To recognize excellence in research by our law students, the Law Library is inaugurating the Cornell Law Library Prize for Exemplary Student Research. Librarian judges will be looking for sophistication, originality, or unusual depth or breadth in the use of research materials; exceptional innovation in research strategy; and skillful synthesis of research results. Papers must be at least 10 pages, written June 2010-May 2011, by current 2L, 3L, or LL.M. students. Acceptable papers may include, but are not limited to, papers written for a class or a journal note, but not work product from employment. First prize is $500; second prize is $250, awarded May 13, 2011, and will have the opportunity to be published in Scholarship@Cornell Law, our digital repository of law faculty and student publications.
You are encouraged to invite your students to submit their papers to this research competition. If you find a well-researched paper as you are grading this semester, please let the students know about this new prize and encourage them to apply. Applications are to include a one page abstract (500 words or less) summarizing the research process involved, the lessons learned from that research process, the original purpose for which the paper was written, and the professor for whom the paper was written, if applicable.
Let me know if you have questions about this new Prize for Exemplary Student Research. We look forward to having many papers from which to choose!
Pat Court
Associate Law Librarian
