First Place:  Natacha Lam, Harvard Law School “Clash of the Titans: Seeking Guidance for Adjudicating the Conflict between Equality and Religious Liberty in LGBT Litigation” First Runner Up: Brian Kaufman, Emory University School of Law “The Ambivalence of Colonial Residue: Comparative Perspectives of Sexual Identity Construction, Politics, and Culture in Zimbabwe and South Africa” Second Runner […]

First Place:  Govind Persad, J.D./Ph.D Student, Stanford Law School “What Marriage Law can Learn from Citizenship Law (and Vice Versa)” First Runner Up:  Jane Tanimura, USC School of Law “A Duty to Protect Female Transgender Inmates from the Obvious and Foreseeable Risk of Sexual Assault” Second Runner Up:  Ryan Castle, Seattle University School of Law […]

First Place:  Michael Stefanilo, Northeastern School of Law “Identity Interrupted: The Parental Notification Requirement of the Massachusetts Anti-Bullying Law” First Runner Up:  Natalie Amato, University of Maryland School of Law “Black v. Simms: A Lost Opportunity to Benefit Children by Preserving Sibling Relationships When Same-Sex Families Dissolve” Second Runner Up:  Shawn Carrol Casey, University of […]

First Place:  Tina Sohaili, University of Southern California Gould School of Law “Securing Safe Schools: Using Title IX Liability to Address Peer Harassment of Transgender Students” First Runner Up:  Maureen Brocco, University of Maryland School of Law “Note: Familiar Stories: An International Suggestion for LGB Family Military Benefits After the Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t […]

First Place: Krista Stone-Manista, Northwestern University School of Law “Parents in Illinois Are Parents in Oklahoma: An Argument for Mandatory Interstate Recognition of Same-Sex Adoptions” First Runner Up:  C. Hays Burchfield, University of Mississippi School of Law “Gay or Straight – Marriage Should Not Be a Requirement for Enforceable Gestational Surrogacy Agreements” Second Runner Up: Matthew Coleman, Rutgers […]

First Place: Luke Boso, West Virginia University College of Law “A (Trans) Gender Inclusive Equal Protection Analysis of Public Female Toplessness” First Runner Up:   Kathleen Doty, University of California Davis School of Law “From Fretté to E.B.: The European Court of Human Rights on Gay and Lesbian Adoption” Second Runner Up: Victoria Snyder, City University of New York School of Law […]

First Place:  Adam R. Pulver, Columbia Law School – “Gay Blood Revisionism: A Critical Analysis of Advocacy and the ‘Gay Blood Ban’” First Runner Up:  L. James Lyman, University of Colorado Law School – “Legislators Gone Wild! The (Mis)Use of Criminal Law to Prevent the Spread of HIV” Second Runner Up: Daniel Ryan Koslosky – University of Florida […]

First Place: Anne C. DeCleene, University of Wisconsin Law School, The Reality of Gender Ambiguity:  A Road Toward Transgender Healthcare Inclusion. First Runner Up:  Caitlin Barry, James E. Beasley School of Law, Temple University, Underage & Underprotected:  Recognizing the Rights of Gender Nonconforming Youth Second Runner Up: Lauren Dubick, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, The 1st Amendment in Public […]

First Place:  Deborah A. Morgan, American University Washington College of Law, Not Gay Enough for the Government: Racial Stereotypes in Sexual Orientation Asylum Cases First Runner Up:   Shannan W. Leelyn, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, Penal Implants: Transsexuals (Mis)Housed in the Criminal Justice System Second Runner Up: Steve Sanders, University of Michigan Law School,Federalism and Same-Sex Marriage

First Place:  Anne Tamar-Mattis, University of California at Berkeley School of Law, Implications of AB 458 for California LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care First Runner Up:    Natasha Ernst, Lewis & Clark Law School, Same-Sex Marriage and Equal Protection under Article I, Section 20 of the Oregon Constitution Second Runner Up: Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona State University College of Law,A Bittersweet […]