THE REAR ADMIRAL JOHN S. JENKINS WRITING AWARD FOR LAW STUDENTS
The Rear Admiral John S. Jenkins Writing Award honors a leader of the military bar who was a co-founder of NIMJ, the inaugural chair of the Advisory Board, and thereafter a Director of NIMJ for many years. This award is presented to the best nominated paper written by a law student on a military legal topic and reflects Rear Admiral Jenkins’ deep commitment to both legal education and military justice. Rear Admiral John S. Jenkins served in the Navy for 28 years ultimately serving as The Judge Advocate General of the Navy. He also served as Senior Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs at the George Washington University Law School and as a member of the Cox Commission, which was convened by NIMJ in 2001 to recommend improvements in the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The award carries a $250 prize and certificate. The paper may also be published on the NIMJ website with the author’s consent. Students may nominate their own work, including work that has been published in a law journal; faculty may also nominate deserving student papers. Papers and/or published articles are eligible for this award if they were written by a candidate for the J.D. (that is, by a student who has not yet completed his or her degree) in the previous academic year. Submissions will be evaluated by a committee of law professors and practitioners on the basis of “excellence in writing on military law.” If no paper is deemed appropriate for the award, the committee may elect not to make an award. If more than one paper is deemed worthy of recognition, the committee may honor such papers with honorable mention. Interested students or recommending faculty should submit the paper, accompanied with the author’s name, phone and email, along with any publication information on the paper. Submit your paper to NIMJ ([email protected]). |
THE KEVIN J. BARRY WRITING AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE FOR PRACTITIONERS/SCHOLARS
The Kevin J. Barry Writing Award for Excellence honors an outstanding scholarly article on military legal topics published in a calendar year. The award is named for an outstanding scholar and peerless advocate of reform: Kevin J. Barry, a founder and longtime director of NIMJ. Captain Barry retired from the Coast Guard after 25 years of service that included duty as an operations officer, navigator, trial and defense counsel, staff judge advocate, and trial and appellate judge. As a lawyer, scholar, citizen, and gentleman, Kevin Barry is a model for those who work to improve military justice. The award carries a $250 prize and certificate. Articles published in an academic journal, law review, or similar forum during the previous academic year are eligible for that year’s award (including articles dated in an earlier year but which actually appear later; some law journals take so long to release their issues that an article dated 2017 might actually appear in 2018). This award is intended to recognize substantial scholarship and will be evaluated for “excellence in military legal studies,” with the winner selected by a committee of law professors and practitioners, keeping in mind NIMJ’s mission to improve public understanding of military justice. If no article is deemed appropriate for the award, the committee may elect not to make an award for that year. If more than one article is deemed worthy of recognition, the committee may honor such articles with honorable mention. Copies of the winning and honorable articles will be published on NIMJ’s website if permitted by the author. Interested scholars should submit their articles to the NIMJ email ([email protected]) with details of its publication, the author’s name, email, and phone number. |
The Dr. Evan R. Seamone Memorial Veterans’ Excellence Award
The Dr. Evan R. Seamone Memorial Award honors excellence in the field of advancing veterans’ rights demonstrated through a scholarly article, major litigation, or substantial advocacy work that occurred in a particular calendar year.
Dr. Evan R. Seamone, after a decorated career as an active-duty U.S. Army Judge Advocate, dedicated his life to improving fairness in the distribution of veterans’ benefits, for both individuals and the entire veterans’ community. He utilized the doctoral degree he earned at Northeastern University to tirelessly advocate for U.S. veterans in a variety of capacities; for example, Dr. Seamone was a Fellow with the National Institute of Military Justice and a member of the National Institute of Corrections’ Justice-Involved Veterans Network. He represented veterans as the Visiting Director, Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic, University of Florida, Levin College Law, and he also served as staff attorney at the Veterans Legal Clinic at the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School, providing legal services to underserved veterans. While practicing, he published extensively in the area of veterans’ law. Dr. Seamone’s role as a leading expert on veterans’ rights culminated in his selection as legal and policy advisor to the national Veterans Justice Commission, Council on Criminal Justice.
As a passionate advocate, astute practitioner, and superb scholar, Dr. Seamone positively enhanced veterans’ rights in countless ways for thousands of veterans, and his life’s work is an enduring inspiration for all who work on behalf of those who wore the nation’s uniform.
The award carries a $250 prize and certificate.
Formal efforts to advance veterans’ rights within a particular calendar year – such as but not limited to published scholarly articles, published opinion pieces, litigation projects, and advocacy work that advances veterans’ rights – are eligible for that year’s award.
This award is intended to recognize substantial education, advocacy and litigation efforts that meaningfully contribute to advancing veterans’ rights in the United States. Submissions will be evaluated for “excellence in advancing veterans’ rights.” Following the inaugural 2023 award recipient, the winner will be selected by a committee of law professors and practitioners, keeping in mind NIMJ’s mission to improve public understanding of military justice.
If no submission is deemed appropriate for the award, the committee may elect not to make an award for that year. If more than one submission is deemed worthy of recognition, the committee may honor such articles with honorable mention.
A description of the winning submission will be published on NIMJ’s website if permitted by the winner. Those interested in nominating their own or a colleague’s work should provide an explanatory letter (no longer that one page, with supporting attachments and/or hyperlinks) to the NIMJ email ([email protected]) with details of the nominated project, the author’s name, email, and phone number.
Obituary.
Dr. Evan R. Seamone, after a decorated career as an active-duty U.S. Army Judge Advocate, dedicated his life to improving fairness in the distribution of veterans’ benefits, for both individuals and the entire veterans’ community. He utilized the doctoral degree he earned at Northeastern University to tirelessly advocate for U.S. veterans in a variety of capacities; for example, Dr. Seamone was a Fellow with the National Institute of Military Justice and a member of the National Institute of Corrections’ Justice-Involved Veterans Network. He represented veterans as the Visiting Director, Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic, University of Florida, Levin College Law, and he also served as staff attorney at the Veterans Legal Clinic at the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School, providing legal services to underserved veterans. While practicing, he published extensively in the area of veterans’ law. Dr. Seamone’s role as a leading expert on veterans’ rights culminated in his selection as legal and policy advisor to the national Veterans Justice Commission, Council on Criminal Justice.
As a passionate advocate, astute practitioner, and superb scholar, Dr. Seamone positively enhanced veterans’ rights in countless ways for thousands of veterans, and his life’s work is an enduring inspiration for all who work on behalf of those who wore the nation’s uniform.
The award carries a $250 prize and certificate.
Formal efforts to advance veterans’ rights within a particular calendar year – such as but not limited to published scholarly articles, published opinion pieces, litigation projects, and advocacy work that advances veterans’ rights – are eligible for that year’s award.
This award is intended to recognize substantial education, advocacy and litigation efforts that meaningfully contribute to advancing veterans’ rights in the United States. Submissions will be evaluated for “excellence in advancing veterans’ rights.” Following the inaugural 2023 award recipient, the winner will be selected by a committee of law professors and practitioners, keeping in mind NIMJ’s mission to improve public understanding of military justice.
If no submission is deemed appropriate for the award, the committee may elect not to make an award for that year. If more than one submission is deemed worthy of recognition, the committee may honor such articles with honorable mention.
A description of the winning submission will be published on NIMJ’s website if permitted by the winner. Those interested in nominating their own or a colleague’s work should provide an explanatory letter (no longer that one page, with supporting attachments and/or hyperlinks) to the NIMJ email ([email protected]) with details of the nominated project, the author’s name, email, and phone number.
Obituary.