This details of this announcement are excerpted from the competition website:
Michael Greenberg Student Writing Competition
The 2009 Writing Competition
Competition Rules:
TOPIC: A cutting edge legal issue affecting the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and/or Intersex community.
ELIGIBILITY: The 2009 competition will open to students enrolled in an ABA-accredited law school during the 2008-2009 academic year.
AWARDS:
First Place
* $3,000 scholarship
* Publication in the Journal of Law and Sexuality at Tulane University Law School
* Registration, airfare & lodging for the 2009 Annual Career Fair and Conference in Brooklyn, NY*
First Runner-up
* $2,000 scholarship
* Registration, airfare & lodging for the 2009 Annual Career Fair and Conference in Brooklyn, NY*
Second Runner-up
* $1,000 scholarship
* Registration, airfare & lodging for 2009 Annual Career Fair and Conference in Brooklyn, NY*
* Airfare will be provided only from destinations within the 48 contiguous United States.
DEADLINE:
Entries should be submitted before the competition closing date of June 1, 2009. Entries are submitted via email to WritingCompetition@LGBTbar.org.
Previous Winners:
2008 | Lavender Law - San Francisco
FIRST PLACE - Luke Boso, West Virginia University College of Law - “A (Trans) Gender Inclusive Equal Protection Analysis of Public Female Toplessness”
FIRST RUNNER UP - Kathleen Doty, University of California Davis School of Law - “From Fretté to E.B.: The European Court of Human Rights on Gay and Lesbian Adoption”
SECOND RUNNER UP - Victoria Snyder, City University of New York School of Law at Queens College - “Romeo and Romeo: Coming Out from Under the Umbrella of Sexual Abuse”
For more titles from previous years, check the competition website.
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