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Writing Contests:

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Week of October 28, 2002

New listings added for the current week, if any, are indicated in italics.  Print copies of the rules and regulations governing the writing contests listed here are available from Denise Lang in Suite 320.

Sponsor/Title: Young Lawyers Committee of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel, Honorable Scribe's Writing Contest.
Topic: Submissions should focus on a topic within any of the following areas: evidence, civil rights, municipal liability law, nursing home litigation, or construction negligence.
Prizes:  First place, $1,000.
Deadline:  The deadline for submissions is November 15, 2002.
Sponsor/Title: Young Lawyer's Committee Honorable Scribe's Writing Contest.
Topic: Submissions should be on a topic within any of the following areas: evidence, civil rights, municipal liability law, nursing home litigation, or construction negligence.
Prizes:  First place, $1,000 and publication IDC Quarterly.
Deadline:  Submissions must be received by December 1, 2002.
Sponsor/Title: Berkeley Women's Law Journal Writing Award.
Topic: The Journal seeks submissions that examine the intersection of gender with one or more other axes of subordination, including, but not limited to, race, class, sexul orientation, and disability.
Prizes:  First place, $250 and publication in Spring 2003 issue.
Deadline:  The deadline for submissions is November 15, 2002.

Sponsor/Title: Dorothy Schramm World Affairs Student Writing Competition.
Topic: Any topic related to contemporary transnational legal concerns.
Prizes:  Publication in Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems, and a cash prize if funds become available.
Deadline:  Submissions must be received by February 1, 2003.

Sponsor/Title: Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essay Contest.
Topic: "Brother, can you spare a dime?" Countering corporate evasion of environmental accountability through bankruptcy.
Prizes:  First place, $5,000 and publication of article.
Deadline:  Intent to Enter form must be submitted by February 7, 2003. Essays must be received no later than March 28, 2003.

Sponsor/Title: AIPLA (American Intellectual Property Law Association) Quarterly Journal.
Topic: To be announced.
Prizes:  The competition is used to select student members of the AIPLA Quarterly Journal; no monetary prizes are awarded.
Deadline:  Students wishing to compete must submit a Request to Compete form no later than Friday, March 14, 2003. Competition packets will then be mailed on Friday, March 21, and must be returned no later than the following Monday.

Sponsor/Title: NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund 2002-2003 Law Student Essay Contest.
Topic: The subject of the contest is "the right of the individual to keep and bear arms as a federally protected right."
Prizes:  First place, $5,000; second place, $3,000; third place, $2,000; fourth place, $1,000.
Deadline:  Submissions must be postmarked or delivered on or before April 30, 2003.

Sponsor/Title: NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund Scholarship Contest for Third-Year Law Students.
Topic: The constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
Prizes:  First place, $12,500 toward tuition; second place, $5,000; third place, $2,500.
Deadline:  Submissions must be received on or before July 1, 2003.

Sponsor/Title: American Intellectual Property Association, Robert C. Watson Competition.
Topic: A subject relating to the protection of intellectual property.
Prizes:  First place, $2,000.
Deadline:  Entries must be submitted on or before July 31, 2003.

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