Essay Contest

2011 Law Student Essay Competition Winners

First Prize
"Reading, Writing and Interrogating: Providing Miranda Warnings to Students in Schoolhouse Interrogations"
Stephanie Forbes
William & Mary Law School

Second Prize
"School's Out? Factoring a Student's Age into Miranda's Custody Calculus"
Daniel Paterno
Pennsylvania State University, The Dickinson School of Law

Third Prize
"Hear My Words That I Might Teach Your: The Rights to Silence and Counsel Down at the School Yard"
Daniel M. Erwin
Quinnipiac University School of Law

First Prize
"Confronting State Experimentation in the Wake of Melendez-Diaz"
George B. Milam
University of Virginia School of Law

Second Prize
"In Search of a New Rationale: The Effects of Melendez-Diaz on the Admission of Lab Results"
Sarah Martin
University of California – Berkeley, School of Law

Third Prize
"The Procedural Sweet-spot Between the Confrontation Clause and the Administration of Justice Regarding Forensic Analyst Reports"
Justin Fine
University of Baltimore School of Law

The American Judges Association (AJA) annual essay competition is open to all full-time law students enrolled in and attending an accredited law school in the United States or Canada. The first prize for the contest is $3,000; second is $1,500; and third is $1,000. First, second, and third place winners and their law schools will be presented with an award certificate. The winning essay will be published in AJA’s journal, Court Review. We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the National Court Reporters Association.