Temple University Beasley School of Law’s advocacy program values scholarship that advances Advocacy, Evidence law and the links between the two. Each year one article is selected 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 or advocacy-and-law related subject are welcome and are be peer reviewed. The best article each year is published in the Temple Law Review Online, as well as on Temple’s Advocacy and Evidence Resources website. Additionally, the author receives a prize of $250. Articles are judged on the following criteria: originality, usefulness to advocates and students of advocacy, and reflection of the values Professor Ohlbaum exhibited and taught. Current article length is to be anywhere 8,000 and 15,000 words.
For the next article, the submission date is February 1, 2027. Submissions should be made electronically, in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) or PDF format, to Professor Jules Epstein, Director of Advocacy Programs (jules.epstein@temple.edu).
Selected Articles
| Year | Paper Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Restoring Justice: Purging Evil From Federal Rule of Evidence 609 | The Hon. Timothy R. Rice |
| 2016 | Bringing Demonstrative Evidence In From The Cold: The Academy’s Role In Developing Model Rules | Maureen A. Howard and Jeffrey C. Barnum |