Competition Prize Winners

The following students and alumni won writing competition awards while at Suffolk University Law School.

Nicholas Sumski (JD 2015), Second Place, 2015 Epstein Becker and Green Health Law Writing Competition (for Do What U Want (With My Body) -- Biobanks: The promises (and Perils) of the Future of Genetic Research)

Kip Bodi (JD 2013), First Prize, 2012 Boston Patent Law Association Annual Writing Competition (for Patentable Processes after Bilski: Recent Federal Circuit Case Law)

Marcie Clark (JD 2011), First Prize, 2010 Boston Patent Law Association Annual Writing Competition (for The 'Separate' Written Description Requirement and Its Impact on Biotechnology Patent Law)

Catherine Dowie (JD expected 2018), Second Place, 2017 Philip Shawe Scholarship Competition

Briana Erickson (JD 2012), Second Prize, 2011 Boston Patent Law Association Annual Writing Competition (for Abstract Idea or Tangible Application? Assn. for Molecular Pathology v. USPTO and the Future of Intellectual Property Protection for Diagnostic Methods)

Cody R. Friesz (JD 2015), Winner, 2014 North American Consortium on Legal Education (NACLE) Student Paper Competition (for Public Participation and Environmental Sustainability: Encouraging a Culture of Corporate Responsibility for North America)

Michelle Gallagher (LLM 2014), Second Place, 2014 Ladas Memorial Award, Student Category (for Keeping the (Good) Faith: Channeling Lessons Learned from Cybersquatting to Help Resolve Trademark Squatting in China)

Molly Rose Goodman (JD 2013), First Prize, 2014 American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers Writing Competition (for The Buck Stops Here: Toxic Titles and Title Insurance)

Robert Alan Hess (JD 2010), Second Place, 2010 H. Thomas Austern Memorial Writing Award Short Paper Competition (for Excavating Treasure from the Amber of the Prior Art: Why the Public Benefit Doctrine Is Ill-Suited to the Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Elizabeth Holland (JD 2011), Winner, 2011 International Humanitarian Law Student Writing Competition (for Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project and Its Crippling Impact on Humanitarian Assistance in Armed Conflict)

Daniel Rose (JD 2011), Second Prize, 2010 Boston Patent Law Association Annual Writing Competition (for Statutory Damages in Copyright Law: When is Willful Infringement Not Willful?)

Dan Ryan (JD 2009), Winner, 2009 Rona R. Mears Student Writing Competition & Scholarship (sponsored by the ABA Section of International Law) (for The Bush Doctrine of Preemption under President Obama)

Melissa Sikorski (JD 2009), First Prize, 2008 Boston Patent Law Association Annual Writing Competition (for Willy Wonka’s Everlasting Gobstopper as a Never-ending Trade Secret: The Importance of Cultivating an Effective Trade Secret Protection Program by Meeting a Client’s Specific Needs)

Robin Sosnow (JD 2013), Second Place, 2012 Daniel T. Murphy Writing Competition (for David Meets Goliath, Again: A Battle Between the U.S. and China in the Fight for Global Domination)

Melissa Waver (JD 2013), Winner, 2012 ELI-ABA-NAELS Constitutional Environmental Law Student Writing Competition (for When the Standing Doctrine Closes a Door, May Intervention Open a Window? How Article III Standing and Rule 24(a) Intervention Could Shape Climate Change Solutions)

Stephen R. Wilson (JD 2003), First Prize, 2002 Boston Patent Law Association Annual Writing Competition (for Rewarding Creativity: Transformative Use in the Jazz Idiom)

Stephen R. Wilson (JD 2003), Second Prize, 2002 Nathan Burkan Memorial Copyright Competition (sponsored by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)) (for Rewarding Creativity: Transformative Use in the Jazz Idiom)

Stephen R. Wilson (JD 2003), First Prize, 2003 Heyman Memorial Writing Competition on Corporate Governance (for Public Disclosure Policies: Can a Company Still Protect Its Trade Secrets?)