Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essays March 23, 2000 http://www.vjel.org/events/ essays <b>Contest Information and Requirements</b>:<p>The Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essay Contest is an annual writing competition sponsored by the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, <a href="http://www.roscoepound.org">Pound Civil Justice Institute (www.roscoepound.org)</a><p>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.<p>Any student currently enrolled in an accredited American law school may submit a legal essay for the competition.<p>Prizes include cash award + all-expenses-paid trip for the winning essayist to receive his/her award in person at the annual Pound Fellows Dinner.<p><br /><b>The 2007 Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essay Contest</b><b>Topic</b>:<br/><blockquote><i>Whose Earth is It Anyway? How Far Can Environmental Protections Extend Under the Current 5th Amendment Takings Doctrine?</i></blockquote><p><br />Please see the <a href="http://www.roscoepound.org"> Pound Civil Justice Institute</a> website for more information on <a href="http://www.roscoepound.org/new/programs/hogan04.htm">deadlines, eligibility and rules.</a></p> Apr 17, 2007 roscoe98a Muddy Waters: Clarifying The Line Between Public And Private Recovery Of Natural Resource Damages Danielle Droitsch, University of Tennessee College of Law 1998 essays/roscoe98a.html First Place Winner roscoe98b Who Sues For The Fishes--Justice Douglas, Where Are You When We Need You? Adrianne N. Heely, William S. Richardson School of Law 1998 essays/roscoe98b.html Second Place Winner roscoe98c Measuring Justice For Nature: Issues In Evaluating And Litigating Natural Resource Damages James Peck, Arizona State University College of Law 1998 essays/roscoe98c.html Third Place Winner roscoe99a Charlatans, Neurotics, And Scheisters: A Daubertospective View Of Science In The Courtroom For The Environmentally Challenged Carl H. Johnson, University of Minnesota Law School 1999 essays/roscoe99a.html First Place Winner roscoe99b The Impact Of The Daubert, Joiner, And Kumho Tire Decisions On The Admissibility Of Expert Opinion Evidence Thomas Burg, Santa Clara University School of Law 1999 essays/roscoe99b.html Second Place Winner roscoe99c From Frye To Joiner: The Supreme Court Muddies The Waters Of Judicial Reasoning William Piermattei, University of Maryland School of Law 1999 essays/roscoe99c.html Third Place Winner roscoe00a Do We Want To See A Repeat Of "A Civil Action?": A Call For A Federal Private Right Of Action To Compensate Toxic Tort Victims Alex Mayer 2000 essays/roscoe00a.html First Place Winner roscoe01a An Ounce Of Preemption Is Worth A Pound Of Cure: State Preemption Of Local Siting Authority As Means For Achieving Environmental Equity Tessa Meyer Santiago 2001 essays/roscoe01a.html First Place Winner roscoe02a Seeking Accountability In U.S. Courts: Human Rights Litigation Under The ATCA As A Proxy For Environmental Claims Natalie L. Bridgeman 2002 essays/roscoe02a.html First Place Winner roscoe03a Graceful Maneuvering: Corporate Avoidance Of Liability Through Bankruptcy And Corporate Law John Heenan 2003 essays/roscoe03a.html First Place Winner roscoe03b Countering Corporate Evasion Of Environmental Obligations Through Bankruptcy Lonnie T. Kishiyama 2003 essays/roscoe03b.html Second Place Winner roscoe04a Versatile by Nature: Exploring the Law of the American Wilderness Sarah Brull 2004 essays/roscoe04a.html First Place Winner roscoe04b Evaluating the Effectiveness of Conservation Easements in Wetlands Preservation Erik B. Bluemel 2004 essays/roscoe04b.html Second Place Winner roscoe04c Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Protecting Wilderness under the Public Trust Sarah Shik 2004 essays/roscoe04c.html Third Place Winner roscoe05a A New Kind of "Outrageous Misconduct": Efforts to Undermine the Law's Ability to Deter and Punish Intentional and Outrageous Corporate Behavior Candace Howard 2005 essays/roscoe05a.html First Place Winner roscoe05b Toward a Legal Land Ethic: Punitive Damages, Natural Value, and the Ecological Commons Alex Sienkiewicz 2005 essays/roscoe05b.html Second Place Winner roscoe05c Missing the Boat with Exxon Valdez and Missing the Mark with BMW's Guideposts: An Analysis of Punitive Damages Under Law and Economics Theory and the Road to the Environmental Ruin Jacqueline Pruner 2005 essays/roscoe05c.html Third Place Winner roscoe06a Striking at the Heart of Corporate Polluters: Resurrecting Quo Warranto Proceedings to Revoke Corporate Charters Mark Willis 2006 essays/roscoe06a.html First Place Winner