International Legal Practice Internships for US Law Students

Placements in over 50 jurisdictions around the world

Website: http://www.cils.org/home/internships.php

International and foreign law affects more and more aspects of life. Our transnational world demands lawyers prepared to handle anything from a contract for a client doing business in China to researching Spain’s tax laws, from defending a political exile from Russia in an immigration case, to understanding an Egyptian father’s legal rights in a child-custody dispute. One way to better comprehend the legal world beyond your borders is to spend some time in it. This program offers an experience similar to that of a young practitioner, legal trainee, or summer associate in the foreign host organisation.

Internships are available with law firms, company legal departments and NGOs in all regions of the world lasting 3 to10 weeks (usually 5-6 weeks). The Center for International Legal Studies (CILS) conducted the first International Legal Practice Internship Program in 1976.

Since 2004, CILS has partnered with Suffolk University School of Law to facilitate credit for international internships in accordance with ABA Guidelines. CILS is now also able to make these opportunities available directly to students from other US law schools.

ELIGIBILITY

Law students who have completed at least one third of their professional degree requirements before the placement commences with good grades (GPA 2.67 or higher) and recent law graduates may participate in the program.

Fluency in a language (other than English) relevant to the proposed destination is helpful, sometimes essential.

COMPENSATION

Internships are NOT paid positions. American Bar Association (ABA) guidelines prohibit compensation for internships that result in credit toward the juris doctor degree of an ABA accredited law school. Hosts should not bill clients for an uncompensated intern's work product; the intern’s work product is pro bono.

FINANCES

Federal loans and financial aid may be available for some students. Please contact your law school’s financial aid office for eligibility and application procedures.

Each intern is responsible for her or his own travel, lodging, and health coverage during the internship.

WORKLOAD AND ASSIGNMENTS

Interns ought to be involved full-time in the firm’s activities during the internship and should be as productive as possible in client matters on the host’s behalf. A new intern should be introduced to the members of the firm and all should be made aware of the program goals and the desire of the intern to take full part in the work of the firm. Assignments can be given to the intern from several directions, assuring a sufficient amount of activity during the intern's stay. An intern will profit not only from substantive independent assignments suitable to the intern's abilities, but also from the opportunity to observe members of the firm at work in client interviewing, conferences, and in court.

ASSESSMENT

Each intern must keep time-sheets of daily work activities for supervising attorney(s) to sign and submit these to CILS at the end of the internship (sample). Each intern must also submit a 1500-3000 word reflective essay on his or her experience.

A 5-8 week internship may earn 3 credits; a relevant course, before or after the internship, at each student’s law school may be required to satisfy the ABA’s class-room requirement (e.g. international legal practice, international business transactions, international law, comparative law, etc).

FEES

1. A US $250 application fee must accompany each internship application.
2. A US $400 placement fee is due within 14 days of CILS notifying a placement to the student.

The application fee is non-refundable. The placement fee is non-refundable if the student withdraws; it will be refunded if CILS fails to place the student in accordance with the application on which the student was admitted.

Students seeking academic credit may also need to pay their law school’s per credit tuition rate. See also “Assessment” above

NO-FEE Enquiry - Students who have a focus or desired region for an internship may submit a NO-FEE Enquiry to learn what’s available and feasible for them.

DEADLINES / SUMMER INTERNSHIPS

• Early-Decision Application (2Ls) 15 November 2013
• Early-Placement 31 January 2014
• Regular Application (1Ls and 2Ls) 3 February 2014
• Regular Placement 18 April 2014
• CILS will notify each applicant if he/she is admitted within 10 days of receiving the completed application (including application fee).
• Admitted applicants are placed within 8 weeks of CILS receiving the the completed application (including application fee).

APPLICATION

1. Completed application form
2. Curriculum vitae (résumé)
3. Statement of interest (motivation letter), in English and in any language in which the applicant claims proficiency
4. Law transcript (student copy suffices)
5. Letter of recommendation from a law professor or law-related work (e.g. paralegal, domestic internship)
6. Legal writing sample

Judge Thomas K. Jenkins Scholarship

Minimum Requirements. The scholarship recipient must:

Be a graduate of a high school located in Marion County, Ohio.

