Each year the Section of State and Local Government Law recognizes outstanding students working in the areas of land use law and local government law at the nation’s law schools. Each honoree is nominated by the dean of his or her law school for this recognition. The student honored receives a special award that includes a current Section publication and a certificate of recognition. The 2011 award recipients and their law schools are:

Megan Newman, Georgetown Law School

Jonathan Krol and Daniel Myers, Cleveland State University, Marshall College of Law

Amanda M. Minor, The University of Alabama School of Law

Russell Alan Britt, Georgia State University College of Law

Michael Q. Cannon, J. Reuben Clark Law School

Grace Puleo and Amy Solomito, Quinnipiac University School of Law

Devin L. Morley and Kenneth W. Wieland, University of Connecticut School of Law

Jeffrey Todd Bozman, William & Mary Law School

Matthew W. Toyer, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law

Megan J. Block, Duquesne University School of Law

John Forbush, Albany Law School

Melisa Mazanec, Cleveland State University, Marshall College of Law