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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 September 26, 2005 |
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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: Stanford Technology Law Review
Paper Contest.
Topic: Issues at the intersection of
law and technology.
Prizes: First place, $1,000; second
place, $500; third place, $250.
Deadline: The deadline for submissions
is October 17, 2005.
Website: http://stlr.stanford.edu
Sponsor/Title: Berkeley Journal of Gender,
Law, and Justice Writing Award.
Topic: Submissions should address the
lives and struggles of underrepresented women. In particular,
submissions are sought that examine the intersection of gender
with one or more other axes of subordination including, but
not limited to, race, class, sexual orientation, and disability.
Prizes: First place, $250 and publication
of article.
Deadline: Submissions must be received
by November 1, 2005.
Sponsor/Title: National Conference of Commissioners
on Uniform State Laws, William J. Pierce Writing Contest.
Topic: Submissions should address a uniform
or model act, or an issue arising from a uniform or model
act promulgated by NCCUSL..
Prizes: First place, $500.
Deadline: Entries must be received
no later than December 1, 2005.
Sponsor/Title: Louis Jackson National
Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law
(co-sponsored by the Institute for Law and the Workplace and
the Jackson Lewis Firm).
Topic: Papers may address any topic relating
to the law governing the workplace, such as employment law,
labor law, employee benefits, or employment discrimination.
Only the first two submissions per law school will be accepted
as entries for consideration. Submissions must be the law
student author's own work and must not be submitted for publication
elsewhere. Authors must have completed or be currently taking
course work in employment or labor law, and must be enrolled
in an accredited law school during the Fall 2005 semester.
There are formatting guidelines that must be followed. For
questions, contact Professor Martin H. Malin by e-mail at
mmalin@kentlaw.edu.
Prizes: One top honors award of
$3,000 and two $1,000 awards will be presented to the top
three entries. In addition to the cash awards, the top three
entries will be published on the Institute for Law and the
Workplace website. (Diskette versions of winning papers will
be required).
Deadline: Submissions are due no
later than January 18, 2006.
Website: http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/plel/flyer.pdf
Sponsor/Title: NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund
Law Student Essay Contest.
Topic: 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: Entries must be postmarked
or delivered on or before May 31, 2006.
Website: http://www.nradefensefund.org
Sponsor/Title: NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund
Scholarship Contest for Law Students.
Topic: Scholarships will be awarded to
law students who submit articles on the constitutional right
to keep and bear arms of quality suitable for publication
in a law review journal. Open to third-year law students (as
of Fall 2005).
Prizes: First place, $12,500 toward
tuition; second place, $5,000; third place, $2,500.
Deadline: Entries must be received
on or before June 1, 2006.
Website: http://www.nradefensefund.org
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