Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest
Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the Schwab Essay Contest! To read winning essays, just click on the title links.*Please note that the 2009 winning essays may be updated to reflect their publication in Family Law Quarterly; should that occur, the essays' formats will change slightly.
2009
- First Place
Andrea "Drew" Lehman
USC Gould School of Law
Los Angeles, CA
"Inappropriate Injury: The Case for Barring Consideration of a Parent's Homosexuality in Custody Actions"
Second Place
Kathleen L. Lee
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Bloomington, IN
"In Support of a Gender-Neutral Framework for Resolving Selective Reduction Disputes"
Third Place
Sean Masson
Hofstra University School of Law
Hempstead, NY
"Cracking Open the Golden Door: A Proposed Amendment to Extend Refugee Status to Spouses Who Have Been Persecuted by China's One-Child Policy"
2008
- First Place
Christine Olson
UC Davis School of Law
Davis, CA
"Second Class Families: Interstate Recognition of Queer Adoption"
Second Place
Sally Adams
Vermont Law School
South Royalton, VT
"Avoiding Round Two: The Inadequacy of Current Relocation Laws and a Proposed Solution"
Third Place
Lauren Douglass
Washburn University School of Law
Topeka, KS
"Avoiding Conflict at Home When There is Conflict Abroad: Military Child Custody and Visitation"
2007
- First Place
Lila Slovak
Temple University Beasley School of Law
Philadelphia, PA
"Smoke Screens: Why State Laws Making It a Crime to Smoke in Cars Containing Children Are a Bad Idea"
Second Place
Jessica Hawkins
Washington University School of Law
St. Louis, MO
"My Two Dads: Challenging Gender Stereotypes in Applying California's Recent Supreme Court Cases to Gay Couples"
Third Place
Tracie Rogalin Siddiqui
Georgetown University Law Center
Washington, D.C.
"Interpretation of Islamic Marriage Contracts"
2006
- First Place
Katherine M. Krause
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Philadelphia, PA
"Issues of State Use of Social Security Insurance Beneficiary Funds for Reimbursement of Foster-Care Costs"
Second Place
Deborah P. Cromer
Whittier Law School
Costa Mesa, CA
"Through No Fault of Their Own: Reasserting a Child's Right to Family Connectedness in the Child Welfare System"
Third Place
Annie Y. Wang
Santa Clara University School of Law
Santa Clara, CA
"Unmarried Cohabitation: What Can We Learn From a Comparison Between the United States and China?"
2005
- First Place
Karly Grossman
Temple University School of Law
Philadelphia, PA
"Transsexuals and the Legal Determination for Sex"
Second Place
Melissa Kucinski
Pace University Law School
White Plains, NY
"New York's Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage"
Third Place
Matthew Pakula
Michigan State University College of Law
East Lansing, MI
"A Federal Filial Responsibility Statute: A Uniform Tool to Help Combat the Wave of Indigent Elderly"
2004
- First Place
Marcia Yablon
Yale Law School
New Haven, CT
"Statement of Originality for Paper on the Indian Child Welfare Act Amendments of 2003"
Second Place
Alyssa Rower
Duke University School of Law
Durham, NY
"The Legality of Polygamy: A Discussion of Whether Polygamy Should be Legalized under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment following Lawrence v. Texas"
Third Place
Matthew Astle
Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA
"An Ounce of Prevention: Marital Counseling Laws as an Anti-Divorce Measure"
Note: More examples of winning essays that have been published in the Family Law Quarterly may be found in Vol. 37, No. 3, (Fall 2003) and Vol 38, No. 3 (Fall 2004).
