First Place: Matt Kellner, Yale Law School
“Queer and Unusual: Capital Punishment, LGBTQ Identity, and the Constitutional Path Forward”

Runners-Up: Ariana Aboulafia, University of Miami School of Law
“The New John Lawrence: An Analysis of the Criminalization of LGBTQ Homelessness” and
Chuqiao “Chris” Zhao, University of Notre Dame Law School
“Happily (N)ever After?: Addressing Legal Barriers for Same-Sex Parenting in the Post-Obergefell Era”