February 28 deadline - Criminal Law --

The Criminal Law Section of the State Bar of California is pleased to announce the 2016-2017 Marshall M. Schulman Annual Competition for Student Papers in Criminal Law and/or Criminal Procedure. This is a nationwide competition; while the focus is on California law, past winners have included students attending schools across the country.

GRAND PRIZE
♦ $1500 cash prize
♦ The Grand Prize –winning paper will be published in the Criminal Law Journal, the official quarterly publication of the Criminal Law Section of the State Bar of California
♦ One-year student membership in the Criminal Law Section


♦ $500 cash prize (three honorable mentions)
♦ Each of the papers awarded Honorable Mention status will be published in the Criminal Law Journal, the official quarterly publication of the Criminal Law Section of the State Bar of California
♦ One-year student membership in the Criminal Law Section


To be eligible for consideration, the paper must be written solely by a student enrolled in law school at the time the author submits a paper to this Competition.

Papers should be between 1,500 and 4,500 words (including citations) and should follow the citation style of The Blue Book:  A Uniform System of Citation.  Papers that have previously been published in a book, journal, magazine, or newspaper are not eligible.

Submit in Word format and send by e-mail attachment to each of the following Criminal Law Journal co-editors:

Anne Perry (anne.perry2@usdoj.gov);
Lani Biafore (lanibiafore@gmail.com)

More information is here:  link