Law, Culture, and the Humanities awards annual prizes to outstanding dissertations and conference presentations, and recognizes significant scholarly achievement in the field.
The Julien Mezey Dissertation Award is an annual prize awarded to the dissertation that most promises to enrich and advance interdisciplinary scholarship at the intersection of law, culture and the humanities.
2026
Emma Brush (Co-Winner)
“Read it Plain: American Abolition and the Ordinary Meaning of Constitutional Law, 1772-1896”
Ph.D., English, Stanford University
Linda Mueller (Co-Winner)
“Drawings and the Law in Early Modern Southern Europe”
Ph.D., History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University
The Austin Sarat Award is a prize offered to a graduate or professional student for an outstanding paper presented at the LCH annual conference.
2025
Margot Lipin
“Fashioning Streetwalkers: Dress, Race, and Sexual Policing in Early Twentieth-Century New York”
Ph.D. Candidate, Jurisprudence and Social Policy, Berkeley School of Law, University of California
With this award we recognize and honor the originality and excellence of individual contributions to the field, and acknowledge our indebtedness to these individuals for their commitment to the interdisciplinary study of law, culture and the humanities.
2026
Nomi Stolzenberg
Nathan and Lilly Shapell Chair in Law, University of Southern California, Gould School of Law