The John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics
awards several scholarships and fellowships to promote student
research in law and economics and to develop a cohort of students
with shared interests in actively engaging the economic analysis
of law. The scholarships are awarded to candidates with a strong
economics background, superior academic credentials and a demonstrated
ability and interest in the study of law and economics. Olin
scholars are expected to maintain a high academic record, to
participate in all activities of the Olin Program and to help
publicize the program to their law school peers.
A notice will be posted outside the Student
Records office in early February announcing the Olin Scholarships
and deadline dates. Interested first- and second-year students
should submit a resume, one letter of recommendation, a transcript
and a brief statement justifying their eligibility and their
interest in this scholarship to Joyce
Holt, the program administrator.
The Summer Research Fellowship funds student
research in the economic analysis of law. The fellowship is awarded
through a competitive process that weighs the academic record
and experience of applicants and the merits of the proposed research.
The student chosen as the summer research fellow is required
to spend the summer at the law school conducting his or her own
research in an area of law and economics under the supervision
of a faculty member. The fellow is expected to complete a scholarly
paper by the beginning of the fall semester and present it at
an Olin Student Lunch Discussion during the fall.
The John M. Olin Writing Prize in Law and Economics
is awarded each year to recognize an outstanding student paper
that uses law and economics methodology. The award carries an
honorarium. Papers can be journal notes, independent research
projects, course monographs or the like. The selection is made
by the Olin Steering Committee.
2007-2008 Olin Scholars
J.D. Scholars: Lisa Lorish, Andrea Surratt, Katherine Twomey, Daniel Kaplan, Colin LeCroy, Matthew Nicholson, James Stern and William Vigen
Graduate Economics Scholars: Juan Carlos Bisso, Bo Sun, Angela Smith, Jonathan Williams and Olek Zhylyegvskyy
2007 Summer Research Fellow
Michael Allen Griffith
Equity, Efficiency or Both? A Game Theory Approach to Tax Compliance and Enforcement
2007 John M. Olin Writing Prize
Thomas Chen
Authorized Generics: A Prescription for Hatch-Waxman Reform
2006-2007 Olin Scholars
J.D. Scholars: Paul Laurence, Jessica King, Joseph Ponzi, Mark DeFigueiredo, Andrea Surratt and Katherine Twomey
Graduate Economics Scholars: Juan Carlos Bisso, Adam Hyde, Jonathan Williams and Jing Yin
2006 John M. Olin Writing Prize
Eric A. Reitman
A Critical Evaluation of the Board Orthodoxy in Corporate Governance Scholarship and Proposal of a Board-less Alternative for the Diffusely-Owned Public Corporation
2005-2006 Olin Scholars
J.D. Scholars: Pauletta Brown, Tanya
Warchek, Paul Laurence, Leslie
Kendrick, Christopher Termini, Asieh Nariman, Jessica King, Andrea
L. Surratt, Andrew Wogman.
Graduate Economics
Scholars: Juan
Carlos Bisso, Jing Yin, Adam Hyde and Jonathan Williams
2005 John M. Olin Writing Prize
Jennifer DeLeonardo
Are Public and Private Political Risk
Insurance Two of a Kind?
Christopher J.S. Termini
Return on Political Investment and the Puzzle of Lobbying
for the Default Rules of Articles 3 and 4 of the U.C.C.
2004–2005 Olin Scholars
Brooks
Cowen, Steve Kaplan, David Greene, Evan Stephenson, Pauleta
Brown, Tanya Warchek, Jason Brege, Paul Laurence, Maria Fitzpatrick,
Juan Carlos Bisso, Jing Yin, Xavier Kowalski and Sam Vermont.
2004 Summer Research Fellow
Xavier Kowalski
The Effect of Patents on Growth
and Innovation in the Software Industry in the United States
and Europe
2004 John M. Olin Writing Prize
Michael Passaportis
A Law and Norms Critique of the Constitutional Law
of Defamation
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