{"id":892,"date":"2020-09-16T12:14:42","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T16:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/?page_id=892"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:28:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T16:28:39","slug":"john-d-greenwald-writing-competition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/iiel\/students\/extracurricular-opportunities\/john-d-greenwald-writing-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"John D. Greenwald Writing Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>About the John D. Greenwald Writing Competition<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>The annual\u00a0John D. Greenwald Writing Competition\u00a0commemorates\u00a0the life of John D. Greenwald, former Deputy General Counsel at the Office of U.S. Trade Representative\u00a0and the first Head of Import Administration at the U.S Department of Commerce, by inviting top submissions from J.D., LL.M., or S.J.D. students on current issues relevant to international trade law, the jurisprudence of the WTO or regional trade organizations, jurisprudence concerning U.S. trade organizations, an issue relating to the political economy or the efficacy of U.S. or international trade regimes.<\/p>\n<p>The Institute partners with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gjil.org\/\">Georgetown Journal of International Law (GJIL)<\/a> \u00a0to oversee the competition and sends out a first call for papers in November of each year. Submissions are reviewed by an impartial panel according to the usual and stringent GJIL editorial standards and are then blind-reviewed by a Faculty Committee, composed of leaders in the field of international economic law.\u00a0 The finalist articles represent cutting-edge scholarship for not only GJIL, but also international trade scholarship more generally.<\/p>\n<p>The top articles are awarded GJIL publication and a cash prize, made possible as the result of a generous gift from the law firm of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cassidylevy.com\/\">Cassidy Levy Kent<\/a> in memory of the firm\u2019s partner and friend, John D. Greenwald. The annual John D. Greenwald Writing Competition receives a number of thoughtful and innovative note submissions from law students across the world.<\/p>\n<h2>John D. Greenwald Competition 2026 Winning Submissions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>First Place)<\/strong> Navin Rana, <a href=\"https:\/\/georgetown.box.com\/s\/o21ky8c5l969n2s3arn7h3x8t7hikqvu\"> \u201cMining for Exceptions: Addressing TRIPS and the Copyright Infringement of Generative AI Training\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(Second Place)<\/strong> Carly Kabot, <a href=\"https:\/\/georgetown.box.com\/s\/i1sadp6e1poa502381ghb5vcvyq4e12u\"> \u201cPreventing Critical Minerals From Becoming The Next Resource Development Trap: The Role Of International Economic Institutions\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(Third Place)<\/strong> Luke Dykowski, <a href=\"https:\/\/georgetown.box.com\/s\/y5nsw1p2q7rb6ikqli2i374xv5arykkk\">\u201cBy Any Other Name? The U.S. Steel \u2018Golden Share\u2019 and State Enterprise Disciplines Under International Trade Agreements&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>John D. Greenwald Competition 2025 Winning Submissions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>(First Place)<\/strong> Aidan Bassett, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/georgetown.box.com\/s\/zi1wga3sm8spe9cn37tmj8a5u92e02y8\">The Case for a Green Pact: China&#8217;s Solar Industry &amp; the Power of Green Subsidies<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li><strong>(Second Place)<\/strong> Kristina Iotzova &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/georgetown.box.com\/s\/9cpiuzm3wuqs0pe2i0bgwk2jhr4e09nx\">Getting Hold of Circumvention: Recent Trends and Challenges in the US and the EU in Addressing the Circumvention of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>(Third Place)<\/strong> Kexin Wang, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/georgetown.box.com\/s\/y4z3k5itpgfjfaby86l8kt8m0swpx2hu\">Policy and Methodology Discretion in USITC Final Antidumping Determinations<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>John D. Greenwald Competition 2024 Winning Submissions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>(First Place)<\/strong> Anne Marie Miller, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/georgetown.box.com\/s\/1a6uqkwwg6q0wn3etcjewalmo3w5aa79\">Promoting Responsible Trade in Consumer Plastics to Support the Development of a Circular Plastics Economy<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li><strong>(Second Place)<\/strong> Olivia Kreft, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/georgetown.box.com\/s\/g6dixgnic7xn4ddiu7cd7222zmhjv6f9\">An Uninvited Commodity &#8211; Synergizing International Trade and Environmental Agreements to Combat the Spread of Invasive Alien Species<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li><strong>(Third Place)<\/strong> Genevieve McCarthy, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/georgetown.box.com\/s\/aa3wfly3dycun6g8wyjrrrg6qhhpsh3a\">The Brazilian Clean Energy Transition under WTO Subsidies Law<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>John D. Greenwald Competition 2023 Winning Submissions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>(First Place)<\/strong> Nichole Chen, &#8220;Drafting Cybersecurity Articles into Trade Agreements for Developing Nations&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>(Second Place)<\/strong> Allison Reading, &#8220;Trade, War, and Stolen Cultural Property&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>(Third Place)<\/strong> Giovanni Dall&#8217;Agnola, &#8220;Promoting Sustainable Food Systems Through Preferential Trade Agreement&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>John D. Greenwald Competition 2022 Winning Submissions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>(First Place)<\/strong> Mine Orer, &#8220;Drafting an Exhaustion of Local Remedies Clause for Investor-State Arbitration Reform&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>(Second Place)<\/strong> Alyssa Dickinson, &#8220;No Standard of Excellence for Chinese State-Owned Enterprises in the CPTPP&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>(Third Place)<\/strong> Tim O&#8217;Shea, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/georgetown.box.com\/s\/qasl4avykt9ah64x61z3n58brnzjyew8\">Don&#8217;t Look Away: Treaty Language and the Corruption Defense in Investor State Arbitration<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>John D. Greenwald Competition 2021 Winning Submissions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>(First Place)<\/strong> Stephen Floyd, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3992040\">Fishing for Answers: The WTO&#8217;s Search for Fishing Disciplines and Sustainable Stocks<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li><strong>(Second Place)<\/strong> Jacob Gladysz, &#8220;The National Security Exception in WTO Law&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>(Third Place)<\/strong> Shea O&#8217;Meara, &#8220;The WTO Meets Cash 2.0&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>John D. Greenwald Competition 2020 Winning Submissions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>(First Place)<\/strong> Harrison Dent, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/international-law-journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/11\/INTERNATIONAL-TRADE-LAW-CONCERNS-WITH-CHINAS-DIGITAL-CURRENCY.-HOW-SOVEREIGN-ISSUED-STABLECOIN-CAN-DESTABILIZE-INTERNATIONAL-TRADE.pdf\">International Trade Law Concerns with China\u2019s Digital Currency: How Sovereign-Issued Stablecoin Can Destabilize International Trade<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Published in the Spring 2021 GJIL Issue and available on the <a href=\"http:\/\/gjil.org\/\">GJIL Website<\/a> under &#8220;In Print&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>(Second Place)<\/strong>\u00a0Sandeep Thomas Chandy, \u201cCustoms Duties 2.0: Assessing the Legality of Imposing Customs Duties on Digital Products under the GATT and GATS\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>(Third Place)<\/strong>\u00a0Tan Su, \u201cThe Role of Cross-Border Data Flow in E-Commerce: A Comparative Study of the Diverging Regulatory Approaches of the United States and China\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the John D. 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