2023 Writing Prize Winners Announced for New Student Scholarship in Reproductive Rights & Justice

If/When/How, the Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice at UC Berkeley School of Law and the Center for Reproductive Rights are thrilled to announce the winners of the 18th annual Writing Prize for New Student Scholarship in Reproductive Rights & Justice.

The Writing Prize encourages innovative analysis and advocacy in writing about reproductive rights and justice issues. The suggested theme for 2023 was “A Different World Is Possible: Repro Health, Rights, and Justice Post-Dobbs.”

First place:

• “Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: A Critical Race Perspective” by Sophie Brill, 2023 J.D. Candidate at St. John’s University School of Law.

Second place:

• “Fruit of the Poisonous Tree: Potential Protections for Inmates Subject to Sexual Victimization in the Post-Dobbs World” by Elena LeVan, 2024 J.D. Candidate at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law.

Third place:

• “Prison Abortion and Prison Abolition: Access to Abortions for People Involved in the United States Criminal Legal System” by Mira Lerner, 2024 J.D. Candidate at Harvard Law School.

Honorable mention:

• “Breaking the Colonial Cycle: Indigenous Reproductive Health and Freedom from Relationship Violence as Post-Dobbs Health Law and Policy Priorities” by Emma Ratzman, 2024 J.D. Candidate at Georgetown University Law Center.

The first place winning submission has a presumption of publishability and will receive expedited review by the Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice. Winning authors will also receive cash prizes of $750, $500, or $250 and a copy of Cases on Reproductive Rights and Justice.

Congratulations to the winners!

Read the full press release from If/When/How.