2023 DWT International Law Writing Awards
Casey Horan ’23 and Jackson Moffett ’23 are the winners of the 2023 Davis Wright Tremaine (DWT) International Law Writing Awards.
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Casey Horan ’23 and Jackson Moffett ’23 are the winners of the 2023 Davis Wright Tremaine (DWT) International Law Writing Awards. Established through the generosity of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, the award program provides a $2,500 stipend for the best research paper written in the past year by a Lewis & Clark law school student on any topic in international or comparative law, and a $1,000 stipend for the second best paper.
Casey Horan received first place for her paper, “REDD+ Countries Fail to Acknowledge Linkage Between Clearly Defined Rights and Successful Forest-based Climate Mitigation in Indigenous Communities.” Jackson Moffett received second place for his paper, “The Disproportionate Burden on Vulnerable Communities in the Trade of Plastic Waste: How Environmental Justice Should Be Integrated into the UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution.”
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