$2,000 Appellate Practice -- July 10, 2009 deadline

[This notice is excerpted from the public notice for The Eisenberg Prize]

$2,000 Appellate Practice -- July 10, 2009 deadline

For best article on appellate practice and procedure published
between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009 as determined by
The American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.

The prize will be awarded at the October 2009 meeting of the AAAL.

The American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, a professional organization of selected lawyers who specialize in appellate practice, sponsors an award named for the late Howard B. Eisenberg, Dean of the Marquette University Law School and an early member of the AAAL. The purpose of the award is to encourage publication of high-quality articles in the field of appellate practice and procedure.


Those who would like to enter an article in the 2008-2009 competition should send it to the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, 9707 Key West Avenue, Suite 100, Rockville, MD 20850 or by email info@appellateacademy.org, with a post mark or email date no later than July 10, 2009.

For further information, you may call the Academy office at (301) 258-9210.


Winning titles from previous years include:

1) Appellate Courts, Historical Facts, and the Civil-Criminal Distinction, 57 VAND. L. REV. 437 (2004).

2) Irregulars: The Appellate Rights of Persons Who Are Not Full-Fledged Parties, 39 GA. L. REV. 411 (2005).

3) The Supreme Court and the DIG: An Empirical and Institutional Analysis, 2005 WIS. L. REV. 1421.

Copies of these entries appear, here.

image: wikipedia, Iowa State Capitol in 2003..

Food and Drug Law; $4,000 (2) and $1,000 (2); deadline June 12, 2009

Food and Drug Law; $4,000 (2) and $1,000 (2); deadline June 12, 2009

[This notice is comprised of excerpts from http://www.fdli.org/edu/hthomas.html]

The Food and Drug Law Institute
2009 Writing Competitions
H. Thomas Austern Memorial Writing Competitions for Law Students

The Competitions
The Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) sponsors the Writing Competitions to encourage law students interested in the areas of law that affect foods, drugs, devices, cosmetics, and biologics. Winning papers will be considered for publication in the Food and Drug Law Journal.

There are two competitions – one for papers with a maximum of 40 pages, and one for papers between 41 and 100 pages. Papers longer than 100 pages will not be accepted.

Titles of 2008 winning essays:

Short Paper Competition (< style="font-style: italic;">Direct Final Rulemaking in the FDA: Lessons from the First Decade

Second Place
Pathways To Patents: Applying the Written Description Requirement Doctrine
To Patents On Biological Pathways

Long Paper Competition (40-100 pages)
First Place
FDA’s Proposed Regulations to Expand Access to Investigational Drugs for Treatment Use: The Status Quo in the Guise of Reform

Second Place
Why Researchers Might Have a Legal Duty to Disclose Individual Research Findings to Research Subjects

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Law Day, Multi-Media -- Public Recognition -- entries must be postmarked by June 12, 2009 (and reflect May 1, 2009 Law Day Activities)

Law Day, Multi-Media -- Public Recognition -- entries must be postmarked by June 12, 2009 (and reflect May 1, 2009 Law Day Activities)

This blog entry is excerpted from the ABA Law Day web site and the Law Day Outstanding Activity Awards site:

Who Can Enter

All organizations conducting current year Law Day activities are eligible. This includes, but is not limited to, bar associations, courts, schools, law schools, universities, organizations, and community groups.

How to Enter

You can enter only by mail. (No fax or e-mail entries will be accepted this year.)

Please include five (5) copies of entire entry set (collated), including

1. Entry Form (signed original and four photocopies)
2. Activity Narrative (not to exceed 750 words) showing how the entry met each of the selection criteria
3. Supporting Materials if any, such as newspaper articles about your activity, letters of support and thanks, etc. (not to exceed 15 pages on 8 1/2"x 11" paper)
4. Work Products, if any, such as:
* videotaped mock trials or transcripts of original mock trials
* photos of school displays or exhibits of winning posters/photos
* handouts for the public and students
* posters and any other educational materials you have developed

Sorry, we can't return entries.

How Entries Are Judged

We judge entries on how the activity:

* expands public awareness of the rule of law;
* highlights this year's theme;
* reaches people;
* impacts media coverage;
* creates community partnerships and networking opportunities;
* projects quality and innovation;
* extends beyond Law Day with ongoing school or community activities)

Awards are given to entries in the three categories based on budget size for the Law Day program, as well as a category for law school students.

