The Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History is a biennial event sponsored by the Institute for Legal Studies at the University of Wisconsin Law School in conjunction with the American Society for Legal History (ASLH). A committee appointed by the ASLH reviews applications from early-career faculty members, doctoral students with completed or nearly completed dissertations, and recent J.D. graduates demonstrating interest in an academic career with a focus on legal history, and selects 12 promising scholars as Institute Fellows. The Fellows come to Madison for two weeks in June to participate in daily seminars, meet other legal historians, and analyze and discuss each other’s work. Each biennial Institute is organized and chaired by senior legal historians and includes visiting scholars who lead specialized sessions. For more information, please visit the Hurst Institute website.
The Law and Society Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Wisconsin is a one-year fellowship for early-career scholars who work in the "law and society" tradition and who will be competing for university-level teaching jobs in the U.S. market. For 2011-12 academic year, apply by 1/7/11. For more information, please visit the Law and Society Post-Doctoral Fellowship webpage.
The Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, in collaboration with Yale Law School, is accepting applications from law students for a fellowship opportunity called FASPE (Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics). The FASPE initiative is designed to challenge law students to consider contemporary ethical issues facing their profession, using the Holocaust and the conduct of their historical peers in Nazi Germany as a framework for study. Fellows will spend time in New York, Berlin, Krakow, and Oświęcim (Auschwitz). All program costs, including international and European travel, lodging, and food, are covered.
Professor Robert Burt of Yale Law School will lead the 2011 FASPE Law program, in conjunction with staff from the Museum of Jewish Heritage. The tentative program dates for FASPE Law are May 25 – June 5, 2011.Completed applications must be received by December 15, 2010. Candidates of all religious, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Interested students should visit the FASPE website.
Each year bar associations, research programs, and other organizations award writing prizes and scholarships to law students. We have compiled a list of these prizes designed to honor the best classwork and independent research. Browse the list to see if there may be a prize appropriate for your excellent work in areas such as business law, environmental law, and international law. Please let us know if your organization awards an annual prize that should be featured on our page.
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