Legal Writing Awards

Legal Writing Awards - Students
Presented to Winners from America's Law Schools.

• The article must have a publication date of the previous year even if it actually printed at a later date. The article may have appeared in any publication printed at your law school, including law reviews and journals, and may be a note, a comment, or an article.
• The subject of the article can be devoted to any legal topic.
• The length of the article is not limited.
• Only one article may be submitted on behalf of a law school.
• Only deans or their designees may nominate an applicant.
• At least one author or coauthor must have been enrolled in the calendar year when the article was published.
• Coauthors are permitted. Please provide the name, address, telephone number, fax and email of each contributing author.
• This completed nomination form together with a copy of the article should be submitted online at www.burtonawards.com and must be received by January 12, 2009. If mailed, the nomination form must still be filled out online and two hard copies must be sent.
• Please note: A 250 word narrative biographical summary written in the third person will be required for each winner together with a color photo. While competition is very keen, for convenience purposes, the bio and photo can be submitted electronically at the time of the application.

In 2007 the Following Awards were Presented

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW Elaine Wang	BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL Michael B. Weitman
CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW Kevin Case	COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL Grant R. Mainland
DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW Sarah M. Riley	EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW James McDonough, III
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW Andrew M. Grossman	THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA COLUMBUS SCHOOL OF LAW John D. Skees
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL Brian Hawkins	UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL E. Daniel Robinson
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW SCHOOL Abby Wright	WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW Joel Graham
WILLIAM & MARY LAW SCHOOL Bryan Shay	YALE LAW SCHOOL Jessica Bulman-Pozen
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER Jessica Powley Hayden

Law Schools with Award Winners Since the Inception of the Program

College of Law American University Washington	Appalachian School of Law
Brooklyn Law School	Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Chapman University School of Law	Chicago-Kent College of Law
Columbia Law School	Cornell Law School
Duke University School of Law	Duquesne University School of Law
Emory University School of Law	Fordham University School of Law
George Mason University School of Law	Georgetown University Law Center
Golden Gate University College of Law	Howard University School of Law
Michigan State University College of Law	New York University School of Law
Northwestern University School of Law	Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Pace School of Law	Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University
Seattle University School of Law	Stanford Law School
Stetson University College of Law Syracuse University School of Law	The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law	Thomas Jefferson School of Law
University of Arkansas School of Law	University of Cincinnati Law School
University of Connecticut School of Law	University of Houston Law Center
University of Illinois College of Law	University of Iowa School of Law
University of Maryland School of Law	University of Miami School of Law
University of Michigan Law School	University of Minnesota Law School
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law	University of North Carolina School of Law
University of Pennsylvania Law School	University of Southern California Law School
University of Tennessee College of Law	Valparaiso University School of Law
Vanderbilt University School of Law	Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
Wayne State University Law School	William & Mary School of Law
Yale Law School