Sports Law Student Writing Competitions, Scholarships and Awards

Anne Wall Brand Protection Award | Joseph E. O'Neill Prize for Student Writing | National Sports Law Student Writing Competition

Anne Wall Brand Protection Award (ended 2017)

NSLI Director Professor Paul Anderson and 2017 winner Katie Hill.

The Anne Wall Brand Protection Award was given from 2009 until 2017, to the J.D. or joint J.D./M.B.A. student at Marquette University who is judged to have written the best article on "sports brand protection."  The winners of this award are listed below.

• 2017: Katie Hill, PGIP Enforcement Intern, NCAA.
• 2016: Andrew Rissler, Los Angeles, CA.
• 2015: Candy Reyes, Contracts Specialist, Leerfield, Los Angeles, CA, & Lauren Rosenbaum, Associate, SmithAmundsen, Milwaukee, WI.
• 2014: Christian Bray, Assistant Athletic Director/SWA, Director of Compliance, Yale University, New Haven, CT, and Greg Hwa.
• 2013: Kyle Tompkins, Associate Attorney, Hasselberg Grebe Snodgrass Urban & Wentworth, Peoria, IL
• 2012: Tim Bucher, Corporate Attorney, Uline, Milwaukee, WI.
• 2011: Ari Sliffman, Associate, Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy, Philadelphia, PA.
• 2010: Will Rakestraw, Staff Attorney, Wisconsin Public Defenders Office, Milwaukee, WI.
• 2009: Scott Chandler, Associate, Anselmo Lindberg Oliver LLC, Chicago, IL .

Joseph E. O'Neill Prize for Student Writing

Associate Dean Vada Lindsey, 2017 winner Jessica Goldstein, and Professor Matt Mitten

The Joseph E. O'Neill Prize was established by the law firm of Davis & Kuelthau, S.C. and the National Sports Law Institute to annually recognize a Marquette University Law School student who has published the best article in the Marquette Sports Law Review (formerly the Marquette Sports Law Journal) during the preceding year as judged by the Review's Advisory Panel. Recipients of the award are:

