Student Prizes
Charles G. Albom Prize
Awarded annually to a student who demonstrates excellence in the area of judicial and/or administrative appellate advocacy in connection with a Law School clinical program
Sophie Laing ’21
Jordan Brewington ’21
Lily Halpern ’21
Jacob Schriner-Briggs ’21
Ramis Wadood ’21
The Joseph A. Chubb Competition Prize
For excellence in legal draftsmanship and not legal scholarship; two prizes to be awarded
1st prize: Gabe Levine ’21
“Petitioner’s Brief, Trump v. Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, et. al.”
2nd prize: Holden Tanner ’21
“Petitioner’s Brief, Trump v. Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, et. al.”
Felix S. Cohen Prize
Paper on subject relating to legal philosophy
Gregory Antill ’23
"Fitting the Model Penal Code Into a Reasons-Responsiveness Picture of Subjective Culpability: A Skeptical Challenge To The ‘Standard Picture’ of Criminal Liability"
Edgar M. Cullen Prize
Best paper by a first-year student
Russell Bogue ’23, Broderick Johnson ’23, and Shunhe Wang ’23
“The Road From Rhodes: The Impact of Double Celling on State Investment in Incarceration”
Thomas I. Emerson Prize
Distinguished paper or project on a subject related to legislation
Alexander Zhang ’23
“Legislative Statutory Interpretation”
Ambrose Gherini Prize
Best paper in the field of International Law, either public or private
Gregor Novak ’21 JSD
"Global Lawmaking and Social Change: The Varieties and Dynamics of Customary International Lawmaking"
Gershon Hasin ’21 JSD
"Ocean Governance in the 21st Century: A New “Package-Deal” to Balance Mare Liberum and Mare Clausum"
Margaret Gruter Prize
Best paper on how ethology, biology, and related behavior sciences may deepen our understanding of law
Saylor Soinski ’23
"Paid Donation: Reconciling Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivations in Oocyte Transfer"
Jerome Sayles Hess Prize for International Law
Best student who demonstrates excellence in the area of international law
Mark Stevens ’21
Marshall Jewell Prize
Best second-year student contribution to a Yale Law School journal other than the YLJ
Michael S. Avi-Yonah ’22
"The Nation-State that Never Sets: Hong Kong, Deglobalization, and the Endurance of Nation-States in Protecting Rights"
Quintin Johnstone Prize in Real Property Law. Established by the CATIC Foundation.
To the student in his second or third year at the Law School who has demonstrated excellence in the area of real property law
Jordan Brewington ’21
"Dismantling the Master’s House: Reparations on the American Plantation"
Pat Reidy ’21
"Condemning Worship: Religious Liberty Protections and Church Takings"
Florence M. Kelley ’37 Family Law Prize
To the student who demonstrates exceptional interest or achievement in the area of family law
Shana Hurley ’21
"Vindicating the Right to Read"
William T. Ketcham Jr. Prize
Best paper in the field of private international law to be awarded annually
Michael Loughlin ’21
"NAFTA Chapter 11 to USMCA Chapter 14: The Substantive Differences in the Investment Chapters of NAFTA and USMCA, the Motivations Behind These Changes, and the Likely Implications of These Modifications”
Khosla Memorial Fund for Human Dignity Prize
To the student who best demonstrates an active engagement in advancing the values of human dignity in the international arena
Dianne Lake ’21
Raphael Lemkin Prize
Paper in the field of international human rights
Anna Wherry ’21
“Narrowing Responsibility: Colombia’s Violence Commissions and the Politics of Human Rights, 1958-2011”
Stephen J. Massey Prize
To the student who best exemplifies, in work on behalf of clients and in other community service, the values of the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization at Yale Law School
Felisha Miles ’21
Jeff Schroeder ’21
Molly Petchenik ’21
Julia Geiger ’21
Rebecca Steele ’21
Hannah Abelow ’21
Judge William E. Miller Prize