Be registered to attend an accredited law school, which normally maintains a regular faculty and curriculum and normally has a regularly enrolled body of pupils or students in attendance at the place where its educational activities are regularly carried on for a course of study that will prepare them for a career in law.

Have timely prepared and filed the application and accompanying documents designated by the Marion Community Foundation for this scholarship.

Submit a letter of recommendation from a current or former teacher and a letter of recommendation from a member of the Marion County community who is not a relative of the applicant.

Criteria for selection among applicants who meet the minimum requirements:

Academic Achievement.  His or her class ranking, his or her grade point average, and the relative difficulty of his or her courses will show the applicant's prior academic achievement.

Academic Potential. The applicant’s academic potential will be demonstrated by his or her score on the ACT, SAT or LSAT test.

Financial Need. The applicant’s financial need will be considered and it will be measured by the cost of the education as compared to the applicant's financial resources.

Community Service and School Citizenship. The applicant’s commitment to the Marion County community and his or her school will be demonstrated by the applicant’s service, citizenship, and involvement in extra-curricular activities.  

Special Skills. A brief essay, a possible interview, and the applicant's academic achievements will demonstrate the applicant's aptitude for and commitment to excellent communications. 

No Prejudice. In making the selection, the committee shall not consider the applicant’s race, age, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity or disabilities.

No Relatives. This scholarship shall not be awarded to applicants who are close relatives of any of the following: Thomas K. Jenkins, a member of the Selection Committee, a member of the Board of Trustees of Marion Community Foundation, or an employee of the Marion Community Foundation. For purposes of this paragraph, a “close relative” is a spouse, child, stepchild, parent, grandchild, sibling, first cousin, niece, nephew, aunt, or uncle.

Special Consideration will be given to applicants who will be attending Ohio Northern University College of Law.

For more information go to:http://www.marioncommunityfoundation.org. Click on "Scholarships" on the left sidebar and then follow the instructions. 

Due date: The properly completed applications are due March 17, 2014.

2014 Selma Moidel Smith Writing Competition - National Association of Women Lawyers

The National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL)® is a national voluntary legal professional organization whose mission is the advancement of women in the legal profession and women's rights. Since 1899, NAWL has served as an educational forum and active voice for the concerns of women lawyers in this country and abroad.NAWL continues to support and advance the interests of women in and under the law, and in so doing, supports and advances the social, political, and professional empowerment of women. Through its programs and networks, NAWL provides the tools for women in the profession to advance, prosper and enrich the profession. 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. The rules for the competition are as follows:

Entrants should submit a paper on an issue concerning women's rights or the status of women in the law.  The most recent winning paper was "Prosecutorial Indiscretion: District Attorneys' Misuse of Alabama's Chemical Endangerment Law to Criminalize Pregnant Women's Substance Abuse" written by Amy Kokot, Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law. Please view paper at www.nawl.org.

Essays will be accepted from students enrolled at any law school during the 2013-14 school year. The essays must be the law student author's own work and must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers written by students for coursework or independent study during the Summer, Fall or Spring semesters are eligible for submission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, students may incorporate professorial feedback as part of a course requirement or supervised writing project.

FORMAT: Essays must be double-spaced in 12-point, Times New Roman font. All margins must be at least one inch. Entries must not exceed fifteen (15) pages of text, excluding notes, with footnotes placed as endnotes. Citation style should conform to The Bluebook - A Uniform System of Citation. Essays longer than 15 pages of text, excluding notes, or which are not in the required format may not be read.

JUDGING: NAWL designees will judge the competition. Essays will be judged based upon content, exhaustiveness of research, originality, writing style, and timeliness.

QUESTIONS: Questions regarding this competition should be addressed to the chair of the Writing Competition, Professor Jennifer Martin at jmartin@stu.edu.

