Call for Nominations: 2024 Mike Lewis Prize for National Security Law Scholarship
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The Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas at Austin and Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law (ONU), in consultation with the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Section on National Security Law, have established the Mike Lewis Prize for National Security Law Scholarship. The prize honors Professor Mike Lewis of ONU, a much-loved colleague and prolific scholar who passed away in 2015.
Each year, the Mike Lewis Prize—in the amount of $1,000—will be awarded to the author of an outstanding national security law article.
About the Nomination and Selection Processes
Only articles written by full-time faculty members of AALS-member schools are eligible for nomination. Anyone may nominate an article, with the exception that self-nominations are not permitted.
Nominated articles/chapters must be expected to be accepted for publication, (whether in print or online) or already published, by December 31, 2024. No articles/chapters published before 2024 will be permitted (it may already be published in 2024, however). Nominated articles/chapters will be judged based on the quality of the research involved, the quality of the writing, the originality of the work, and the significance of its contribution to the field. Diversity in nominees and perspectives is strongly encouraged, and we especially hope to see nominations of the work of new and emerging scholars.
The selection will be made by a committee comprised of delegates from the Strauss Center at UT Austin, ONU, and the AALS National Security Law section. 2024's delegates are Laurie Blank (Emory), Matthew Waxman (Columbia), Ashley Deeks and Aditya Bamzai (Virginia), Dakota S. Rudesill (Ohio State), Rachel E. Van Landingham (Southwestern), Bobby Chesney and Adam Klein (UT Austin), William Banks (Syracuse), Chris Jenks (SMU), Sudha Setty (CUNY), Peter Margulies (Roger Williams), Colonel Christopher M. Ford (U.S. Army) and Liam O’Melinn (ONU).
How to Make a Nomination
Nominations must be submitted to Ali Prince of the Strauss Center (ali.prince@austin.utexas.edu) by October 31, 2024.
A nomination should include the following:
• Full citation to the nominated article/chapter
• PDF copy of the nominated article/chapter
• Information about the nominated author’s full-time faculty status
• The nominator’s concise case (100-300 words) in favor of awarding the prize to that article/chapter
About Mike
Mike was a unique and cherished contributor to our field. He was a former naval aviator who trained in the elite “Top Gun” program and served in the first Gulf War. As a law professor, he brought his experience with armed conflict to bear on his scholarship and teaching. Mike never lost sight of the polestars of international and constitutional law, even as he acknowledged the challenges of today’s armed conflicts with non-state actors such as ISIS and Al Qaeda. He was widely known and appreciated in our community and is missed by all.