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student writing competition
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.


2007 COMPETITION

Announcement of Winning Entries [PDF]


First Place: "Preventive Tax Policy: Chief Justice Roger J. Traynor's Tax Philosophy" [PDF] by Mirit Eyal-Cohen.

Second Place: "Mosk and Capital Punishment in California: A Liberal Approach to the Death Penalty" [PDF] by Amber A. Trumbull.

Third Place: "The Rise and Fall of Rose Bird: A Career Killed by the Death Penalty" [PDF] by Patrick K. Brown.






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