Writing Competitions for Law Students

Congratulations to Brooklyn Law School’s Stephanie Flores ’25 and our Journal of Law & Policy!

The BLS Journal of Law & Policy published the article “Silent Suffering: Demanding Individual Accountability for Sexual Assault Against Disabled Children in School Environments" by Stephanie Flores '25.  This article recently earned Second Place in the 2025 Scribes Law Review Article Competition, presented by Scribes—The American Society of Legal Writers.

Alexandra Mallory ’25 Honored with the Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing

Two Brooklyn Students Take Top Prizes in National Student Writing Competition

Elizabeth Potter ’20 (L) and Emily Spanyer Sanford ’20 (R) earned first and second prize (respectively) in the 2019-2020 Louis Jackson Memorial National Student Writing Competition.

Announcing the Winner of the Berkeley Technology Law Journal 2023 Writing Competition

• First Place Winner:
  James Ng, Brooklyn Law School

  • Article: Back in the Driver’s Seat: The United States Should Enact a Unified Automated Vehicle Law and Regulation

Congratulations to Molly Turro '24 [Brooklyn Law School]

• Honorable Mention Winner, BHBA Rule of Law Writing Competition 
  • Article: Indefinite Detention at Guantánamo: How the National Defense Authorization Act results in indefinite detention in violation of international human rights.

NYSBA Real Property Law Section: Annual Student Writing Competition

• Winners:

2023: Zoe Lindsey, Brooklyn Law School

2022: Daniel Finnegan, Brooklyn Law School