Irving Oberman Awards

Papers are due in the Dean's Office by 5:00 pm on May 1, 2013.  For more details, see the submission instructions. 

Irving Oberman Memorial Prize: Bankruptcy
Amount: $1,000
Reviewed by: Professor Mark Roe

Irving Oberman Memorial Prize: Constitutional Law: Separation of Powers, Federalism,
and the Fourteenth Amendment
Amount: $1,000
Reviewed by: Professor Mark Tushnet

Irving Oberman Memorial Prize: Environmental Law
Amount: $1,000
Reviewed by: Professors Jody Freeman and Richard Lazarus

Irving Oberman Memorial Prize: Family Law
Amount: $1,000
Reviewed by: Professor Janet Halley

Irving Oberman Memorial Prize: Legal History
Amount: $1,000
Reviewed by: Professor Bruce Mann

Irving Oberman Memorial Prize: Intellectual Property
Amount: $1,000
Reviewed by: Professor Terry Fisher

Irving Oberman Memorial Prize: Law and Social Change
Amount: $1,000
Reviewed by: Professors Ben Sachs and David Grossman
Special Instructions: To be eligible for this prize, the paper must address directly a question concerning the relationship between the law and social change. For example, the paper might concern the ways in which a particular legal regime has facilitated or hindered social change, the ways in which advocates have used law to advance their vision of social change, or proposals for law reform designed to advance a particular vision of social change