submissions for the 2023 Teaching Innovation Award in interdisciplinary legal studies.
Many types of pedagogical innovations could be recognized by this award, including classroom exercises, original videos, paper assignments, creative approaches to topics or readings, case studies, etc. Any faculty or graduate student instructor who is a member of a CULJP institution, or who holds an individual CULJP membership, may nominate themselves or another instructor by submitting a letter of support explaining the teaching innovation, a description of the course(s) for which the innovation is used, and the contribution it makes to interdisciplinary legal studies. The nominator should also include the original teaching materials when possible, and any evidence of impact (assessment). The winner will receive a cash award of $250. An honorable mention may also be awarded.
Send all nominations to our award committee members: Sanghamitra Padhy (spadhy@ramapo.edu) and John McMahon (jmcma004@plattsburgh.edu) by 5:00 pm EST on April 1, 2023.
Nomination guidelines:
Many types of pedagogical innovations could be recognized by this award, including classroom exercises, original videos, paper assignments, creative approaches to topics or readings, case studies, etc. Any faculty or graduate student instructor who is a member of a CULJP institution, or who holds an individual CULJP membership, may nominate themselves or another instructor by submitting a letter of support explaining the teaching innovation, a description of the course(s) for which the innovation is used, and the contribution it makes to interdisciplinary legal studies. The nominator should also include the original teaching materials when possible, and any evidence of impact (assessment). The winner will receive a cash award of $250. An honorable mention may also be awarded.
Send all nominations to our award committee members: Sanghamitra Padhy (spadhy@ramapo.edu) and John McMahon (jmcma004@plattsburgh.edu) by 5:00 pm EST on April 1, 2023.
Nomination guidelines:
- No single person may nominate more than two pedagogical innovations in the same year for the award.
- Only one innovation by the same instructor in a given year will be accepted.
- Submissions must be in English; translations from other languages into English are welcome.
- There is no minimum or maximum page/length requirement. When possible, supporting documents should be submitted in .pdf format.
- All nominees must agree to make their innovation available on the CULJP website if awarded.
2023 Best Undergraduate Student Paper Award in Interdisciplinary Legal Studies
Nomination deadline: April 1, 2023
CULJP invites submissions for the 2023 undergraduate student paper award in interdisciplinary legal studies.
Papers should have been completed while the nominee was an undergraduate student at a CULJP member institution, within the last 12 months (between April 1, 2022 and April 1, 2023). Papers may be based on primary research, secondary research, archival/historical research, or theoretical approaches and may use any appropriate social research methods (qualitative, quantitative, historical, etc.). Original scholarly literature reviews are also eligible. Short assignment papers (such as reaction papers, article summaries, thought papers, short essays) are not eligible for consideration for the award.
Nominations of undergraduate papers can be made only by faculty or graduate student mentors/instructors at CULJP member institutions; no self-nominations from undergraduate students are accepted. The student winner will receive a cash award of $100. The nominating mentor will also receive a $100 cash award for mentoring; the CULJP expects that the mentor will continue to advise the student through the publication process. An honorable mention may also be awarded.
Send all nominations to our award committee members: John McMahon (jmcma004@plattsburgh.edu) and Sanghamitra Padhy (spadhy@ramapo.edu) by 5:00 pm EST on April 1, 2023.
Nomination guidelines:
Papers should have been completed while the nominee was an undergraduate student at a CULJP member institution, within the last 12 months (between April 1, 2022 and April 1, 2023). Papers may be based on primary research, secondary research, archival/historical research, or theoretical approaches and may use any appropriate social research methods (qualitative, quantitative, historical, etc.). Original scholarly literature reviews are also eligible. Short assignment papers (such as reaction papers, article summaries, thought papers, short essays) are not eligible for consideration for the award.
Nominations of undergraduate papers can be made only by faculty or graduate student mentors/instructors at CULJP member institutions; no self-nominations from undergraduate students are accepted. The student winner will receive a cash award of $100. The nominating mentor will also receive a $100 cash award for mentoring; the CULJP expects that the mentor will continue to advise the student through the publication process. An honorable mention may also be awarded.
Send all nominations to our award committee members: John McMahon (jmcma004@plattsburgh.edu) and Sanghamitra Padhy (spadhy@ramapo.edu) by 5:00 pm EST on April 1, 2023.
Nomination guidelines:
- No mentor may nominate more than two student papers in the same year for the award.
- Only one (1) single-authored work by the same author in a given year will be accepted. Two works by the same author will be accepted if one or both works are jointly authored (both authors must be undergraduate students at a CULJP member institution).
- In submitting the paper for award consideration, the mentor must include the date and title of the course (or other activity) for which the paper was written.
- Submissions must be in English; translations from other languages into English are welcome.
- The paper must be double-spaced; may not exceed 18,000 words in length, including notes and references; and must be in 12-point font.
- The mentor must include a letter of support describing the merits of the student paper submitted, as well as contact information for the student, including their current status.
- Mentors do not need the authorization of the student(s) to submit a nomination. However, nominations can be withdrawn at the mentor’s or student’s request.
- All supporting documents must be submitted in .pdf format.