This notice appears at the site of the National Association of Women Lawyers
National Association of Women Lawyers
Fourth AnnualSelma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition
Women's Rights/Status of Women $500 and publication; April 30, 2009 deadline
The National Association of Women Lawyers® (NAWL®) has established the annual Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition to encourage and reward original law student writing on issues concerning women and the law. Entrants should submit a paper on an issue concerning women’s rights or the status of women in the law. The author of the first-place essay will receive a cash prize and the winning essay will be published in the Women Lawyers Journal.
Entries must be received by April 30, 2009.
TOPIC
Entrants should submit a paper on an issue concerning women’s rights or the status of women in the law.
ELIGIBILITY
Essays will be accepted from students enrolled at any law school time during the 2008/2009 school year. The essays must be the law student author’s own work and must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. Notwithstanding the foregoing, students may incorporate professorial feedback as part of a course requirement or supervised writing project.
SUBMISSION AND DEADLINE
Entries must be received by April 30, 2009. Entries received after the deadline will be considered only at the discretion of NAWL. Entries must be submitted in two formats: (1) email an electronic version (in Microsoft Word or PDF format) to jsmart07@louisville.edu; and (2) mail, with a postmark dated by April 30, 2009, four paper copies of the essay to:
Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition
National Association of Women Lawyers
American Bar Center, MS 15.2
321 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60654
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