Each year, Silicon Flatirons accepts submissions of papers written about a topic involving law and technology in order to promote and encourage among students the continued pursuit of the research, the planning, the organization, the writing, and the editing of scholarly papers in this field.
Each year, Silicon Flatirons accepts submissions of papers written about a topic involving law and technology in order to promote and encourage among students the continued pursuit of the research, the planning, the organization, the writing, and the editing of scholarly papers in this field. This year’s papers were read and judged by a panel of attorneys at Faegre & Benson, the sponsor of this contest. The winner receives a check for $500 and an opportunity for publication in a future issue of the Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law published by CU Law. This year marks the sixth year of the contest, and the fourth year that the contest has been sponsored by Faegre & Benson.
We are pleased to announce that the winner of this year’s Faegre & Benson Writing Competition is David Wilson, who graduated last spring, served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal, and is now an Associate at Townsend Townsend & Crew. Wilson wrote a paper entitled, “Weaving the Navajo.Net: Advanced Telecommunications Services, Cultural Adaptation, and the Navajo Nation’s ‘Internet to the Hogan’ Technology Plan,” a paper which examines the cultural and legal issues surrounding the Navajo Nation’s efforts to provide and regulate advanced telecommunication services, specifically high speed wireless Internet access, on tribal lands. Wilson’s paper will be published in the next JTHTL issue. To subscribe to the Journal send an email to jthtl@colorado.edu.