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The Alice Paul Feminist Jurisprudence Essay Contest
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The deadline for the 2009 submission has now closed. Judges will be reviewing the submissions over the summer. The winner will be notified via email.
Feminist Jurisprudence Essay Contest Named in Honor of Alice Paul
Washington College of Law has a long tradition of supporting feminist legal scholarship. To honor this tradition, our Feminist Jurisprudence Essay Contest has been named in honor of Alice Paul, a Washington College of Law alumna. Alice Paul, class of 1922, authored the original Equal Rights Amendment (while studying at WCL) and founded the National Women's Party. Paul played a pivotal role in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. She wrote the equal rights amendment in the Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations in 1923 and pushed for the inclusion of "sex" in the 1964 Civil Rights Act - still the only Federal protection women have against discrimination in the workplace. She presented this at the 75th anniversary of the Seneca Falls meeting. We hope to inspire the next generation of scholars, lawyers and activists to make daring and creative contributions to feminist jurisprudence.
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| Professor Teresa Phelps, Director of the Legal Rhetoric Program presents Ms. Larson-Krieg with her award. |
Congratulations to 2008 Winner, Michelle Larson-Krieg
The Legal Rhetoric and Women and the Law programs of American University Washington College of Law congratulate the winner of the 2008 Alice Paul Feminist Jurisprudence Essay Contest, Michelle Larson-Krieg, J.D. Candidate, 2009- University of Denver, Sturm College of Law.
Ms. Larson-Krieg presented her winning paper, Comparable Worth in Minnesota and Ontario: Implications for U.S. Policy, to a collection of students, scholars and practitioners at Washington College of Law on February 17, 2009.