James Freedman, JD ’12, is the 2011 recipient of the Robert C. Watson Award from the American Intellectual 
Property Law Association (AIPLA) for his paper “Protecting State Secrets as Intellectual Property: A Strategy for Prosecuting WikiLeaks,” published in the Stanford Journal of International Law in March 2012. This honor comes just one year after Matt Kellogg, JD ’11, was the 2010 recipient of the same award. “This is the second year in a row that a Stanford student has won the AIPLA’s Watson Award—recognition of the outstanding 
talent our IP students have. James wrote an excellent paper, and the award is well-deserved,” says Mark A. Lemley (BA ’88), William H. 
Neukom Professor of Law and director of the Stanford Program in Law, Science, and Technology. The Watson Award recognizes law students who demonstrate original, creative thought, as well as a thorough knowledge of the IP field. Freedman’s paper brings together the law, 
journalism, and IP. While an undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University, he worked for The Huffington Post as an op-ed editor during the 2008 presidential election. He was the senior online editor for the Stanford Law Review Online while in law school (see other “In Brief” article, “Stanford Law Review Online“).