Thursday, February 19, 2009

Nat'l LGBT Bar Ass'n -- June 1, 2009 -- $3,000; $2,000; $1,000 plus travel




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.