Annual Student Writing Competition

Each year, Silicon Flatirons calls for student papers on topics involving law and technology to promote and encourage the continued pursuit of the research, planning, organization, writing, and editing of scholarly papers in the field. Submissions are judged by a panel of attorneys from WilmerHale, and a winning paper/author is determined.

 

Awards

The author of the winning submission receives:

• $1,000 funded by WilmerHale and a certificate, both awarded at a public Silicon Flatirons event.
• The opportunity to publish their paper in a future issue of the Colorado Technology Law Journal (CTLJ).
• Special recognition from Silicon Flatirons in the quarterly “Know What’s News” newsletter and annual Impact Report, and on its official website.

 

Criteria & Deadlines

• Only CU Boulder students are eligible to participate in the Annual Writing Competition.
• Paper submissions are accepted starting May 1.
• Deadline to submit is May 31.
• Submissions should be approximately 10,000 words in length.

 

How to Enter

To submit papers, or for questions about the Writing Competition, contact Student Programs Director, Sara Schnittgrund.

 

Previous Winners

Year	Author	Paper Title
2022	Richard Koch	What Are You Looking At? Emerging Privacy Concerns With Eye Tracking in Virtual Reality
2021	Stacey Weber	Data Privacy and Digital Monopolies: Antitrust Needs New Application, Not New Doctrine
2020	N/A	There was no writing competition in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
2019	Jordan Lopez Regenie	On-Orbit Services are Ready for Lift Off: Existing U.S. Regulations Can Usher in a New Era of Commercial Space Activity
2018	John Schoppert	The Need to Regulate DMCA-Plus Agreements: An Expansion of Sag’s Internet Safe Harbors and the Transformation of Copyright Law
2017	Edyael Casaperalta	Achieving Universal Service in Developing Areas: Three Policies from Latin America and What They Can Teach the United States
2016	Stephanie Logan Drumm	Cyber Insecurity: How FTC v. Wyndham Falls Short and Why the United States Still NEEDS Federal Legislation Addressing Minimum Corporate Cybersecurity Standards
2015	Jordan Moliver	Genomic Monopolies: Right to Refuse or Duty to Deal
2014	Ethan Jeans	Funny Money or the Fall of Fiat: Bitcoin and the Forward-Facing Virtual Currency Regulation
2013	Jaclyn Freeman	Limiting SRO Immunity to Mitigate Risky Behavior
2012	Janna Fischer	Big Boss Is Watching: Circumstances Under Which Employees Waive the Attorney-Client Privilege By Using E-mail at Work
2011	Mark Wiranowski	Competition in Consumer-Facing Smart Grid Pilots: A Tool for Regulators to Overcome Informational Problems
2010	Eric Schmidt	Hot News Misappropriation in the Internet Age
2009	Per Larsen	Text Message Price Gouging: A Perfect Storm of Tacit Collusion
2008	David Wilson	Weaving the Navajo.Net
2007	Patrick R. Thiessen	The Real ID Act and Biometric Technology: A Nightmare for Citizens and the States That Have to Implement It
2006	Daniel J. Sherwinter	Surveillance’s Slippery Slope: Using Encryption to Recapture Privacy Rights
2005	Andrew LaFontaine	Adventures In Software Licensing: SCO V. IBM and the Future of the Open Source Model
2004	Ben Fernandez	Digital Content Protection and Fair Use: What’s the Use?