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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
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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: National Academy of Elder
Law Attorneys (NAELA), Student Journal Writing Competition.
Topic: Any topic related to one or more
of the following three issues in an elder law practice: (1)
diversity in senior housing; (2) diversity in access to health
care; and (3) diversity in capacity and guardianship.
Prizes: First place, $1,500; second
place, $1,000; third place, $500. The top eight articles will
be published in the NAELA Student Journal.
Deadline: February 27, 2006.
Website: http://www.naela.org
Sponsor/Title: Berkeley Technology Law Journal
Writing Competition.
Topic: Topics at the intersection of
law and technology, including but not limited to: intellectual
property, antitrust, First Amendment, entertainment and new
media, telecommunications, biotechnology, Internet, and cybercrime.
Prizes: First place, $2,000 and
publication of article; second place, $750; third place, $500.
Deadline: February 28, 2006.
Website: http://www.btlj.boalt.org/submissions/competition.php
Sponsor/Title: National Association of Women
Lawyers, Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition.
Topic: Any issue concerning women's rights
or the status of women in the law.
Prizes: First place, $500 and publication
of article.
Deadline: March 1, 2006.
Sponsor/Title: American Immigration Law Foundation,
Edward L. Dubroff Memorial Legal Writing Contest.
Topic: Any aspect of American immigration
and nationality law.
Prizes: First place, $1,000.
Deadline: March 13, 2006.
Website: http://www.ailf.org
Sponsor/Title: Hofstra Law School
and Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Family
Law Writing Competition.
Topic: Any area of family law, although
topics focused on international and interdisciplinary subjects
of family law are especially encouraged.
Prizes: First place, $500; Honorable
mention (up to two), $250.
Deadline: March 15, 2006.
Sponsor/Title: ABA Section of Administrative
Law and Regulatory Practice, Gellhorn-Sargentich Law Student
Essay Competition.
Topic: A problem or issue arising at
the intersection of constitutional and administrative law.
Prizes: First place, $500.
Deadline: March 31, 2006
Website: http://www.abanet.org/adminlaw/news/writing1.pdf.
Sponsor/Title: American College
of Trust and Estate Counsel, Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing
Competition.
Topic: One or more legal issues in the
area of trusts and estates and related taxation.
Prizes: First place, $5,000; second
place, $3,000; third place, $1,000.
Deadline: April 1, 2006.
Website: http://www.actec.org
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: 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: June 1, 2006.
Website: http://www.nradefensefund.org
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