Office of Professional Development

2015 Consumer Financial Services Writing Competition

The American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers is pleased to announce awards to be presented for:

1. The best book
2. The best publishable article, book chapter, or substantial book review
3. The best student note or comment on a topic dealing with consumer financial services law

The awards include cash payments of $2,500, $2,000 and 1,000, respectively, a Certificate of Recognition from the College, and travel expenses to attend the Spring 2015 meeting of the College. In any given year, depending on submissions, all three awards, or fewer, maybe made.    
Eligible entries will address a topic on consumer financial services, but not securities regulation, insurance, or the safety-and-soundness aspects of banking regulation.  Works on subjects with these (or other) areas, however, will be considered if they bear directly on consumer financial services.  

Entries much have been written or published between November 15, 2013 and December 1, 2014. Unpublished entries should be typed, double spaced, and in law review format.
The winners will be honored at the annual meeting of the college held in conjunction with the Spring Meeting of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association, to be held in San Francisco in April 2015.  


The American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers is a nonprofit association of attorneys who have made significant contributions to consumer financial services law over an extended period of time.  Its members include academics, present and former federal and state regulatory and enforcement officers,  authors in the field, private practitioners, counsel for financial institutions an other service providers and representatives of consumer protection and advocacy orgnaizations.
Entries must be submitted in electronic format and should be sent to:  


L. Jean Noonan, EsquireWriting Competition ChairHudson Cook, LLP1020 19th St., NW7th FloorWashington, DC 20036Tel (202) 327-9700Fax (202) 223-6935jnoonan@hudco.com  

More information can be found at:  http://www.accfsl.org