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.

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The California Supreme Court Historical Society 2013 Student Writing Competition [PDF]

Information on competition, topic and more ...

DEADLINE: June 30, 2013



The winning entries from past competitions can be found below:

2012 STUDENT WRITING COMPETITION / Select From Menu (PDF) -- -- -- -- >> -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2012: Announcement of Winning Entries 2012: 1st / "All the Other Daisys" Catherine Davidson 2012: 2nd / "What's Sunday All About?" Jeremy Zeitlin 2012: 3rd / "California Agricultural Labor Relations Act" David Willhoite -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2012 STUDENT WRITING COMPETITION / Select From Menu (PDF) -- -- -- -- >>

2011 STUDENT WRITING COMPETITION / Select From Menu (PDF) -- -- -- -- >> -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2011: Announcement of Winning Entries 2011: 1st / "Devilishly Uncomfortable: CA Supreme Court ..." Mike Beitiks 2011: 2nd / "The Taco Truck Rush" Jaime Massar 2011: 3rd / "Fed Gov't Exceeds its Power to Regulate ... " Pantea Rahbar -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2011 STUDENT WRITING COMPETITION / Select From Menu (PDF) -- -- -- -- >>

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) -- -- -- -- >>