WRITING COMPETITION update:


2017 LAW & SOCIAL INQUIRY GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION [DEADLINE: MAR. 1, 2017]

The editors of Law & Social Inquiry are pleased to announce their annual competition for the best journal-length paper in the field of law and social science written by a graduate or law student. The winning submission will be sent to selected scholars for advisory reviews to aid with revisions prior to publication.

Eligibility: The author must be a graduate student or law student at the time the paper was written and when submitted

Topic: Law & Social Inquiry publishes empirical and theoretical studies of sociolegal processes from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.

Awards: The winning paper will be published in Law & Social Inquiry and the author(s) will receive a total cash prize of $500. The paper will also receive special recognition from LSI at the Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association.

Submission guidelines: Please indicate that (1) you intend to be considered in the competition, (2) you are currently a graduate student, and (3) you have not submitted your article to other journals for publication.

  • Submission is limited to one paper per student; articles may not be altered or resubmitted with corrections once they have been received by our office.
  • Submissions must include a title page with a completemailing address, email address, and phone number(s).
  • The second page should include a 100-150 (maximum) word abstract.
  • Beginning on the third page, all pages should be paginated.
  • Text, footnotes, endnotes, and references should be double-spaced in Times New Roman 12 point font and have 1.5” margins on all sides with no headers or footers.
  • Properly formatted submissions must not exceed 60 pages.

Send to: lsi-abf@abfn.org (as Microsoft Word document or PDF)

Complete details: Available @ americanbarfoundation.org/publications/lawsocialinquiry.html

Contact: Questions regarding the competition can be directed to Willa Sachs @ waschs@abfn.org or @ 312.988.6517