Here is a call for nominations from the AALS Federal Courts Section:

AALS Federal Courts Section Daniel J. Meltzer Award

The AALS Section on Federal Courts is pleased to announce that it is seeking nominations for the new Daniel J. Meltzer Award, which is designed to honor the life and work of the late Professor Meltzer. The Award will recognize a professor of Federal Courts who has exemplified over the course of their career Professor Meltzer’s excellence in teaching, careful and ground-breaking scholarship, engagement in issues of public importance, generosity as a colleague, and overall contribution to the field of Federal Courts. Eligible nominees are those who are full-time faculty members at AALS member or affiliate schools and have not served as an officer of the Federal Courts Section in the two previous years. It is not required that the award be given out in any particular year, and it may not be given out more frequently than every three years. 

Nominations (and questions about the award) should be directed to Prof. Merritt McAlister (mcalister@law.ufl.edu). Without exception, all nominations must be received by 11:59 p.m. (EDT) on September 29, 2023. Nominations will be reviewed by a prize committee consisting of Professors Amanda Frost (University of Virginia School of Law), Tara Leigh Grove (University of Texas School of Law), Marin Levy (Duke University School of Law), Merritt McAlister (University of Florida Levin College of Law), and James Pfander (Northwestern Pritzker School of Law).  If the committee decides to make the award, it will be announced at the Federal Courts section program at the 2024 AALS Annual Meeting.

AALS Federal Courts Section Best Untenured Article Award

The AALS Section on Federal Courts is pleased to announce the annual award for the best article on the law of federal jurisdiction by a full-time, untenured faculty member at an AALS member or affiliate school—and to solicit nominations (including self-nominations) for the prize to be awarded at the 2024 AALS Annual Meeting.

The purpose of the award program is to recognize outstanding scholarship in the field of federal courts by untenured faculty members. To that end, eligible articles are those specifically in the field of Federal Courts that were published by a recognized journal during the twelve-month period ending on September 1, 2023 (date of actual publication determines eligibility). Eligible authors are those who, at the close of nominations (i.e., as of September 15, 2023), are untenured, full-time faculty members at AALS member or affiliate schools, and have not previously won the award. Nominations (and questions about the award) should be directed to Prof. Merritt McAlister at the University of Florida Levin College of Law (mcalister@law.ufl.edu).

Without exception, all nominations must be received by 11:59 p.m. (EDT) on September 15, 2023. Nominations will be reviewed by a prize committee comprised of Professors Rachel Bayefsky (University of Virginia School of Law), Paul Gugliuzza (Temple University Beasley School of Law), Marin Levy (Duke University School of Law), Merritt McAlister (University of Florida Levin College of Law), and Fred Smith (Emory University School of Law), with the result announced at the Federal Courts section program at the 2023 AALS Annual Meeting.