For the best paper concerning the Bill of Rights
Gilad Abiri ’20 JSD and Sebastian Guidi ’23 JSD
"The Pandemic Constitution"
Duncan Hosie ’21
“The First Amendment, Janus, and the Movement Dissent”
C. LaRue Munson Prize
To be divided equally between two students for excellence in the investigation, preparation, and [where permitted under the legal internship rule] presentation of civil, criminal, or administrative law cases, under the supervision of a law school clinical program
Eli Feasley ’21
Adam Kinkley ’21
Keith Woolridge ’21
Daniel Ki ’21
Lisa Chen ’21
Alex Boudreau ’21
Joseph Parker Prize
Best paper on a subject connected with legal history or Roman law
Alexander Zhang ’23
“Legislative Statutory Interpretation”
Israel H. Peres Prize
Best student Note or Comment appearing in the YLJ
Simon Brewer ’20
“The Attorney General’s Settlement Authority and the Separation of Powers”
Caroline Lawrence ’21 and Blake Schultz ’21
“Divide and Conquer? Lessons on Cooperative Federalism from a Decade of Mental-Health Parity Enforcement”
Clifford L. Porter Prize
Outstanding student performance in taxation open to students in other schools of the University
Ezra Kagan ’22
“The Tax Procedure Trap: Why Undermining the IRS Will Harm Low-Income Taxpayers”
Edward D. Robbins Memorial Prize
Best third-year student contribution to a Yale Law School journal other than the YLJ
Geoffrey Block ’21
“Turf Wars: Arming Congress's Gang (of Eight)”
Benjamin Scharps Prize
Best paper by a third-year student
Joshua Feinzig ’21
“Political Re-Enfranchisement and the Boundary Problem of 'Lost' Rights”
Matthew Quallen ’21
“How to Save the Census: Political Control and the United States Census Bureau”
Colby Townsend Memorial Prize
Best paper by a second-year student
Alexander Zhang ’23
“Legislative Statutory Interpretation”
William K. S. Wang Prize
Braden Currey ’23
Kaleb Mount ’23
Sherry Tanious ’21
Francis Wayland Prize
For proficiency in preparing and presenting a case in negotiation, arbitration, and litigation
Isabel Echarte ’21
Karen Anderson ’21
Emily Yeh ’21
Camila Bustos ’21
Mollie Berkowitz ’21
Judge Ralph K. Winter Jr. Prize for Law and Economics
Awarded annually to the best student paper written in law and economics
Andrew Brod ’22
“Mechanism Design and Behavioral Economics: Incentivizing Optimal Pre-Trial Discovery”
David Herman ’21
“Debiasing McDonnell Douglas: Background Circumstances Analysis for Traditional Discrimination Plaintiffs”
Judge Ralph K. Winter Jr. Prize for Corporate Law
Awarded annually to the best student paper written in corporate law
Dhruv Aggarwal ’21
“Transactional Lawyers as Transnational Legal Actors"
The following are additional prizes from the 2020-2021 academic year not selected by the faculty:
Potter Stewart Prize
Established by alumni and friends of the School. To be awarded annually for the best student argument in advanced Moot Court competition
Marnie Lowe ’22
Akanksha Shah ’22
Thurman Arnold/Harlan Fiske Stone Prize
For the best oral argument by a student in Moot Court
Erik Fredericksen ’22
Benjamin N. Cardozo/A. Leon Higginbotham Prize
For the best brief submitted by a student in the Moot Court Competition
Elise Kostial ’21
John Fletcher Caskey Prize
For the best presentation of a case on final trial in the Thomas Swan Barristers’ Union
Nick Barile ’23
John Currier Gallagher Prize
For the student showing most proficiency in the presentation of a case on final trial in the Thomas Swan Barristers’ Union
Ryanne Bamieh ’23
Yale Law Journal Prize (Michael Egger Prize)
For the best student Note or Comment on current social problems in The Yale Law Journal, on recommendation of the board of directors
Jordan Brewington ’21
“Dismantling the Master’s House: Reparations on the American Plantation”
Clinical Legal Education Association Outstanding Clinical Team Award
Matt Kellner ’21
Natalie Cauley ’21
Leila Blatt ’21
Shiv Rawal ’21