Warren E. Burger Prize
Recipients and Winning Essays
2023
Civility Rules: Debunking the Major Myths Surrounding Mandatory Civility for Lawyers and Five Mandatory Civility Rules that will Work [PDF]
By Professor David A. Grenardo
Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Volume 37, Issue 2
2022
All Lawyers Are Equal, But Some Are More Equal than Others: Incivility Towards Female Attorneys from Within the Legal Profession [PDF]
By Amelia Clegg, Esq.
2021
Diversity as Professionalism [PDF]
By Professor Davis G. Yee
South Carolina Law Review, Volume 73, Book 4
2020
Disruptive Legal Technology, COVID-19, and Resilience in the Profession [PDF]
By Christopher A. Suarez, Esq.
South Carolina Law Review, Volume 72 : 393
2019
Lawyer Wellbeing as a Crisis of the Profession [PDF]
By Judge Cheryl Ann Krause and Jane Chong
South Carolina Law Review, Volume 71: 203
2018
Two Approaches to the Modern Reality of Temporary Cross-Border Legal Practice: The United States and the European Community
By Jonathan B. Brown
South Carolina Law Review, Volume 70
2017
The Professional Responsibility of Fair Play When Dealing with a Pro Se Adversary [PDF]
By Professor Davis G. Yee
South Carolina Law Review, Volume 69, Book 2
2016
Negotiating on Behalf of Low-Income Clients: The Distorting Effects of Model Rule 4.1 [docx]
By Megan McDermott
South Carolina Law Review, Volume 68, Book 1
2015
Revisiting Antigone's Dilemma: Why the Model Rules of Professional Conduct Need to be Model Presumptions that can be Rebutted by Acts of Ethical Discretion [docx]
By Gurney F. Pearsall III
South Carolina Law Review, Volume 67, Book 1
2014
Deflating Autonomy [doc]
By Charles Mendez
South Carolina Law Review, Volume 66, Book 2
2013
In the Aftermath: Responsibility and Professionalism in the Wake of Disaster [pdf]
By Matthew P. Crouch, Esq.
South Carolina Law Review, Volume 65, Book 2
2012
The Original Meaning of Civility: Democratic Deliberation at the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention [pdf]
By Derek A. Webb
South Carolina Law Review, Volume 64, Book 1
2011
The Unprofessional Sides of Social Media and Social Networking: How Current Standards Fall Short [pdf]
By Christina Skinner
South Carolina Law Review, Volume 63, Book 2
2010
The Ethic of High Expectations [pdf]
By Jean Galbraith
South Carolina Law Review, Volume 62