Law and Courts Section Nominating Committee

Note: For these awards, “political scientists” are defined as persons who have an earned Ph.D. in political science or whose primary appointment is in a political science department.

CQ Press Outstanding Student Paper

The CQ Press Award is given annually for the best paper on law and courts written by a graduate student.

Kevin McGuire (UNC), Chair, kmcguire@unc.edu
Justin Crowe (Pomona), Justin.Crowe@pomona.edu
Mariah Zeisberg (Michigan), zeisberg@umich.edu

American Judicature Society Award

The American Judicature Society Award is given annually for the best paper in law and courts presented at the previous year's annual meeting of the American, Midwest, Northeastern, Southern, Southwestern, or Western Political Science Association.

Georg Vanberg (UNC), Chair, gvanberg@unc.edu
Patricia Woods (Florida), pjwoods@polisci.ufl.edu
Gretchen Helmke (Rochester), hlmk@mail.rochester.edu

Houghton Mifflin Award

The Houghton Mifflin Award recognizes the best journal article on law and courts written by a political scientist and published during the previous calendar year.

James Rogers (Texas A&M), Chair, rogers@politics.tamu.edu
Mitch Pickerill (WSU), mitchp@wsu.edu
Lisa Hilbink (Minnesota), hilbink@umn.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.

Sandy Levinson (Texas), Chair, slevinson@law.utexas.edu
Steve Bragaw (SBC), bragaw@sbc.edu
Tom Keck (Syracuse), tmkeck@maxwell.syr.edu

Wadsworth Publishing Award

The Wadsworth Publishing 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.

Gary Jacobson (Texas), Chair, gjj69@mail.la.utexas.edu
Jim Spriggs (Wash U), jspriggs@artsci.wustl.edu
Paul Frymer (UCSC), pfrymer@ucsd.edu

Teaching and Mentoring Award

The Teaching and Mentoring Award recognizes innovative teaching and instructional methods and materials in law and courts.  The Award is supported by a contribution form the Division for Public Education of the American Bar Association.

Larry Baum (Ohio), Chair, baum.4@osu.edu
Thomas Burke (Wellesley), tburke@wellesley.edu
Wendy Martinek (Binghamton), martinek@binghamton.edu

Lifetime Achievement Award

The Lifetime Achievement Award honors a distinguished career of scholarly achievement and service to the Law and Courts field.

Donald Downs (Wisconsin), Chair, dadowns@wisc.edu
Scott Gerber (Ohio Northern), s-gerber@onu.edu
Lee Epstein (N'western), lee-epstein@northwestern.edu
Julie Novkov (SUNY Albany), jnovkov@albany.edu
Jim Stoner (LSU), poston@lsu.edu