The Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society (NJCHS) has announced the 2011 Jerome I. Braun Prize in Western Legal History. The prize, named in honour of a NJCHS past president, will be awarded for the best unpublished article-length manuscript on the legal history of the trans-Mississippi North American West.
The Braun Prize carries a cash award of $1,000 for the winning essay and $500 for the first runner-up. The winning essay will be published in the NJCHS journal Western Legal History. Authors are encouraged to explore topics that illuminate the contributions of the law, lawyers, judges, and law-related organisations to the social, political, economic, and cultural history of the North American West. Submissions must be 25-40 pages in length (double-spaced) plus endnotes. Please submit entries by pdf along with a separate brief biographical statement by 1 December 2011. Entries and inquiries should be sent to NJCHS. Please write 'Braun Prize' in the subject line. To find out more about the NJCHS, visit the website at http://www.njchs.org.
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