The American University Law Review is proud to congratulate Elliaina Sanders, a member of the Law Review‘s Volume 74 Editorial Board, on receiving the Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Award from the Burton Awards, a national nonprofit program co-sponsored by the American Bar Association.

Elliaina was selected as one of just fifteen law school authors nationwide to receive this prestigious honor. Her award-winning article, Seed Patents: Enabling Innovation Beyond Biological Deposits, was recognized for its exceptional scholarship and contribution to legal discourse.

The Burton Awards celebrate excellence in legal writing and recognize outstanding scholarship from law students across the country. Elliaina’s achievement reflects the high caliber of scholarship produced by the Law Review and its student authors.