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Competition
NIMJ is excited to announce it is accepting nominations for three annual awards, each carrying a cash prize.
First, the Rear Admiral John S. Jenkins Writing Award is presented to the best nominated paper written by a law student in 2023 or 2024 on a military legal topic. The award is named for Rear Admiral John S. Jenkins, the 28th Judge Advocate General of the Navy and co-founder of NIMJ. The award carries a $250 prize.
Second, the Kevin J. Barry Writing Award for Excellence for Practitioners and Scholars honors an outstanding scholarly article on a military legal topic written in 2023 or 2024 by an academic or practitioner. The award is named for Captain Kevin Barry, USCG, who was a co-founder and longtime director of NIMJ. The award carries a $250 prize.
Third, the Dr. Evan R. Seamone Memorial Veterans' Excellence Award honors excellence in the field of veterans' rights demonstrated through a scholarly article, major litigation, or substantial advocacy work. The award carries a $250 cash prize.
Nominations and submissions should be sent to NIMJ ([email protected]) by August 30, 2024. Self-nominations are allowed.
For more information about these three awards, please visit https://lnkd.in/gjqaqDJw. Award winners will be honored at NIMJ's Fall 2024 conference.
First, the Rear Admiral John S. Jenkins Writing Award is presented to the best nominated paper written by a law student in 2023 or 2024 on a military legal topic. The award is named for Rear Admiral John S. Jenkins, the 28th Judge Advocate General of the Navy and co-founder of NIMJ. The award carries a $250 prize.
Second, the Kevin J. Barry Writing Award for Excellence for Practitioners and Scholars honors an outstanding scholarly article on a military legal topic written in 2023 or 2024 by an academic or practitioner. The award is named for Captain Kevin Barry, USCG, who was a co-founder and longtime director of NIMJ. The award carries a $250 prize.
Third, the Dr. Evan R. Seamone Memorial Veterans' Excellence Award honors excellence in the field of veterans' rights demonstrated through a scholarly article, major litigation, or substantial advocacy work. The award carries a $250 cash prize.
Nominations and submissions should be sent to NIMJ ([email protected]) by August 30, 2024. Self-nominations are allowed.
For more information about these three awards, please visit https://lnkd.in/gjqaqDJw. Award winners will be honored at NIMJ's Fall 2024 conference.
The NIMJ Gazette--In the News
Debra Cassens Weiss, National Guard prosecutors will focus on county following 'surge operations,' bringing concern from PDs. ABA Journal, 5 August 2024.
Robertson, James Jeffery, II, The Rise of Color: A Phenomenological Study on the Lived Experiences of African American Male Officers in the United States Army. Doctoral Dissertation, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, 2024.
Anne Marshall-Chalmers, ‘Another Kick in the Gut:’ Biden’s Pardons Still Fall Short for Many LGBTQ Veterans. The Warhorse, 18 July 2024.
Laura Dickenson, Over-the-Horizon Drone Strikes in an Ongoing Global War: Afghanistan and Beyond. 13 J. Nat. Sec. Law & Policy 283 (2023).
Port Chicago:
Eighty years after explosions ripped through the Port Chicago naval facility in California, killing 320 sailors, Coast Guard personnel and civilians, the secretary of the Navy announced Wednesday the full exoneration of African American sailors who were charged in 1944 with mutiny and refusing orders to return to work in dangerous conditions loading ammunition.
Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said in an interview that the decision to exonerate the sailors came after a Navy investigation found legal errors made during the 1944 courts-martial trial of 258 Black sailors who had been subjected to threats of execution for refusing to return to work after the July 17, 1944, explosions.
Eighty years after explosions ripped through the Port Chicago naval facility in California, killing 320 sailors, Coast Guard personnel and civilians, the secretary of the Navy announced Wednesday the full exoneration of African American sailors who were charged in 1944 with mutiny and refusing orders to return to work in dangerous conditions loading ammunition.
Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said in an interview that the decision to exonerate the sailors came after a Navy investigation found legal errors made during the 1944 courts-martial trial of 258 Black sailors who had been subjected to threats of execution for refusing to return to work after the July 17, 1944, explosions.
For your reading list: Lindsay Lyon Rodman, Doing Away With the Military Deference Doctrine: Applying Lessons From Civil-Military Relations Theory to the Supreme Court. 99 N.D. L. Rev. 327 (2024).
For your reading list: Big Data and Armed Conflict: Legal Issues Above and Below the Armed Conflict Threshold, edited by Laura A. Dickinson and Edward W. Berg.
MILITARY JUSTICE Actions Needed to Help Ensure Success of Judge Advocate Career Reforms. Report to the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, U.S. GAO, May 2024.
Linda F. Hershey, New rule qualifying veterans with ‘bad paper’ for VA benefits raises concerns about how it will be applied. Stars & Stripes, 30 April 2024.
Under a rule published in the Federal Register that takes effect June 25, veterans who can show that mental illness, traumatic brain injury or other extenuating circumstances led to the misconduct will be considered for the first time for full VA benefits.
Vianna Davila and Lexi Churchill, Soldiers Charged With Violent Crimes Will Now Face More Scrutiny Before They Can Simply Leave the Army. ProPublica, 19 April 2024.
Under the new rule, which goes into effect Saturday, military commanders will no longer have the sole authority to grant a soldier’s request for what is known as a discharge in lieu of court martial, or Chapter 10, in certain cases. Instead, the newly created Office of Special Trial Counsel, a group of military attorneys who specialize in handling cases involving violent crimes, must also approve the decision. Without the attorneys’ approval, charges against a soldier can’t be dismissed.
The Office of Special Trial Counsel will have the final say, the Army told the news organizations.
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