William Nelson Cromwell Foundation Dissertation Prize

The William Nelson Cromwell Foundation Dissertation Prize is awarded annually to the best dissertation in any area of American legal history, including constitutional and comparative studies, although topics dealing with the colonial and early national periods will receive some preference. The prize recognizes outstanding doctoral research in American legal history completed in the previous calendar year. The author of the winning dissertation receives $5,000. Anyone who received a Ph.D. or S.J.D. in the previous calendar year will be eligible for this year's prize, which is awarded by the Foundation after a review of the recommendation of the Cromwell Prize Advisory Committee of the American Society for Legal History. Submissions should be made by the author including only the dissertation as submitted to the university for the degree and a curriculum vitae.