 

SUBMISSION AND DEADLINE: Entries must be received by May 1, 2014. Entries received after the deadline will be considered only at the discretion of NAWL. Entries must provide a cover letter providing the title of your essay, school affiliation, email address, phone number and mailing address. Entries must be submitted in the following format: email an electronic version (in Microsoft Word or PDF format) to jmartin@stu.edu.

AWARD: The author of the winning essay will receive a cash prize of $500. NAWL will also publish the winning essay in NAWL's Women Lawyers Journal in Fall 2014.

OACTA 2014 Law Student Diversity Scholarships

OACTA's annual Law Student Diversity Scholarship program is open to incoming second and third-year African American, Hispanic, Asian, Pan Asian and Native American students enrolled at Ohio law schools. Incoming second and third-year female law students enrolled at Ohio law schools are also eligible regardless of race or ethnicity. 

Other criteria for the scholarship include:

• Academic achievement in law school;
• Professional interest in civil defense practice; and
• Service to community and to the cause of diversity

SCHOLARSHIPS
Up to two (2) scholarships in the amount of $1,250 each will be awarded to successful applicants. 

TO APPLY

Applicants are required to submit an application, law school transcript and a cover letter addressing the following:  academic, personal and professional accomplishments, and why they should be selected as a recipient of the scholarship.  Applicants may submit up to three letters of recommendation.

The completed application and all other requested material must be received by April 18, 2014.  Late or incomplete applications will not be considered. 

Download Scholarship Application 

http://origin.library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1104611679387-429/Diversity+Scholarship+Application.pdf

Winners will be announced in June 2014.  Scholarship recipients will be recognized at the OACTA Annual Meeting in November.  

2014 Ms. JD Fellowship

The Ms. JD Fellowship, one of our most popular programs, is now open for applications.

In 2010, Ms. JD partnered with the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession to found the Ms. JD Fellowship. The Fellowship is Ms. JD's program to promote mentoring and professional development. Each spring, Ms. JD selects a group of outstanding second year law students as Fellowship recipients. In addition to receiving financial support and invitations to ABA and Ms. JD events, each Fellowship recipient is paired with a mentor chosen from among the Brent Award honorees, Spirit of Excellence Award recipients, and ABA Commission on Women in the Profession Commissioners. To read more about one Fellow's experience online at http://ms-jd.org/ms-jd-fellowship-training-future-women-leaders-law.

Each year, the Fellows tell us that one of the best parts of the Fellowship is meeting the other incredible rising 3Ls. They also say they wish they had more opportunities to interact with one another. This year's class will get that opportunity. In addition to their mentorship, the Fellows will choose a project that they want to work on as a group. With Ms. JD's support, our Fellows will have the chance to spend the year working together to help change the face of the legal profession the way they want to see it changed. To get the project ideas flowing, we're asking this year's Fellow applicants to propose their ideal project as part of their application. The project essays from the winning fellows will be posted on Ms. JD's blog and you'll hear from the Fellows next year when they announce what their project will be!

TO APPLY:

Here's what you'll need to submit to apply for the fellowship:

1. Resume (Must include a link to your LinkedIn Profile)

2. Unofficial Law School Transcripts

3. One paragraph (250 words) answering the question, “There are many mentorship programs for law students; why would you like to participate in the Ms. JD Fellowship?”

4. One paragraph (250 words) answering the question, “Describe how you have demonstrated leadership ability, both in and out of law school.”

5. One paragraph (250 words) answering the question, “If you had to contribute to the Ms. JD community by writing a blog post, what would you discuss and why?”

6. One paragraph (250 words) answering the question “Describe in detail an event that you would like to organize at your law school that promotes women in the law.”

Submit your application to fellowship@ms-jd.org. Applications are due March 1, 2014, at 11:59pm. Ms. JD will announce Fellowship finalists in March. Finalists will complete interviews with two Ms. JD board members by the end of March and the Ms. JD Fellows and their mentors will be announced at the end of April.

Intellectual Property Law Conference, Washington D.C.

