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Writing Contests:
Information Provided by Dean Sowle's Office
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Academic
Administration and Student Affairs home page
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Week
of October 28, 2002 |
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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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