The Northwestern Undergraduate Law Journal’s 2022 High School Essay Contest

“We are so happy to see our second high school essay contest come to a close. We could not be anymore proud of all our submissions. May we together continue to foster the future of legal debates of years to come.”
— NULJ Exec Board

Winners of the 2022 High School Essay Contest:

  1. Kira Small

  2. Nadia Chung

  3. Shivani Patel

Honorable Mentions of the 2022 High School Essay Contest (in no specific order):

Kamil Mahmood, Cassideee Jackson, and Meg Houseworth

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An Insight into the United States’ Mass Incarceration Problem: Reform within the criminal justice system
An Insight into the United States’ Mass Incarceration Problem: Reform within the criminal justice system

Shivani Patel

Liberty v. Profit: How Privatization Erodes Justice
Liberty v. Profit: How Privatization Erodes Justice

Kira Small

Why Predictive Policing Empowers Mass Incarceration in the 21st Century
Why Predictive Policing Empowers Mass Incarceration in the 21st Century

Nadia Chung

Featured
An Insight into the United States’ Mass Incarceration Problem: Reform within the criminal justice system
An Insight into the United States’ Mass Incarceration Problem: Reform within the criminal justice system

Shivani Patel

Liberty v. Profit: How Privatization Erodes Justice
Liberty v. Profit: How Privatization Erodes Justice

Kira Small

Why Predictive Policing Empowers Mass Incarceration in the 21st Century
Why Predictive Policing Empowers Mass Incarceration in the 21st Century

Nadia Chung