3-min YouTube video, 6-page essay - Gender Diversity (for YoungLawyers & Law Students)

(Thanks to Professor Christopher Kelly for bringing this competition to our attention)

December 31, 2008 deadline; $500 honorarium

Call for Entries - Video/Essay Competition - Gender Diversity
Call for Entries -
20th Anniversary Video/Essay Competition -
ABA Commission on Women in the Profession

Gender Diversity:
Have we solved the problem? If not, where do we go from here?

Put your video and writing skills to work! Create a 3-minute YouTube video and/or craft a 6-page essay to tell us what you think about Gender Diversity: Have we solved the problem? If not, where do we go from here?

Eligibility

The contest is open to
1. young lawyers – lawyers under 36 years old or admitted to practice for less than 5 years; and
2. law students – all law students attending an ABA-accredited law school.

Prizes

1. There will be one YouTube video winner and one essay winner in each category of law students and young lawyers.
2. Each winner will be presented with a $500 honorarium.
3. The award-winning entries will be published on the Commission's web site following their announcement at the 2009 Midyear Meeting.

Deadline

Your YouTube video or essay entry must be submitted by 12:00 p.m. Central Time on December 31, 2008.

More Information ...

Read all the contest rules and procedures at
www.abanet.org/women/competition.html. Questions? Contact Barbara Leff
at leffb@staff.abanet.org.

To learn more about the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession,
visit www.abanet.org/women.

Thank you - The ABA Commission on Women in the Profession



Video/Essay Competition - Gender Diversity - Deadline December 31, 2008