• 2017: Sports Law Review Executive Editor (2016-2017) Jessica Goldstein for her article Mitchell’s Story: A Cautionary Tale of Underlying Cardiovascular Disease and the Call for Increased Pre-Participation Sports Physicals at the Intercollegiate Level, 27 Marq. Sports Law Rev. .
• 2016: Sports Law Review Articles and Survey Editor (2015-2016) Sean McCarthy for his article Bending the Rules to Change the Rule? Was The National Football League’s Domestic Violence Policy Collectively Bargained For?, 26 Marq. Sports Law Rev. 245.
• 2015: Sports Law Review Articles and Survey Editor (2014-2015) Krista Brown for her article The Transgender Student-Athlete: Is There a Fourteenth Amendment Right to Participate on the Gender-Specific Team of Your Choice?, 25 Marq. Sports Law Rev. 311, and Sports Law Review Articles and Research Editor (2014-2015) Kristin Hoffman, for her article Child Labor Unregulated: The Forgotten Elite Child Gymnasts and Figure Skaters, 25 Marq. Sports Law Rev. 565.
• 2014: Sports Law Review Editor-in-Chief (2013-2014) Stephanie Horner for her article DMCA: Professional Sports Leagues' Answer to Protecting Their Broadcasting Rights Against Illegal Streaming, 24 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 435 (2014) and Jeffrey Roeske for his article, Doubling Down on Sports Gambling: Why PASPA Would Fail A Constitutional Challenge, 24 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 463 (2014)
• 2013: Sports Law Review Executive Editor (2012-2013) Phoebe Amberg for her article, Protecting Kids’ Melons: Potential Liability and Enforcement Issues with Youth Concussion Laws, 23 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 171 (2012).
• 2012: Ari Sliffman for his article, Unconstitutional Hosting of the Super Bowl: Anti-Ambush Marketing Clean Zones’ Violation of the First Amendment?, 22 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 257 (2011).
• 2011: Sports Law Review Editor-in-Chief (2010-2011) Erica Reib for her article, Ante Up or Fold: What Should Be Done About Gambling in College Sports?, 21 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 621 (2011).
• 2010: (co-winners) Sports Law Review Managing Editor (2009-2010) Jessica Baranko, It's My Name and Mine Alone: How Chad Ochocinco Affects the Right of Publicity, 20 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 463 (2010), and James Halt, Where is the Privacy in WADA's Whereabouts Rule?, 20 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 259 (2009).
• 2009: Former Sports Law Review Executive Editor (2008-2009) Andrew Hohenstein, Team Physicians: Adhering to the Hippocratic Oath or Just Plain Hypocrites? 19 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 579 (2009).
• 2008: Sports Law Review Editor-in-Chief (2007-2008) Spencer Larche, Pink-shirting: Should the NCAA Consider a Maternity or Paternity Waiver?, 18 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 393 (2008).
• 2007: Sports Law Review Executive Editor (2006-2007) Brent Showalter, Steroid Testing Policies in Professional Sports: Regulated by Congress of the Responsibility of the Leagues, 17 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 651 (2007).
• 2006: Sports Law Review Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006) Jenni Spies, Winning at All Costs: An Analysis of a University's Potential Liability for Sexual Assaults Committed by Its Student Athletes, 16 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 426 (2006).
• 2005: Former Sports Law Review Lead Articles Editor (2004-2005) Stacey Meyer, Unequal Bargaining Power: Making the National Letter of Intent More Equitable, 15 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 227 (2004).
• 2004: Former Sports Law Review Executive Editor (2003-2004) Brent Moberg, Football Play Scripts: A Potential Pitfall for Federal Copyright Law?, 14 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 525 (2004).
• 2003: Former Sports Law Review Managing Editor (2002-2003) Christopher McKinny, Professional Sports Leagues and the First Amendment: A Closed Marketplace, 13 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 223 (2003).
• 2002: Former Sports Law Review Editor-in-Chief (2001-2002) Ben Menzel, Heading Down the Wrong Road?: Why Deregulating Amateurism May Cause Future Legal Problems for the NCAA, 12 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 857 (2002).
• 2001: Former Sports Law Review Executive Editor (2000-2001) Craig A. Pintens, Managing The 'Team' On The Field, Off The Field, And In Cyberspace: Preventing Cybersquatters From Hijacking Your Franchise's Domain Names, 11 Marq. Sports L. Rev. 299 (2001).
• 2000: Sports Law Journal Editor-in-Chief (1999-2000) Eryn Doherty, Winning Isn't Everything. . .Its the Only Thing: A Critique of Teenaged Girls' Participation in Sports, 10 Marq. Sports L.J. 127 (1999).
• 1999: (co-winners) Sports Law Journal Editor-in-Chief (1998-99) April R. Anderson, The Punch That Landed: The Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996, 9 Marq. Sports L.J. 191 (1998), and Sports Law Journal Executive Editor (1998-99) Amy E. Worden, Gaining Entry: The New O and P Categories for Nonimmigrant Alien Athletes, 9 Marq. Sports L.J. 467 (1999).
• 1998: Sports Law Journal Executive Editor (1997-98) Ante Z. Udovicic, Sports and Gambling a Good Mix? I Wouldn't Bet On It, 8 Marq. Sports L.J 401 (1998).
• 1997: Sports Law Journal Editor-in-Chief (1996-97) Andrew Rhim, The Special Relationship Between Student-Athletes and Colleges: An Analysis of a Heightened Duty of Care For the Injuries of Student-Athletes, 7 Marq. Sports L.J. 329 (1996).
• 1996: William S. Miller, Ganden v. NCAA: How the NCAA's Efforts to Clean Up Its Image Have Created an Ethical and Legal Dilemma, 7 Marq. Sports L.J. 484 (1997).
• 1995: Sports Law Journal Editor-in-Chief (1994-95) Paul M. Anderson, Racism in Sports: A Question of Ethics, 6 Marq. Sports L.J. 357 (1996).

National Sports Law Student Writing Competition

The goal of the National Sports Law Student Writing Competition is to encourage law student scholarship on current topics in sports law. Any law student in good standing who is currently attending an accredited law school within the United States and its territories may enter the competition. The winner of the writing award receives an invitation to attend the National Sports Law Institute's annual conference at no cost, and an offer to publish in an issue of the Marquette Sports Law Review. Complete details, including submission guidelines, can be found online here.