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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

NIMJ Announces 2024 Writing Awards

The National Institute of Military Justice (NIMJ) today announced winners and honorable mentions for two annual writing awards in military law. 

NIMJ's 2024 Kevin J. Barry Writing Award for Excellence by Practioners and Scholars of Military Law is awarded to Steven Arango for his article "Flawed From the Start: Marine Corps Command-Directed Investigations." 

NIMJ's 2024 Rear Admiral John S. Jenkins Writing Award for Law Students is awarded to William Vester of Yale Law School for his academic paper "Military Court Jurisdiction over Civilians: Can the UCMJ be Squared with the Principle of Equality?"

Those awards each come with a $250 cash prize to be presented at NIMJ's next conference.

Honorable Mention for the 2024 Kevin J. Barry Award goes to Lt Col Susan E. Upward for her article "Empaneling 'Fair and Impartial' Members: The Case for Inclusion of an Implicit Bias Instruction at Courts-Martial."

Honorable Mention for the 2024 Rear Admiral John S. Jenkins Writing Award for Law Students is awarded to Johanna Crisman of Duke University School of Law for her article "Protecting Innocence: The Case for a New UCMJ Article on Child Pornography."

More about the Barry and Jenkins awards here. Congratulations to these honorees, whose work stood out among many excellent nominations.

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