Each year, Washington and Lee Law Review staffwriters (second-year law students) are required to write a Note on an issue of current interest in the law with the help of a faculty advisor and a member of the Law Review editorial board. All entries submitted to the board are evaluated for quality of writing and use of correct citation formatting. Authors of the two notes chosen as most outstanding receive one of two awards along with a cash prize, either The Roy L. Steinheimer Law Review Award or the W&L Law Council Law Review Award. The authors present their Notes to faculty, staff, and students at the Law Review Student Notes Program the following year, when the authors serve as editors on the Law Review board. These notes, along with other well-written student notes, are published in the Washington and Lee Law Review.
Winner from 2021
“No Earlier Confession to Repeat”: Seibert, Dixon, and Question-First Interrogations, Lee S. Brett
Winner from 2020
Reinvesting in RICO with Cryptocurrencies: Using Cryptocurrency Networks to Prove RICO’s Enterprise Requirement, Andrew Robert Klimek
Winner from 2019
God Save the United States and this Honorable County Board of Commissioners: Lund, Bormuth, and the Fight Over Legislative Prayer, Mary Nobles Hancock
Winner from 2018
Whistling Loud and Clear: Applying Chevron to Subsection 21F of Dodd–Frank, Shaun M. Bennett
Winner from 2017
Dispersing the Cloud: Reaffirming the Right to Destroy in a New Era of Digital Property, Daniel Martin
Winner from 2016
In Need of Direction: An Evaluation of the "Direct Effect" Requirement Under Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act, Claire L. Leonard
Winner from 2015
The Prior Convictions Exception: Examining the Continuing Viability of Almendarez-Torres Under Alleyne, Meg E. Sawyer
Winner from 2014
A Continuing War with Asbestos: The Stalemate Among State Courts on Liability for Take-Home Asbestos Exposure, Meghan E. Flinn
Winner from 2013
Is Hedge Fund Adviser Registration Necessary to Accomplish the Goals of the Dodd–Frank Act’s Title IV?, Luther R. Ashworth II
Winner from 2012
Corporate Wrongdoing and the In Pari Delicto Defense in Auditor Malpractice Cases: A New Approach, Christine M. Shepard
Winner from 2011
Independent Contractors, Employees, andEntrepreneurialism Under the NationalLabor Relations Act: A Worker-by-Worker Approach, Micah Prieb Stoltzfus Jost
Winner from 2010
Protecting Due Process from the PROTECT Act: The Problems with Increasing Periods of Supervised Release for Sexual Offenders, Brett M. Shockley
Winner from 2009
Untangling the Safety Net: Protecting Federal Benefits from Freezes, Fees, and Garnishmentt, Allen C. Myers
Winner from 2008
In a Class by Themselves: A Proposal to Incorporate Tribal Courts into the Federal Court System Without Compromising Their Unique Status As "Domestic Dependent Nations", R. Stephen McNeill
Winner from 2007
Inadequate Checks and Balances: Critiquing the Imbalance of Power in Arms Export Regulation, Charles L. Capito III
Winner from 2006
Kmart and Beyond: A "Critical" Look at Critical Vendor Orders and the Doctrine of Necessity , Travis N. Turner
Winner from 2005
Private Harms in the Cyber-World: The Conundrum of Choice of Law for Defamation Posed by Gutnick v. Dow Jones & Co., Shawn A. Bone
Winner from 2004
Pretext in Employment Discrimination Litigation: Mandatory Instructions for Permissible Inferences?, William J. Vollmer
Winner from 2003
Liability for "Causing" Violations of the Federal Securities Laws: Defining the SEC's Next Counterattack in the Battle of Central Bank, Gregory E. Van Hoey
Winner from 2002
Who Owns Academic Freedom?: The Standard for Academic Free Speech at Public Universities, Stacy E. Smith
Winner from 2000
Toward a Level Playing Field: Challenges to Accomplice Testimony in the Wake of United States v. Singleton, James W. Haldin
The Initial Interest Confusion Doctrine and Trademark Infringement on the Intemet, Byrce J. Maynard
Winner from 1998
The Future of Islamic Legal Arguments in International Boundary Disputes Between Islamic States, William Samuel Dickson Cravens
Let the Buyer Beware: The Seventh Circuit's Approach to Accept-or-Return Offers, Kristin Johnson Hazelwood
Winner from 1996
For the Civil Practitioner, Bonnie R. Gerhardt
A Remedy Without a Wrong: J.E.B. and the Extension of Batson to Sex-Based Peremptory Challenges , Brian A. Howie
Winner from 1994
Your Money or Your Life?: Thinking About the Use of Willingness-to-Pay Studies to Calculate Hedonic Damages, Dennis C. Taylor
Winner from 1993
United States V. Ja Vino: Reconsidering The Relationship Of Customary International Law To Domestic Law, Eric George Reeves
Winner from 1992
The Final Regulations Under Irc Sections 704(B) And 752: Envisioning Economic Risk Of Loss Through A Glass Darkly, Ed R. Haden
Individual Rights And Government Power In Collision: A Look At Rust V. Sullivan Through The Lens Of Power Analysis, Moira T. Roberts
Winner from 1991
Eviction Without Conviction: PublicHousing Leasehold Forfeiture Under 21 U.S.C.Section 881, Gregory W. Wiercioch
Winner from 1990
The Private Mortgage Insurer's Action For Rescission For Misrepresentation: Limiting APotential Threat To Private SectorParticipation In The Secondary MortgageMarket, Franklin D. Cordell
Winner from 1989
Winner from 1988
Tort Liability for the Transmission of theAIDS Virus: Damages for Fear of AIDSand Prospective AIDS, John Patrick Darby
Winner from 1987
Winner from 1986
Legality Of Economic Sanctions UnderInternational Law: The Case Of Nicaragua, J. Curtis Henderson
Winner from 1985
Liddell v. Missouri: Financing the Ancillary Costs ofPublic School Desegregation Through a Court-OrderedTax Increase, Daniel P. Shaver
Winner from 1984
Admissibility of Prior-Action Depositions and FormerTestimony Under Fed. R. Civ. P. 32(a)(4) andFed. R. Evid. 804(b)(1): Courts DifferingInterpretations, J. Randall Coffey
Winner from 1983
Golden Parachutes: ExecutiveEmployment Contracts, William R. Spalding