[We have the following announcement. H/t: H-Law. DRE.]
The Supreme Court Historical Society invites submissions for the Hughes-Gossett Award for the best student paper submitted to the Journal of Supreme Court History. The winner will be awarded a $500 cash prize and publication in the Journal.
The paper must be on some aspect of the Supreme Court’s history. Authors must have been enrolled as students at the time the paper was written. Past winners have been law school students or doctoral students in the departments of history, government, and political science.
Papers may be of any length and may be submitted on an ongoing basis to Helen Knowles-Gardner, Managing Editor, at: hknowles@supremecourthistory.org
Recent Past Winners
2023. “FDR’s Court-packing and the Struggle for Civil Rights” by Zach Jonas
2021-22. “Earl Warren’s Last Stand: Powell v. McCormack, Race, and the Political Question Doctrine” by Olivia O’Hea
2020. “Rosenberger’s Unexplored History: Politics, the Press, and the University” by Rachael E. Jones
2018. “Ralph Waldo Emerson and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: The Subtle Rapture of Postponed Power” by Adam H. Hines
Friday, February 14, 2025
Call for Submissions: SCHS's Hughes-Gossett Award
