Call for Nominations: 2026 ABILA Book Awards
The American Branch of the International Law Association now accepts nominations for four separate book awards: the ABILA Book of the Year Award, the ABILA Practitioners Book Award, the ABILA New Authors Book Award, and the ABILA Edited Volume Award. Deadline: June 15, 2026.
Mortimer Sellers, José E. Alvarez, Michael P. Scharf, and Leila Nadya Sadat
The Categories:
ABILA Book of the Year Award: Awarded each year to the best book published in the previous year on international law or a topic in international law.
ABILA Practitioners Book Award: Awarded each year to the best book published in the previous year on a technical topic in international law or on a topic likely to be of particular interest to international law practitioners.
ABILA New Authors Book Award: This award is given each year to the best first book published in the previous year on international law or a topic in international law by an author who has not previously published a book on this or any other subject.
ABILA Edited Volume Award: Awarded each year to the best-edited volume published in the previous year on international law or a topic in international law.
The awards will be announced and presented to the recipients at International Law Weekend 2026, and the winner(s)’ names will be included in the list of all past Book of the Year Award winners on the ABILA website. See last year’s winners here.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Eligible books must have been published within the calendar year of nomination or the preceding calendar year and must address some aspect of international law.
Procedure for nomination: Any person may nominate a book to the Award Committee. Please indicate which award(s) the book is being nominated for; to be considered for the award, the nominator, author(s), or publisher must send a copy of the book directly to each of the members of the ABILA Book Award Committee (see below). Books must be received by June 15, 2026. The books nominated will not be returned.
Members of the 2026 ABILA Book Awards Committee:
Prof. Mortimer Sellers
Chair, ABILA Book Awards Committee
615 County Line Road
Radnor, Pennsylvania 19087
U.S.A.
Prof. Fernanda Nicola
Washington College of Law
4300 Nebraska Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20016
U.S.A.
Prof. Alison Renteln
USC Gould School of Law
699 Exhibition Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90089-0071
U.S.A.
Send any questions to [email protected].
