Tanenbaum Prize
Supported by an endowment established in honor of Jeffrey L. Tanenbaum ('73), the Jeffrey L. Tanenbaum Essay Prize in Philosophy, Politics, and Law recognizes an outstanding paper about law or legal institutions written by a junior or senior student majoring in Philosophy, Politics, and Law (PPL).
2022-23 Tanenbaum Prize Winner
- Doris Turkel, A Cooperative Approach to Gangs: Repairing Relationships with Law Enforcement in Gang-Affiliated Communities.
2020-21 Tanenbaum Prize Winner
- Hannah Hudes, "The Deomocratic Nature of Judicial Review"
2019-20 Tanenbaum Prize Winner
- Alexander Christen, Consequentialism, Decision Theory, and Weak Sufficientarianism
2018-19 Tanenbaum Prize Winner
- Bradley Woloz, "How Social Attitudes Can Create Human Rights Violations"
2017-18 Tanenbaum Prize Winner
- Tina Szpicek, "Mass Atrocities: Criminal Accountability and the Non-Recurrence of Sexual and Gender Based Violence"
2016-17 Tanenbaum Prize Winner
- Jonah Heckelman, "The Imperative of Decarceration"
2015-16 Tanenbaum Prize Winner
- Alexander Hart, "Causality and International Redistributive Justice"
2014-15 Tanenbaum Prize Winners
- Tori Misrock, "Implications of the Nuremberg Trials on the Trajectory of International Law, and the Reunification of German-Jewish Cultures"
- Jeremy Raphael, "Foreign Law, Integrity and the 9th Amendment"
2013-14 Tanenbaum Prize Winners
- Larisa Arens, "International Jurisdiction: An Analysis of Larry May's Theory of Crimes Against Humanity"
- Amanda Levine, "Amicus Curiae Memorandum for a Case Concerning the Fourth Amendment"
2012-13 Tanenbaum Prize Winner
- Courtney Skarupski, "Judicial Review: Precondition of Sovereignty or Undemocratic Institution?"
Honorable Mentions
- Val Anias, "Legal memorandum analyzing a First Amendment case"
- Michael Burke, "Domestic Violence Courts: Emerging Ambiguities within the American Legal System"
- Hillary Scrivani, "Fairness: A Necessary Value in Society"
