Dean Michael Schill and students look through the silent auction items.

The candidates and voting boxes in the annual Oliver Wendell Holmes Mustache Contest.

Cristina Covarrubias '11 as a pink-haired flapper

As usual, Professor Douglas Baird served as auctioneer.

The Green Lounge was filled for the live auction.

Winners celebrated their prizes.

Students made sure their bids were heard.

The bids came from all directions.

Student celebrating a win.

Silhouettes of 1920s dancers adorned the Green Lounge's windows.

Sean Pillai '12 dressed to suit the Prohibition-era theme.

Law-themed Valentine's Day cards graced the silent auction table.

Woman dressed up in a flapper costume

Some silent auction prizes were donated by students themselves.

A festive feather boa added to the evening's fun.

Students schemed to outbid each other.

The Chicago Law Foundation (CLF) holds an annual auction to benefit grants to law students who devote their summers to working in public interest. Students, professors, law firms, and corporations donate the prizes, which range from baby-sitting services, dinners with professors, and promises of home-cooked meals to trips to Vienna. The auction is always one of the highlights of the Winter Quarter.