The Law Student Reporters Program has served as a rewarding experience in which law students interact with and learn from IP practitioners from around the world at the largest ABA-IPL event of the year, the Intellectual Property Law Conference in Washington D.C.  The conference will take place April 2 - 4, 2014 in Arlington, VA. This year will mark the the 4th anniversary of the Law Student Reporters Program, and we would like you to be a part of it!

More information about the conference is available at the official website (http://www.americanbar.org/groups/intellectual_property_law/events_cle/aba_spring_ipl_2014.html)

APPLY

We will begin accepting applications on January 8th, 2014. The deadline to return your completed application for early decision is Monday, January 27th, 2014.  Applications will be accepted until February 24, 2014, although preference will be given to early applications, so get your application in as soon as possible.

Download the application: http://goo.gl/l9Uq5w.

·         Applicants must be available to attend and report on all three days of
the conference.

·         Reporters are expected to prepare a minimum of three pre-conference posts that provide a preview of their assigned events.

·         Reporters must have a Twitter account and Tumblr account. You can create them for free when you apply.

·         Post a professional biography to the LSAG Tumblr account.

·         Attend and tweet during assigned CLE programs using the #IPLSpring hashtag.

·         Attend and tweet during assigned Non-CLE Events using the #IPLSpring hashtag.

·         Attend assigned ABA-IPL committee meeting(s).

 Author “CLE Recap” blog articles for LSAG’s blog (sample:
http://lsag-aba-ipl.tumblr.com/post/47966953610/cle-review-copyright-infringement-in-patent)

CONTACTS/QUESTIONS

Have any questions? Feel free to reach out to Heather Schubert (heatherschubert21@gmail.com).

Krystle Brown

Chair, Law Student Action Group

ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law

krystle.t.brown@gmail.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/krystlebrown1

Spring 2014 Recruiting

ABOUT SPRING RECRUITING

The Spring Recruiting Program is a competitive program in which employers preselect and interview students for summer 2014 positions. Summer law clerk positions with participating employers may offer a wide-variety of professional experiences including researching and drafting memoranda of law, attending depositions, meetings, hearings, and trials, participating in social outings and activities, and much more. Such summer positions may lead to long-term, post-graduate employment.

Though the Spring Recruiting Program has existed for many years, it has always been an employer-driven, selective hiring program. (When surveyed after graduation, less than 10 percent reported fall or spring recruiting as the method used to obtain post-graduate employment.) Spring Recruiting continues to evolve as legal employers dramatically limit the number schools visited and reduce the number of summer and permanent hires.

Qualified students with an interest in participating employers are strongly encouraged to participate in the Spring Recruiting Program.

RECRUITING SESSION

Capital University Law School’s Spring Recruiting Program offers employers interview dates between Monday, February 17, 2014, and March 21, 2014. Currently, we have one session entitled, Spring 2014 Recruiting (Session 1). In the event that additional employers seek an on-campus interview date after the initial deadline for employers has passed, an additional session may be added.

All student materials must be submitted via Symplicity by 6:00 PM on Monday, January 27, 2014. There are no exceptions made to application deadlines.

ELIGIBILITY 

To participate in spring recruiting, you must be a 1D, 2E, 2D, 3E, 3D, or 4E student (classes of 2014, 2015, & 2016). If you started law school as a part-time student (day or evening division) and switched to the full-time program after the first-year, you may participate in spring recruiting. If you do not fall into either category, please see Assistant Dean Beem.

SYMPLICITY

The Office of Professional Development uses Symplicity to manage the spring recruiting program. Each employer will register and indicate any specific hiring criteria including class year, class rank or Grade Point Average (GPA), and materials to be submitted. All materials requested by participating employers will be submitted online via Symplicity (with the occasional exception for undergraduate transcripts).

Beginning on Monday, January 13, 2014, you may log in to your Symplicity account and click on the “OCI” tab located in the top menu to see the employers participating in our spring recruiting program. Additional employers will be scheduling throughout the month of January. You should check Symplicity at least once a week for updates.

Note that when you log in to Symplicity you will only see employers seeking your class year.

