MSU Student Wins FDLI Writing Award

Jason Murdey, an MSU College of Law Candidate for Juris Doctor May 2011, recently was honored with First Place Award in the short paper category of the Thomas H. Auden Memorial Writing Competition at the Institute for Food and Drug Law. His article,Preemption of the "Fraud on the FDA" Exception to Michigan's Tort Immunity Statute for Drug Manufacturers: Reconsidering Garcia and Desiano after Levine, will appear in the February 2011 issue of the Food & Drug Law Journal. The journal is the most widely read and referenced journal in the field. Most of the previous winners who have won in past years have been Harvard Law students. Jason's other activities include: Law Review Associate Editor; President, Student Animal Legal Defense Fund; Student Bar Association Liaison to the Ingham County Bar Association.