Call for Nominations for the Connecticut
Supreme Court Historical Society’s Collier Prize:
Beginning in Spring 2020, the Connecticut
Supreme Court Historical Society will institute an annual Christopher
Collier Prize with a $1,000 award to historians, legal scholars, political
scientists or others who have contributed an important work or works to advance
the study of American legal and constitutional history that has Connecticut
connections. The prize is named in honor of former Connecticut State
Historian, University of Connecticut history professor, Connecticut Supreme
Court Historical Society vice president and author Christopher Collier, whose
research, writing and editing over a long career broadened knowledge of the
founding of American constitutional government, Connecticut’s role in the
creation of the U.S. constitutional system, and the development of
Connecticut’s own constitutional and legal order. The prize will
recognize and encourage scholars whose publications, teaching and/or public
exhibits have furthered American and Connecticut legal and constitutional
history in Professor Collier’s prolific and innovative spirit. The
society will consider any academic or independent historians, political
scientists, law professors, judges, lawyers, students and others whose work
(including work in progress) may be worthy of this prize. For the 2020
award, the society invites nominations to be submitted to the society’s Collier
Prize Committee by December 1, 2019. Nominations should identify the
nominee’s current employment (if applicable) or background, describe the work
that he or she is presently working on and/or has recently contributed to the
study of American legal-constitutional history and its Connecticut connections,
and briefly explain why the nominee deserves the prize. Self-nominations
are permitted, and should include curriculum vitae or a resume covering the
self-nominee's work. The society will award the prize and its $1,000
stipend at its spring 2020 annual meeting, which the society expects that the
recipient will attend. Nominations should be submitted on paper to the
Collier Prize Committee c/o Attorney Jeffrey J. White, Robinson & Cole, 280
Trumbull Street, Hartford Connecticut 06103 no later than December 1, 2019.
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