2024-2025 Harvard Law School Student Writing Prize Winners

Christianity and the Law:
“The Law in Paul’s Letter to the Romans,” Benjamin Holbrook, J.D. 2026
“From Synderesis to Specific Performance: Conscience and the Architecture of Equity,” James Pennell, J.D. 2025

Jewish Law and Society:
“Chasing Just and Fair Resolutions in Holocaust Art Restitution Claims,” Shanee Kay, J.D. 2026
“The Herem of Rabbi Gershom: Protecting Women’s Rights through Legal Procedure,” Esther Pomerantz, J.D. 2025

2023-2024 Harvard Law School Student Writing Prize Winners

Christianity and the Law:
“Service in Two Cities: Biblical Guideposts for a Christian Lawyer Serving in Government,” Brandon Sharp, J.D. 2024

Jewish Law and Society:
“From Passover to Property Rights: Reframing the Ownership Question in the Shareholder/Stakeholder Debate,” Jonathan I. Frieden, J.D. 2024

2022-2023 Harvard Law School Student Writing Prize Winners

Biblical Law:
“Correcting Judicial Errors in Jewish Law: The Gulf Between Theory and Practice,” William Gelley, LL.M. 2023

Judeo-Christian Legal Thought/The Intersection of Faith & Law:
“Are Kosher Laws Kosher?,” Michael Snow, J.D. 2023

2021-2022 Harvard Law School Student Writing Prize Winners

Judeo-Christian Legal Thought/The Intersection of Faith & Law:
“Absent Husbands, Waiting Wives: A Case Study in Civilian Interpretation,” Alexander Schwennicke, J.D. 2022 (download)

2020-2021 Harvard Law School Student Writing Prize Winners

Biblical Law:
“The Bible, Christian Doctrine, and Lending Money,” Dana Schneider, J.D. 2022
(download)

Judeo-Christian Legal Thought/The Intersection of Faith & Law:
“The Freedom of Religious Integrity,” Sean Lau, J.D. 2022

2019-2020 Harvard Law School Student Writing Prize Winners

Judeo-Christian Legal Thought/The Intersection of Faith & Law:
“The Priest-Penitent Privilege in a Post-Scandal World: Federal Inaction and State Abrogation,”  Jacob Thackston, J.D. 2020