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Endangered Environmental Laws Student Writing Competition
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Description:
The Environmental Law Institute, The American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, and The National Association of Environmental Law Societies are accepting student-authored papers on any topic addressing recent developments or trends in U.S. environmental law that have a significant constitutional or "federalism" component.
First Prize: $2,000.00
Additional Prize(s): The sponsors will, in addition to giving the winning author the monetary award set forth above, extend to him or her an offer to publish the winning paper in the Environmental Law Reporter, and give him or her a one-year membership in the Environmental Law Institute.
Deadline: 04/12/2013
Contact Information:
Judy Amsalem
202.939.3800
amsalem@eli.org
Smith Babcock Williams Writing Competition
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Papers should address "a question of significance in planning, planning law, land use law, local government law or environmental law."
First Prize: $2,500.00
Second Prize: $500.00
Third Prize: $250.00
Additional Prize(s): The winning entry will be submitted for publication in The Urban Lawyer, the law journal of the American Bar Association's Section of State & Local Government Law. Note: In addition to the first, second, and third prizes listed above, there may be up to two additional Honorable Mention awards.
Deadline: 06/07/2013
Contact Information:
Professor Alan C. Weinstein
Associate Professor & Director, Law & Public Policy Program
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Levin College of Urban Affairs
Cleveland State University
2121 Euclid Avenue, LB 138
Cleveland, OH
44115
216.687.3758
alan.weinstein@law.csuohio.edu
Environmental Law Essay Contest
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Papers must discuss an environmental-law topic of current interest to Michigan practitioners.
First Prize: $2,000.00
Second Prize: $1,000.00
Third Prize: $500.00
Additional Prize(s): Winners will, in addition to receiving the monetary prizes described above, be considered for publication in the "Michigan Environmental Law Journal."
Deadline: 06/30/2013
Contact Information:
Christopher J. Dunsky
28 McKinley Place
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
48263
313.418.0913
cdunsky@comcast.net
American Bar Association Writing Competitions
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Description:
The ABA sponsors a number of writing competitions on a wide variety of subjects. The deadlines vary; please consult the information for the specific competition in which you are interested to determine the relevant deadline.
Additional Prize(s): Prizes differ from competition to competition; please consult the information for the specific competition in which you are interested to determine the prizes for that competition.
Deadline: 01/01/2050
Contact Information:
American Bar Association
Law Student Division
321 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL
60654
312.988.5624
abalsd@americanbar.org
The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law Annual Student Writing Competition
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Description:
Papers should address "any aspect of public or private sector labor and/or employment law relevant to the American labor and employment bar." Students are encouraged to: (a) present a public-policy issue; (b) analyze the practical implications of a leading case or doctrine; (c) comment on a statute or the need for a statutory modification; or (d) comment on a common-law doctrine.
First Prize: $1,500.00
Second Prize: $1,000.00
Third Prize: $500.00
Additional Prize(s): The first-place winner will, in addition to receiving the cash prize described above, be published in the "ABA Journal of Labor & Employment Law." He or she will also be a guest at the annual CLE program of the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law and be honored at the Annual Induction Dinner of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.
Deadline: 05/15/2013
Contact Information:
Donald L. Sapir
President
The College of Labor & Employment Lawyers
1997 Annapolis Exchange Parkway, Suite 300
Annapolis, MD
21401
410.972.4711
swan@laborandemploymentcollege.org
Smith Babcock Williams Writing Competition
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Description:
Papers should address "a question of significance in planning, planning law, land use law, local government law or environmental law."
First Prize: $2,500.00
Second Prize: $500.00
Third Prize: $250.00
Additional Prize(s): The winning entry will be submitted for publication in The Urban Lawyer, the law journal of the American Bar Association's Section of State & Local Government Law. Note: In addition to the first, second, and third prizes listed above, there may be up to two additional Honorable Mention awards.
Deadline: 06/07/2013
Contact Information:
Professor Alan C. Weinstein
Associate Professor & Director, Law & Public Policy Program
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Levin College of Urban Affairs
Cleveland State University
2121 Euclid Avenue, LB 138
Cleveland, OH
44115
216.687.3758
alan.weinstein@law.csuohio.edu
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