Date Chartered: 1/1/1973
Purpose
The Section on Jurisprudence promotes the communication of ideas, interests, and activities among members and makes recommendations on matters of interest in the teaching and improvement of the law relating to jurisprudence and legal philosophy.
Annual Meeting Programs
2025
- Main Program
- Defamation and Privacy, Co-sponsored by Children and the Law, Criminal Procedure, Employment Discrimination Law, Jurisprudence, and Poverty Law
2024
- Main Program
- Technology, Law and Legal Education and Law Libraries and Legal Information Joint Program (Co-Sponsored by Jurisprudence)
2023
- Main Program
- Election Law (Co-Sponsored by Jurisprudence)
- Criminal Justice (Co-Sponsored by Jurisprudence)
- Litigation (Co-Sponsored by Jurisprudence)
2022
- Main Program
- Constitutional Law (Co-sponsored by Jurisprudence)
2021
2020
Awards
Future Promise Award
Given annually to a pre-tenure-track or early tenure-track scholar whose work reflects future promise in both philosophy and law
The Hart-Dworkin Award in Legal Philosophy
Given annually to a scholar who has made significant and lasting contributions to the philosophical understanding of law.
Jurisprudence Section Article Award
Given annually to a tenured or tenure-track scholar in recognition of an exceptional philosophical work of legal scholarship (must have a publication date of 2021 or 2022).
Recipients
| Year | Award Name | Recipient | Law School |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Future Promise Award | Steven Schaus | The University of Michigan Law School |
| 2024 | Hart-Dworkin Award | John Goldberg | Harvard Law School |
| 2024 | Hart-Dworkin Award | Benjamin Zipursky | Fordham University School of Law |
| 2024 | Jurisprudence Section Article Award | Courtney Cox | Fordham University School of Law |
| 2023 | Future Promise Award | Erin Miller | University of Southern California, Gould School of Law |
| 2023 | Future Promise Award | Nina Varsaval | University of California, Los Angeles School of Law |
| 2023 | Hart-Dworkin Award in Legal Philosophy | Seana Shiffrin | University of California, Los Angeles School of Law |
| 2023 | Jurisprudence Section Article Award | Rebecca Stone | University of California, Los Angeles School of Law |
| 2022 | Hart-Dworkin Award in Legal Philosophy | Frederick Schauer | University of Virginia School of Law |
| 2021 | Best Article Award | Deborah Hellman | University of Virginia School of Law |
| 2021 | Hart-Dworkin Award in Legal Philosophy | Michael Moore | University of Illinois College of Law |
| 2020 | Best Article Award | Margaret Jane Radin | University of Michigan Law School |
| 2020 | Best Article Award | Robin B. Karr | Illinois College of Law |
| 2020 | Future Promise Award | Kevin Tobia | ETH Zurich |
| 2020 | Hart-Dworkin Award for Jurisprudence | John Gardner | Oxford University |
| 2020 | Hart-Dworkin Award for Jurisprudence | Anthony T. Kronman | Yale Law School |
| 2019 | Hart-Dworkin Award for Jurisprudence | Andrew Koppelman | Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law |