Saturday, December 27, 2008

Affordable Housing/Community Development $1,000 and trip to D.C. in May 2009; March 2, 2009 deadline


Affordable Housing/Community Development $1,000 and trip to D.C. in May 2009; March 2, 2009 deadline

Eligibility:
Open to all students currently enrolled in an ABA Accredited Law School.

Topic:
Papers should address any legal issue regarding affordable housing and/or community development law.

Submission Requirements:
Entries must be original, unpublished work. Articles should be between 25-50 double-spaced pages and should include endnotes rather than footnotes. The page limit includes the endnotes. However, if an entry extends slightly beyond 50 pages, it will not be categorically rejected. The definition of "slightly" is left to one’s discretion--compliance with the page limit requirement is an evaluation factor whose weight will vary depending upon the evaluator.

There is no entry form of any kind. A title page should be attached and must contain the title of the submission, the student's name, and the student's contact information including street address, phone number(s), and email address.

Award:
Submissions will be blindly evaluated by a committee of Forum members. The best paper as judged by the selection committee will be awarded a prize of $1,000 and a trip to attend the 18th Forum's Annual Conference, May 20-22, 2009, in Washington, D.C., airfare and lodging included*.

The winning essay may also be published in the Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law.

Date:
All entries must be postmarked by March 2, 2009.

Send entries to:
SCOTT L. CUMMINGS
Univ. of California, Los Angeles
Box 951476
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1476
310-794-5495
cummings@law.ucla.edu

*Coach airfare, 21-day advance purchase and lodging at the conference hotel for 2 nights.