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Mobilizing the legal profession to provide access to justice and safety for victims of domestic violence. | |
Annual Law Student Writing Competition
Law students are invited to submit articles addressing domestic violence and the law from a national or international perspective. Submissions must further the legal needs of victims of domestic violence or domestic violence victims and their children, or advance efforts to address the incidence, causes and effects of intimate partner violence.
| 1st Place: | Publication in the American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law Resolution from the ABA Commission on Domestic Violence and honorarium |
| 2nd Place: | Resolution from the ABA Commission on Domestic Violence and honorarium |
| 3rd Place: | Resolution from the ABA Commission on Domestic Violence and honorarium |
For complete competition guidelines, download the Announcement below.
Previous Winners
2008
First Place: Amanda Jane Proctor, University of Mississippi School of Law
“Breaking Into the Marital Home to Break Up Domestic Violence: Fourth Amendment Analysis of ‘Disputed Permission’”
Second Place: Andrea Gittleman, New York University School of Law
“Drawing the Line: When to Apply Restorative Justice to Cases of Violence Against Women”
Third Place: Lisa Snead, University of Texas School of Law
“Domestic Violence Litigation in the Wake of Deshaney and Castle Rock”
2007
First Place: Lisa A. White, University of Tennessee College of Law
“Unlikely Bedfellows: The Intersection Between The Defense of Marriage Act(s) And Domestic Violence Prosecution”
Second Place: Mary Helen Wimberly, Vanderbilt University Law School
“Defending Victims of Domestic Violence Who Kill Their Batterers: Using the Trial Expert to Change Social Norms”
Third Place: Diana Wempen, University of Wyoming College of Law
“Four-Footed and Largely Forgotten: Exploring the Connections Between Animal Abuse and Domestic Violence”
2006
First Place: Amanda Knief, Drake University Law School
“Gender Bias in Asylum Law: Recognizing Persecution Against Women and Girls"
Second Place: Heidi Boas, Boalt Hall School of Law
"Lessons from Ghana: The Challenges of a Legal Response to Domestic Violence in Africa"
Third Place: Melissa Marks, University of Michigan Law School
"Because I’m a Woman: The Dilemma of Establishing a Causal Nexus in Asylum Claims Brought by Victims of Domestic Violence"
2005
First Place: Jennifer Ammons, California Western School of Law
"Batterers with Badges: Officer Involved Domestic Violence"
Second Place: Judith Cutler, Vermont Law School
"Guns in the Green Mountains"
2004
First Place: Haley Schwartz, Emory University Law School
"The Plight of Domestic Violence Victims Under the Procedure, Politics, and Policies of the Bankruptcy Code"
Second Place: Renee M. Jackson, University of Connecticut School of Law
"Violent Women: The Law's Inadequate Response to Lesbian Domestic Violence"
Third Place: Nicole R. Hart, University at Buffalo Law School
"What Will the Marriage Initiative Mean for Victims of Domestic Violence? The Past, Present, and Future of Welfare Reform"
