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Jennifer
Siverts, 2005-2006 Chief Notes Editor, was
one of only 15 law students across the
nation selected to receive the 2006
Burton Award for Legal Achievement.
Each law student nominee was judged on a
published law review note. Siverts won
for her article Punishing Thoughts Too
Close to Reality: A new Solution to Protect
Children from Pedophiles, published in
Volume 27.2 of Thomas
Jefferson
Law
Review.
The Burton
Foundation is a volunteer, not-for-profit,
academic organization concentrating on legal
writing. The awards program is
dedicated principally to rewarding effective
legal writing. The program honors
partners in law firms and law students who
use plain, clear and concise language and
avoid archaic, stilted legalese.
Links:
San Diego Daily
Transcript Article
Burton Awards
Winning Article
2006 Law School
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