The University of California, Berkeley School of Law and Southern Methodist University (SMU) Dedman School of Law are organizing a national law student writing competition in conjunction with a conference honoring the twentieth anniversary of the first Critical Race Theory Workshop, April 2-5, 2009, at the University of Iowa College of Law.
The writing competition is for the panel “Re-defining Critical Race Theory: The Future of the Movement.” Students are invited to submit a paper reflecting upon the panels theme or engaging more general questions pertaining to critical race theory.
The winner of the competition will be awarded the Angela Harris Award for Outstanding Student Writing in honor of Professor Harriss contribution to CRT and her support of law students at Berkeley and throughout the academy. The winner of the Harris Prize also will receive $750.00. Honorable mention prizes of $500.00 will be awarded to two other papers. Authors of winning papers will be invited to attend the conference, and the reasonable costs (free conference registration, three nights lodging, and up to $600 airfare) of their registration and travel will be covered by the conference organizers. Finally, the winning paper will be published in the Berkeley Journal of African-American Law & Policy along with essays from a panel at the conference entitled Reflections on CRT.
Entries must be submitted by Jan. 15, 2009. The full call for papers is here.
