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