Law Student Division - Student Lawyer September 1999

Thanks to all who entered the Law Student Division’s Student Lawyer Newspaper Awards contest. Results in each of the five categories have been tabulated, and we are extremely pleased to announce the following winners:

Overall Newspaper: For the fourth year in a row, America’s oldest law school newspaper, the Harvard Law Record, has taken top honors. The Law Record’s 1998-99 publishing year was under the editorial direction of editor-in-chief Ben Lehrer. Second-place honors go to Cleveland-Marshall College of Law’s newspaper, The Gavel, followed closely by The Cornell Law Tower, in third place.

Overall Magazine: The Phoenix, published by the University of Chicago Law School and edited by Matthew B. Prince, was awarded first-place honors. In second and third places, respectively, were the American University-Washington College of Law’s American Jurist and The Docket, from Roger Williams University’s Papitto School of Law.

Feature Article: The University of Chicago’s Phoenix again took the top spot, with "Behind the Number Six" (describing law school rankings) by Adam Rappaport. Taking second was a feature from the Virginia Law Weekly, from the University of Virginia School of Law. Third place went to an article from Suffolk University School of Law’s Dicta.

Editorial: Kelly Casillas of The Docket, from the UCLA School of Law, received first prize for her opinion article, "Just Say No to the War on Drugs," followed very closely by an editorial from John Marshall Law School’s The Decisive Utterance. Third place went to still another close contender, Suffolk University’s Dicta.

Humor Article: American Jurist columnist Todd R. Stone’s "The Hairy Hand" received first place for American University. An article in The Cornell Law Tower placed second, and New York University School of Law came in third with its entry from The Commentator.

Watch for entry information for the 1999-2000 Newspaper Awards, appearing in Student Lawyer this spring. •