Pritikin Award

Pritikin Award

The Theodore M. Pritikin Memorial Fund was established to honor Theodore Pritikin, a bright and gifted alumnus who founded the UC Davis Journal of International Law & Policy (JILP). The Fund provides an annual prize for a student writing competition sponsored by the Journal. JILP awards the prize to a student who submits a previously unpublished paper that makes the most significant contribution to legal knowledge in the realm of international law and policy.

CONTACT/QUESTIONS:

Information for the 2025 Pritikin Award Writing Contest

Please scan the QR code to access and fill out the submission form. Please submit entries as a PDF without any identifying information.

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Prize amount: $500 scholarship, and will be published in the next volume of the Journal.

Deadline for submission: 11:59 PM on Saturday, May 14, 2025

If you have any questions or concerns, please email ajwillis@ucdavis.edu 

QUALIFICATIONS FOR ENTRY:

  • Entries must be previously unpublished, original works.
  • Entries must be written by King Hall students (includes LL.M students and JD students).
  • Entries must be approximately 20 to 30 pages, double spaced, in 12-point font with 1" margins on all sides, on 8.5 x 11" paper, including footnotes/endnotes.
  • All citations must conform to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation

MAIN EVALUATION GUIDELINE:

The prize will be awarded to a student who submits a previously unpublished paper that makes the most significant contribution to legal knowledge in the realm of international law & policy. All submissions will be evaluated by a faculty panel based on originality, contribution to legal knowledge, timeliness, strength of writing, and analytical depth.