Jennie Miller and Jillian Fitzpatrick Win JCRED's 2019 Best Notes Award

Last night, the Journal of Civil Rights and Ecomonic Development held its eleventh annual Best Notes Ceremony, a celebration to recognize two students for their extraordinary notes within the Journal. This year’s winner was Jennie Miller for her note Save a Friend’s Life or Risk Your Freedom: The Dilemma Too Many People Face When Witnessing an Overdose. This year’s runner-up was Jillian Fitzpatrick for her note Reframing the Monuments: How to Address Confederate Statues in the United States.

Awards are provided by of the generous donations made by our JCRED alums. Both Jennie’s and Jillian’s notes will be published in an upcoming Journal collection. You can read more about the Best Notes Ceremony on the law school’s website.

Congratulations to Christina Piecora and Omar Subat for their Best JCRED Student Notes of 2014

The Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and the Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development held their annual Perspectives on Justice Writing Competition: Best Notes Award Ceremony on October 20, 2014, in the Atrium. The purpose of the Best Notes Award Ceremony is “to recognize and to celebrate [JCRED] students [in JCRED’s Perspective on Justice course] who worked hard throughout the year to produce extraordinary legal scholarship,” as mentioned by Professor Rosa Castello during her opening speech. Christina Piecora, the first place winner, and Omar Subat, the second place winner were honored during the ceremony. Ms. Piecora’s note was titled, “Targeting the Vulnerable: Prison Sexual Assault – Our Constitutional and Moral Duty to Protect Prisoners From This Cruel and Unusual Punishment,” and Mr. Subat’s note was titled, “Who Has Standing? Why the Supreme Court’s Holding in Hollingsworth v. Perry Empowers Politicians at the Expense of Citizens.” Both students presented their notes during the award ceremony. Students, faculty members, friends, and family members all attended the event to celebrate Piecora’s and Subat’s well deserved accomplishments.

Congratulations to Ralph Carter on Winning the Harold Birns Prize

A much deserved congratulations to Ralph Carter, Executive Notes and Comments Editor, who was awarded the prestigious Harold Birns Prize for best note at graduation for his note entitled, “Too Much Information!: The Need for Stronger Privacy Protection for the Online Activities of Employees and Applicants”.

Ralph’s note was chosen  from the numerous submissions from all four academic journals (JCRED, Law Review, American Bankruptcy Institute, and the Journal of International and Comparative Law). This is the first time in the last five years that a JCRED member has won the award.

This is not the first honor that Ralph’s note has acquired. Last year, Ralph won the 2013 Best JCRED Student Note. Then, at the JCRED Spring Symposium, Ralph was awarded the inaugural Edwards Wildman Palmer award presented to the St. John’s Law student who submits the best essay discussing an issue of civil rights in the workplace.

The note will be published by JCRED in the coming months (28.1 J. Civ. Rts. & Econ. Dev.).

Once again, from the entire staff at JCRED, congratulations Ralph!

Congratulations to Frank Barile for the Best JCRED Student Note of 2012

On October 20, 2012, we honored Frank Barile for his note titled “Learning from Lebron: The Suspicionless Drug Testing of TANF Applicants.” Along with second place winner Anthony Constantine with his note “”The Dodd-Frank Act and Credit Rating Agencies: The Need for Defining ‘Significant Error’ in Credit Rating ,” Mr. Barile gave a presentation regarding his topic and note to the St. John’s Law community. The presentations were preceded by an opening by Melinda Katz ’90.