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 […]

First Place:  Keith Hilzendeger, Arizona State University College of Law,Walking Title VII’s Tightrope: Advice for Gay and Lesbian Title VII Plaintiffs First Runner Up:  Zachary A. Kramer, University of Illinois College of Law, The Neutered Homosexual: Why Gays and Lesbians Should Champion Martha Fineman’s Re-Visioned Family Law Second Runner Up:  Sarah Drescher, University of Oregon College School of […]

First Place:  Mary Beth Heinzelmann, Hofstra University School of Law, The ‘Reasonable Lesbian’ Standard: A Potential Deterrent Against Bias in Hostile Work Environment Cases

First Place:  Christopher S. Hargis, University of Kentucky College of Law, The Scarlet ‘H’: The Status and Expression of Homosexuality

First Place:  B.J. Chisholm, Howard University School of Law, The Back(door) of Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.: ‘Outing’ Heterosexuality as a Gender-Based Stereotype

First Place:  Laurie Rose Kepros Queer Theory: Weed or Seed in the Garden of Legal Theory?

First Place:  Dirk Selland Will Maryland Enter the Twenty-First Century in the Right Direction by Rescinding Its Ancient Sodomy Statutes?