ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ESSAY
THE ROSCOE HOGAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ESSAY CONTEST was established in 1970 by prominent environmental lawyer, the late Roscoe B. Hogan of Birmingham, Alabama, and serves to provide law students the opportunity to investigate and offer solutions to the multitude of injustices inflicted on the environment. Any student currently enrolled in an accredited American law school may submit a legal essay for the competition.
The 2006 award was presented to Mark Willis, Chicago-Kent College of Law for his essay titled "Striking at the Heart of Coporate Polluters: Resurrescting Quo Warranto Proceedings to Revoke Corporate Charters."
The Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essay Contest
2007 - Whose Earth is It Anyway? How Far Can Environmental Protections Extend Under the Current 5th Amendment Takings Doctrine? Ling-Yee Huang
For more information, see The Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essay Contest
Recent Winners of the Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essay Contest
2005 - Speak Softly, but How Big of a Stick? The Availability of Punitive Damages to Protect the Environment Candace Howard, Maryland University School of Law
2004 - Versatile By Nature: Exploring the Law of the American Wilderness Sarah Brull, University of Maryland
2003 - Graceful Maneuvering: Corporate Avoidance of Liability Through Bankruptcy and Corporate Law John Heenan, Montana School of Law
2002 - Exporting our Dirt: Suing Corporations in U.S. Courts for Environmental Wrongs Committed Abroad
Natalie Bridgeman, UCLA School of Law
2001 - An Ounce of Preemption in Worth a pound of Cure: State Preemption of Local Siting Authority as Means for Achieving Environmental Equity
Tessa Meyer Santiago, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigman Young University
2000 - Causation Standards for Toxic Torts
Alex P. Mayer, Santa Clara University School of Law
1999 - What is an Environmental Expert?
Carl H. Johnson, University of Minnesota School of Law
1998 - Who Sues for the Fish? Litigation for Damages to Natural Resources
Danielle Droitsch, University of Tennessee College of Law