2009 Essay Prize Winners

The topic of this year’s contest was The New Netherland Legal System and the Law of Twenty-First Century New York.

Standing (left to right): 2008 contest winner Elijah Fagan-Solis with Schenectady County Community College student Courtney Malewicz, who took this year's second-place prize, and Queensborough Community College's Dawar Jamal, the 2009 first-prize winner. Seated: Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman and Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau.