Temple University Beasley School of Law’s advocacy program is now soliciting articles for the Annual Edward D. Ohlbaum Paper in Advocacy. Professor Ohlbaum, a national leader in trial advocacy education and director of advocacy programs at Temple University Beasley School of Law until his death in March of 2014, was a scholar of the law of evidence committed to teaching advocacy with emphasis on students and practitioners mastering skills, evidence law, and professionalism.
Articles on an advocacy, evidence, or an advocacy-and-law related subject are welcome and will be peer reviewed. The best article will be published in the Temple Law Review, as well as on Temple’s Advocacy and Evidence Resources website. Additionally, the winning author will receive a prize of $250. The article will be judged on the following criteria: originality, usefulness to advocates and students of advocacy, and reflection of the values Professor Ohlbaum exhibited and taught. Article length is to be anywhere between 10,000 and 30,000 words, counting footnotes.
Please submit articles by Sunday, August 19, 2018. Please include:
• PDF or Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) manuscript, with the word “OHLBAUM” at the beginning of the article’s title
• CV
• Cover Letter (optional)
Submissions may also be sent to Professor Jules Epstein, Director of Advocacy Programs (jules.epstein@temple.edu) by Sunday, August 19, 2018.
Please send any questions to Professor Epstein or to Timothy Gilbert, Lead Articles Editor (TDGilbert34@gmail.com).
PLEASE NOTE: Temple Law Review Volume 91 is otherwise filled. Temple Law Review is currently soliciting only for the Ohlbaum Paper.