1. Budget less than $1,000.
2. Budget more than $1,000 but less than $5,000.
3. Budget greater than $5,000.
4. Law school students.

Deadline

Entries must be postmarked by June 12, 2009 to be considered. Send five (5) collated copies of each entry set to:

Law Day Outstanding Activity Awards
ABA Division for Public Education
Mail Stop 20.2
321 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60610

For information, call 312-988-5735.

Family Law -- Recognition, Potential Publication -- Essay Format -- March 27, 2009

Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest

from the competition announcement materials:

The subject may be any aspect of family law. The primary focus of each essay should be an issue of law, although some interdisciplinary material may be useful in addressing a legal issue. Since winning entries may be published in Family Law Quarterly, entrants are encouraged to write on subjects of national interest. Essays on such subjects usually include citations to the law of several jurisdictions. However, if the law in one state reflects a significant development or trend, that too could be an appropriate subject for an entry.

Essays should be limited to approximately 5,000 words (25 double-spaced, typewritten pages including footnotes). Longer essays will be judged unfavorably, and those longer than 28 pages will be disqualified. Essays scheduled to be published, and essays that have previously been published, are ineligible for consideration.

The essay format was selected to stimulate creativity of thought. Entries will be judged on the basis of originality, quality of analysis, quality of research, style and organization, and practicality and timeliness of subject. For more information, click: here

Previous essays are linked here. Titles of two of last year's winning essays include:

"Second Class Families: Interstate Recognition of Queer Adoption"

"Avoiding Round Two: The Inadequacy of Current Relocation Laws and a Proposed Solution"

Labor and Employment Law -- $1,500; $1,000; $500 -- May 15, 2009

from the competition announcement materials:

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE COLLEGE OF LABOR AND
EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS

2009 WRITING COMPETITION
FOR LAW STUDENTS

Submissions are now being accepted for the 2009 College of Labor and Employment Lawyers Law Student Writing Competition.

TOPIC: The scope of permissible topics is broad, i.e., any aspect of public or private labor or employment law. Students are encouraged to present a:


* public policy issue,

* critique of a leading case or doctrine,

* comment on a statute or the need for a statutory modification,

* comment on a common law doctrine.


ELIGIBILITY: All currently enrolled undergraduate law students attending accredited law schools in the United States.

PRIZES: First prize - $1,500.00
Second prize - $1,000.00
Third prize - $500.00

In addition to a monetary award, the winner will have his/her article published with a future issue of the College newsletter and posted on the College's website. The Labor Lawyer, a journal of ideas and developments in labor and employment law, published by the American Bar Association and the Section of Labor and Employment Law, has indicated a strong desire to publish the winning entry, if it meets their publication standards. Winners will also be invited guests at the Annual Induction Dinner of the College where they will be recognized and honored during the evening program.

THE COLLEGE OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS

2009 WRITING COMPETITION RULES

1. Articles must be original from the applicant. Each student entrant is limited to one entry; multiple entries by the same person are expressly prohibited. In addition, they must not presently be under consideration for any other publication or written as part of paid employment.

2. All articles are to be submitted in the following format:

o Typewritten, with computer disk attached, or submitted by email to info@laborandemploymentcollege.org (please reference "Writing Competition" in the subject line);

o Double-spaced;

o On 8 ½ inch by 11 inch paper, 1 inch margins;

o Entries should be between 10 and 20 pages in length (inclusive of endnotes)

o Citations are to conform to "A Uniform System of Citation" (The Bluebook)

3. All articles must be e-mailed no later than 5:00 PM (PDST) on May 15, 2009 or postmarked no later than May 15, 2009. Articles sent after that date will not be considered. Please send all submissions to: Susan Wan, Executive Director, The College of Labor & Employment Lawyers, 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036-5306.

4. If published by the College, the articles become the property of the College. No submitted article may be published elsewhere until after announcement of the winners of this competition. Announcement of the winners will be made at least 30 days in advance of the Annual Induction Dinner of the College to permit the winners to attend the Induction Dinner as guests of the College.

5. Include a cover letter with your entry stating your name, mailing address and phone number (both school and permanent), name of school and year of graduation.

6. Applicant must be currently enrolled in an accredited law school.

JUDGING

The evaluation standards will be organization, quality of research, depth, originality of analysis, clarity of style and readability. The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers reserves the right not to award and/or to reject any or all submissions.

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image: wikipedia, Writers Guild strike (2007), in United States labor law.