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Annual Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition
The Legal History and Rare Books (LH&RB) Section of the American Association of Law Libraries
The competition is designed to encourage scholarship and to acquaint students with the AALL and law librarianship. Essays may be on any topic related to legal history, rare law books, or legal archives.
Some application deadlines have not yet been announced. In those cases, the dates posted are based on the scholarship provider’s most recent information. Please confirm each deadline via the provider’s website.
Currently enrolled in accredited graduate programs in library science, law, history, and related fields.
The winner will present the essay at an LHRB-SIS sponsored webinar. The winner and runner-up will have the opportunity to publish their essays in LHRB-SIS’s online scholarly journal Unbound: A Review of Legal History and Rare Books.