Date Chartered: 8/1/1974
The Section on Law and Religion promotes the communication of ideas, interests, and activities among members and provides discussion, information, and recommendations in regard to the interaction of law and Religion.
Annual Meeting Programs
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
- Constitutional Law and Law and Religion Joint Program
- Islamic Law (Co-Sponsored by Law and Religion)
- Section on Children and the Law (Co-Sponsored by Law and Religion)
- International Human Rights (Co-Sponsored by Law and Religion)
2020
2019
- Main Program
- Constitutional Law (Co-sponsored by Law and Religion)
- Islamic Law (Co-sponsored by Law and Religion)
- Jewish Law (Co-sponsored by Law and Religion)
- Labor Relations and Employment Law (Co-sponsored by Law and Religion)
Awards
Harold Berman Award for Excellence in Scholarship
This annual award recognizes a paper that has made an outstanding scholarly contribution to the field of law and religion. To be eligible, a paper must have been published between July 15, 2020 and July 15, 2022. (Because no paper was selected last year, the committee will consider a two-year window for this year’s prize.) The author must be a faculty member at an AALS Member School (with no more than 10 years’ experience as a faculty member) or a full-time fellow or VAP at an AALS member school. Nominations should include the name of the author, the title of the paper, a statement of eligibility, and a brief rationale for choosing the paper for the award. Self-nominations are accepted.
Recipients
| Year | Award Name | Recipient | Law School |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Harold Berman Award for Excellence in Scholarship | Patrick E. Reidy | Notre Dame Law School |
| 2024 | Harold Berman Award for Excellence in Scholarship | Xiao Wang | University of Virginia School of Law |
| 2023 | Harold Berman Award for Excellence in Scholarship | Zalman Rothschild | The University of Chicago, The Law School |
| 2021 | Harold Berman Award for Excellence in Scholarship | Elizabeth Katz | Washington University in St. Louis School of Law |
| 2020 | Harold Berman Award for Excellence in Scholarship | Mark Storslee | The Pennsylvania State University – Penn State Law |
| 2019 | Law and Religion Award | Kellen Funk | Columbia Law School |
| 2018 | Law and Religion Award for Excellence in Scholarship | Christopher Lund | Wayne State University Law School |
| 2017 | Law and Religion Award for Excellence in Scholarship | Nathan Chapman | University of Georgia School of Law |