The Society sponsors a student writing competition to advance its mission by promoting research and writing on the California Supreme Court and the state's legal history.  The competition is open to law students and graduate students in history, political science, government, and related fields.  The articles are judged by a panel of American legal historians and lawyers.


The winning entries from the 2010 and 2007 competitions can be found below:

2010 STUDENT WRITING COMPETITION / Select From Menu (PDF) -- -- -- -- >> -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2010: Announcement of Winning Entries 2010: 1st / "The Case of the Black-Gloved Rapist" Sara Mayeux 2010: 2nd / "Jerry's Judges and the Politics of the Death Penalty" Joseph Makhluf 2010: 3rd / "The Last of the Beaches" Justin Dickerson -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2010 STUDENT WRITING COMPETITION / Select From Menu (PDF) -- -- -- -- >>

2007 STUDENT WRITING COMPETITION / Select From Menu (PDF) -- -- -- -- >> -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2007: Announcement of Winning Entries 2007: 1st / "Chief Justice Roger J. Traynor's Tax Philosophy" Mirit Eyal-Cohen 2007: 2nd / "Mosk and Capital Punishment" Amber A. Trumbull 2007: 3rd / "The Rise and Fall of Rose Bird" Patrick K. Brown -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2007 STUDENT WRITING COMPETITION / Select From Menu (PDF) -- -- -- -- >>