Matthew Desmond was selected as the winner of the 2014 Law and Society Association John Hope Franklin Prize for his article, “Eviction and the Reproduction of Urban Poverty.” The paper stood out in a competitive field for its analytical richness and practical contribution to understanding how law relates to the reproduction of inequality. He will be presented with the award during the LSA Annual Meeting in May 2014.

The John Hope Franklin Prize was established in 2010 by the Law and Society Association to recognize exceptional scholarship in the field of Race, Racism and the Law. The award is awarded annually and is named for John Hope Franklin, a professor of history and law whose interdisciplinary research documented the history of racism and its effects, whose scholarship had both national and international influence, and whose commitments to intellectual freedom, professional service, and civic activism were resolute.