June
3, 2013
Description
The
University of Connecticut School of Law has established a Student Legal Writing
Competition to encourage and reward original student writing on legal issues
affecting persons struggling with homelessness, mental illness, addiction, or
substance abuse.
Topic
Entrants
should submit a paper on a legal issue affecting persons struggling with
homelessness, mental illness, addiction, or substance abuse.
Eligibility
Papers
will be accepted from any student enrolled for the 2012-13 academic year in an ABA-accredited
law school in the United States or Canada.
Papers must be the law student author’s own work and must not have been
submitted for publication elsewhere.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a student may incorporate professorial
feedback as part of a course requirement or supervised writing project. All students intending to enter the
competition must register by April 15, 2013.
Registration Form is available online: http://www.law.uconn.edu/node/9768
Format
Papers
should be a minimum of 15 pages in length and shall not exceed 30 pages,
including footnotes. They must be types,
double-spaced and with one-inch margins, on 8 ½
x 11 inch paper, in a 12-point font, such as Times New Roman. All citations and footnotes should conform to
the current edition of The Bluebook: A
Uniform System of Citation and should also be in a 12-point font.
Judging
Papers
will be judged by a panel appointed by the University of Connecticut School of
Law. Judges will evaluate papers based
on the substance, clarity of the proposal or thesis, logical force, support of
argument, and quality of research.
Grammar, syntax, and form will also be taken into consideration.
Submission
Entries
must be received by 5pm on June 3, 2013.
Entries must be submitted in two formats:
(1)
Email an electronic version (in Microsoft Word or PDF format) to Karen.DeMeola@law.uconn.edu
(2)
Mail, with a postmark dated by June 3, 2013, four copies of the paper to:
Student
Legal Writing Competition
University
of Connecticut School of Law
55
Elizabeth Street
Hartford,
CT 06105
Attn:
Assistant Dean Karen Lynn DeMeola
Papers
are judged anonymously, and no identifying information should appear on either
the original or the copies of the paper.
Entrants must submit a separate cover letter listing the author’s name,
address, telephone number, email address, name of law school, and year of
graduation.
Awards
Three
cash prizes will be awarded:
- $750 First Prize
- $500 Second Prize
- $250 Third Prize
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