The Law and Society Association invites nominations for its 2012 Dissertation Award. The annual award is presented to the author whose dissertation best represents outstanding work in law and society research. The prize consists of a certificate, and up to $500 for travel to attend the presentation of LSA prizes at the 2012 International Conference on Law and Society, to be held June 5-8 in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA.
The Dissertation Committee members are Charles R. Epp, chair (University of Kansas), Robert Castro (California State University, Fullerton), Anna Kirkland (University of Michigan), Sandra Levitsky (University of Michigan), and Sida Liu (University of Wisconsin, Madison).
Submissions
should be of outstanding work. Models of law and society research can be found
in Law & Society Review and other leading journals of socio-legal
research. The dissertation may be based on research about law in any discipline
or on interdisciplinary research. The selection committee welcomes
international submissions (in English) and nontraditional research. Submissions
must be accompanied by a letter of nomination from a faculty member and must
have been completed in calendar year 2011 to be eligible for the 2012 award.
A complete nomination includes:
1. Dissertation, electronic copy in Word or PDF format on CD or flash drive.
2. Abstract, copied to a separate file on the same CD/drive.
3. Letter of recommendation from Faculty member or Advisor.
4. Current address of the dissertator.
Send all
items by postal mail, postmarked by December 15 2011,*
addressed to:
Chair, LSA Dissertation Prize Committee
Law and Society Association
University of Massachusetts
40 Campus Center Way, Room 217
Amherst MA 01003-9244
(For questions about mailing, email Mary McClintock <mcclintock@lawandsociety.org> or call 413-545-4617.)
* For dissertations defended in December, please notify committee chair, chuckepp@ku.edu, by December 15 of your intention to submit. In this case, the dissertation will be due on January 15, 2012.