The Robert Strauss Center and Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law are pleased to announce that Ashley Deeks, Class of 1948 Scholarly Research Professor at the University of Virginia Law School, is the winner of the 2024 Mike Lewis Prize for National Security Law Scholarship.
Professor Deeks’ article, (Sub-)Delegating National Security Powers was published in the University of Pennsylvania Law Journal this past year. For her outstanding work advancing the study of national security law, Professor Deeks is awarded $1000, thanks to generous donations to the Mike Lewis Prize Fund (please see the Mike Lewis Prize page here for more information on donating to the fund and the nomination process).
The Mike Lewis Prize was established in 2017 by the Robert Strauss Center and Ohio Northern Universitys Pettit College of Law (ONU), in consultation with the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Section on National Security Law. The prize honors Professor Mike Lewis of ONU, a much-loved colleague and prolific scholar who passed away in 2015.
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