Miriam Meyer-Thompson, Evan Simonsen, and Justin Allsop (all Law) recently received first, second, and honorable mention prizes, respectively, through the International Association of Gaming Advisors' (IAGA) Shannon Bybee Scholarship Award program. It was the first time a school swept the annual competition. The three recipients were recognized at the Global Gaming Expo during a special reception held in honor of Lionel Sawyer & Collins' Robert Faiss (also an adjunct professor at Boyd) and his contributions to gaming law. In addition to receiving scholarship prizes, the students' winning papers will be published by IAGA. Simonsen's work also will be featured as a student note in the Boyd School of Law's Gaming Law Journal this spring. The scholarship's committee members evaluate papers based on the following criteria:

o quality of presentation and footnoting

o depth of research

o novelty or importance of subject matter

o value to gaming law practitioners or gaming control officials

o value to the study of gaming law