Two JSD students—one still at SLS, one recently graduated—have garnered attention for their scholarship.

The American Society of International Law awarded Benedetta Faedi, JSM ’07, JSD ’11, with a 2008 Helton Fellowship, which provides recipients grants to pursue research on international law and human rights issues. Faedi is using the grant to investigate why some Haitian victims of sexual abuse become active in armed groups, and to develop strategies for improving women’s participation in conflict resolution. In addition to being tapped for the Helton Fellowship, Faedi was named a 2008–2009 graduate dissertation fellow of the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford.

Manuel A. Gómez, JSM ’02, JSD ’07, won the Law and Society Association’s 2008 Dissertation Prize—the first time a Stanford student has won the honor since it was created in 1999. Gómez’s dissertation, “All in the Family: The Influence of Social Networks on Dispute Processing,” presents empirical research on how social connections shape the way in which conflict is processed in the Venezuelan business sector.