Hon. William C. Conner Writing Competition
The Honorable William Conner Writing Competition was established to recognize exceptionally written papers that are submitted by law students and is presented each year at the Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner.
For the Conner Writing Competition submission requirements, please click HERE. The Winner will receive a cash award of $2,500.00 and the Runner-up will receive a cash award of $1,500.00. The deadline is March 3, 2024.
| 2024 Hon. William C. Conner Writing Competition Winners | |
| Alexa T. Blandeburgo, 1st Place Winner St. John's University School of Law |
Joseph N. Sotile, 2nd Place Winner Columbia Law School |
| “Do You Know Where Your Trademark Is? How the Fourth Circuit’s Interpretation of the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act Correctly Protects Trademark Owners Online” | “If You Wanna Use My Lyrics: Copyright Preemption of Browsewrap Contracts after ML Genius Hollings LLC v. Google LLC” |
Past Winners of the Hon. William C. Conner Writing Competition
| Name | Law School | Award | Year |
| Alexa T. Blandeburgo | St. John's University School of Law | 1st Place | 2024 |
| Joseph N. Sotile | Columbia Law School | 2nd Place | 2024 |
| Hannah Scott | Quinnipiac University School of Law | 1st Place | 2023 |
| Omid Shamim | Albany Law School | 2nd Place | 2023 |
| Sean Boren | St. John's University School of Law | 1st Place | 2022 |
| Michaela Morrissey | University of Richmond School of Law | 2nd Place | 2022 |
| Charlotte Geaghan-Breiner | Columbia Law School | 1st Place | 2021 |
| Ron Eniclerico | St. John's University School of Law | 2nd Place | 2021 |
| Rachel Horn | Columbia Law School | 1st Place | 2020 |
| Danielle Marino | St. John's University School of Law | 2nd Place | 2020 |
| Kelsie Kelly | Brooklyn Law School | 1st Place | 2019 |
| Samantha Zurcher | Boston College Law School | 2nd Place | 2019 |
| Nicholas Marcello | St. John’s University School of Law | 1st Place | 2018 |
| Ryan Jin | New York University School of Law | 2nd Place | 2018 |
| Mary Catherine Amerine | William & Mary Law School | 1st Place | 2017 |
| Hannah Pham | New York University School of Law | 2nd Place | 2017 |
| Christie Larochelle | Villanova University School of Law | 1st Place | 2016 |
| Daryl Steiger | New York University School of Law |
2nd Place | 2016 |
| Brian Focarino | William & Mary Law School | 1st Place | 2015 |
| Catherine Contino | Villanova University School of Law | 2nd Place | 2015 |
| Kristen Niven | Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law | 1st Place | 2014 |
| Jane Wise | American University Washington College of Law | 2nd Place | 2014 |
| David Kurlander | Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law | 1st Place | 2013 |
| Erica Schwartz | Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law | 2nd Place | 2013 |
| Dan Karmel | Columbia Law School | 1st Place | 2012 |
| Libby Moulton | Columbia Law School | 2nd Place | 2012 |
| Anthony Cheng | Columbia Law School | 1st Place | 2011 |
| Jason Kreps & Tom Lemmo | New York University School of Law |
2nd Place | 2011 |
| Karen Zhou | University of Maryland School of Law | 1st Place | 2010 |
| Robin Brenner | Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law | 2nd Place | 2010 |
| Victoria Elman | Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law | 1st Place | 2009 |
| Brian R. Day | The George Washington University Law School | 2nd Place | 2009 |
| Kiran Nasir Gore | Brooklyn Law School | 1st Place | 2008 |
| Thomas Foley | Emory University | 2nd Place | 2008 |
| Jayme L. Majek | Albany Law School of Union University | 1st Place | 2007 |
| Matthew Dowd | George Washington University Law School | 2nd Place | 2007 |
| Matthew Dowd | George Washington University Law School | 1st Place | 2006 |
| Gregory M. Reilly | Temple University, James E. Beasley School of Law | 2nd Place | 2006 |
| Sarah Duran | University of Baltimore | Co-Winner | 2005 |
| Caroline Nguyen | Columbia Law School | Co-Winner | 2005 |
| William Martin | University of Chicago | 1st Place | 2004 |
| Elliot Chalom | New York University School of Law | 2nd Place | 2004 |
| David V. Lampman | Albany Law School | 1st Place | 2003 |
| John A. Jeffrey | Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America | 2nd Place | 2003 |
| Anastasia Zhadina | Brooklyn Law School | 1st Place | 2002 |
| Nicole Endejann | University of Akron School of Law | 2nd Place | 2002 |
| Donna Furey | Co-Winner | 2001 | |
| Jonas Geissler | Co-Winner | 2001 | |
| Stanley Paylago | 1st Place | 2000 | |
| Joan McGivern | 2nd Place | 2000 | |
| Todd Hanna | Syracuse University College of Law | 1st Place | 1999 |
| K. Kerry Ayazi | Rutgers University School of Law | 2nd Place | 1999 |
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