THE JUDGE JOHN R. BROWN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
31ST ANNUAL BROWN AWARD

JANUARY 31, 2024

RULES FOR THE 2024 BROWN AWARD OF $15,000
FOR EXCELLENCE IN LEGAL WRITING

The Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation is pleased to announce the thirty-first annual Brown Award. The Award honors excellence in legal writing in American law schools. Any law student currently enrolled in an accredited law school in the United States seeking a J.D. or LL.B degree is eligible to submit a paper for the Award. The amounts awarded for 2024 will be as follows:

$15,000 First Place,
$7,500 Second Place,
$5,000 Third Place,
$2,500 Finalist,
$2,500 Finalist, and

$5,000 to the Scholarship Fund selected by the Dean of
the law school in which the First-Place candidate is enrolled.

In order to be considered, two copies of a current legal writing must be submitted to the Foundation c/o Kenneth G. Engerrand, Brown Sims, P.C., 1990 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 1800, Houston, Texas 77056. The article must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation from a law school faculty member or legal professional other than the author of the paper. Only one paper may be submitted on behalf of any student, and only one paper may be sponsored by any faculty member or legal professional. The submission must be postmarked no later than May 31, 2024.

The submission must contain a separate sheet containing the title of the paper; the name, physical address, telephone number, and email address of the student; and the name, title, physical address, and email address of the student’s sponsor. There is no page limitation or restriction on the topic except that the writing must be on a legal subject. Papers that have been submitted to a law review for publication are eligible, but the submission must be of the paper in its form before it was edited by anyone other than the author.

The Foundation will appoint a final judging panel consisting of a law school dean, a federal judge, and a law school professor. The Foundation will not return any material submitted to the Foundation. The 2024 recipient of the Brown Award will be notified by December 31, 2024, and listed with the other finalists at the website www.brownsims.com/about-brown-sims/affiliations/judge-john-r-brown-award/.

The Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation 30th Annual Brown Award

January 16, 2024

The Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation is pleased to announce the winners for the 2023 Brown Award for Excellence in Legal Writing

First Place:

The Myth of Anonymity: De-Identified Data as Legal Fiction (Elodie Currier, recommended by Lisa Schultz Bressman, Associate Dean, Vanderbilt Law School) ($15,000 award plus a donation of $5,000 to the Scholarship Fund selected by the Dean of Vanderbilt Law School);

Second Place:

Collapsing Admiralty’s Jurisdictional and Choice of Law Tests (Matthew Wurst, recommended by Michael Sturley, Professor, University of Texas Law School) ($7,500 award);

Third Place:

Severability and Standing Puzzles in the Law of Removal Power (Jack Ferguson, recommended by William K. Kelley, Professor, Notre Dame Law School) ($5,000 award);

Finalists:

The Right to Refuse to Deal, the Essential Facilities Doctrine, and the Digital Economy (George Sakkopoulos, recommended by Linda Jeng, Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, Senior Lecturing Fellow, Duke Law School) ($2,500 award);

“Traditional Notions” in the Modern Age: Reassessing Keeton Through a Post-Bristol-Myers Lens (E. Reed Ferguson, recommended by Dean Peter B. Rutledge, University of Georgia School of Law) ($2,500 award).

Kenneth G. Engerrand
President, The Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation

 

January 2, 2023

RULES FOR THE 2023 BROWN AWARD of $15,000
FOR EXCELLENCE IN LEGAL WRITING

The Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation is pleased to announce the thirtieth annual Brown Award. The Award honors excellence in legal writing in American law schools. Any law student currently enrolled in an accredited law school in the United States seeking a J.D. or LL.B degree is eligible to submit a paper for the Award. The amounts awarded for 2023 will be as follows:

$15,000 First Place,
$7,500 Second Place,
$5,000 Third Place,
$2,500 Finalist,
$2,500 Finalist, and

$5,000 to the Scholarship Fund selected by the Dean of
the law school in which the First-Place candidate is enrolled.

In order to be considered, two copies of a current legal writing must be submitted to the Foundation c/o Kenneth G. Engerrand, Brown Sims, P.C., Tenth Floor, 1177 West Loop South, Houston, Texas 77027-9007. The article must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation from a law school faculty member or legal professional other than the author of the paper. Only one paper may be submitted on behalf of any student, and only one paper may be sponsored by any faculty member or legal professional. The submission must be postmarked no later than May 31, 2023. Please note the following addresses when forwarding your papers:

For Receipt Prior to April 28, 2023:
1177 West Loop South, Tenth Floor, Houston, Texas 77027

For Receipt After May 1, 2023:
1990 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 1700, Houston, Texas 77056

The submission must contain a separate sheet containing the title of the paper; the name, physical address, telephone number, and email address of the student; and the name, title, physical address, and email address of the student’s sponsor. There is no page limitation or restriction on the topic except that the writing must be on a legal subject. Papers that have been submitted to a law review for publication are eligible, but the submission must be of the paper in its form before it was edited by anyone other than the author.

The Foundation will appoint a final judging panel consisting of a law school dean, a federal judge, and a law school professor. The Foundation will not return any material submitted to the Foundation. The 2023 recipient of the Brown Award will be notified by January 31, 2024, and listed with the other finalists at the website www.brownsims.com/about-brown-sims/affiliations/judge-john-r-brown-award/.

 

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