Please check Symplicity to make sure your class year is correct. Go to Profile > Academic > Year in School. If it is incorrect, please change and notify Assistant Dean Beem.

If you are in need of a Symplicity username and password, please contact OPD@law.capital.edu.

EMPLOYER HIRING CRITERIA

Capital University Law School does not prescreen student applications. Each employer makes interview selections based on its criteria and needs.

Although employers determine the criteria used to make their interview selections, any eligible student may submit requested materials to a participating employer. You will only be able to view and to submit to employers that are seeking applicants from your class year.

REQUESTED MATERIALS

In addition to a resume, some employers may request a cover letter, transcript, or writing sample. Occasionally, an employer may ask for additional materials such as an application, personal statement, or list of references. All requested materials will be noted on the employer’s Symplicity registration. You may only submit the documents requested. DO NOT attempt to submit something other than the documents requested.

Transcripts

Unless the employer specifically lists "Official Transcript" in the list of requested materials, you do not need to submit an official transcript. You may access your unofficial transcript on WebAdvisor. It is recommended that you copy and paste the transcript to a MS Word document and then upload to Symplicity.

Writing Samples

When requested, you should submit a writing sample that is the best example of your legal writing work product. It should be free of errors, well formatted, and persuasive. You may use a document that you drafted for your first-year Legal Research and Writing or Drafting course, or a document you drafted for an employer. If you use a writing sample from work, check with your supervisor for permission. Be sure to redact names and other information to avoid breaking confidentiality or violating the attorney-client privilege. Should you need to submit a shorter document than you have available, select you best sample and copy the analysis section to a new document. Add an introductory paragraph that puts the excerpt in context.

INTERVIEWS

All interviews will take place at the law school in assigned meeting rooms and offices. All employer registration pages include the date of the scheduled interview for that employer.

NOTE! If you are interested in a participating employer and decide to submit an application, you must be available on the listed interview date should you be selected for an interview. Failure to attend a first interview may result in all other applications being withdrawn and all scheduled interviews cancelled. Please see Assistant Dean Beem if you have any questions about dates.

NALP PRINCIPLES & STANDARDS

Capital is a member of NALP and follows the Principles & Standards for Law Placement and Recruitment Activities published by NALP. If you are participating in spring recruiting, you should familiarize yourself with Part III Principles for Candidates. (Note: Not all employers participating in either recruiting program are members of NALP and therefore do not follow the Principles & Standards as applied to timing of offers.)

NON-PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS

Not every employer can come to Capital to interview interested students. This is particularly true for employers in other cities and states. If you’re interested in an employer not listed on Symplicity, you should consider visiting the employer’s website for additional guidance on hiring. You should also explore all available resources to determine which employers are hiring. Consider the following:

NALP Directory of Legal Employers

The NALP Directory of Legal Employers “is the most widely used directory in legal recruiting.” The directory includes information on more than 1,500 employers nationwide.

Government Honors & Internship Handbook

Produced by the University of Arizona Rogers College of Law Career & Professional Development Office, this handbook includes recruiting information on many federal and state agencies including summer and post-graduate employment opportunities. This site is password-protected. Please contact the Office of Professional Development to obtain the username and password.

PSJD

PSJD is a unique online clearinghouse for law students and lawyers to connect with public interest job listings and career-building resources.  

Martindale-Hubbell

Martindale-Hubbell is an excellent resource to search for general information about attorneys and law firms. While it does not specifically include hiring information, it can help you narrow your employer search.

2014 Hogan/Smoger Access to Justice Essay Contest

The Hogan/Smoger Access to Justice Essay Contest is a $5,000 cash award given to the author of the winning essay.  The 2014 topic is: Are Recent Supreme Court Preemption Decisions Consistent with the Seventh Amendment?  Any student currently enrolled in an accredited American law school may submit a legal essay for the competition.  Essays can only be written during the academic year covered by the competition and may not be prepared as part of paid legal work outside of law school.

Please find the rules and criteria, the intent-to-enter form, and a poster for this competition and additional information about this contest is posted on the Public Justice website, www.publicjustice.net/news-events/awards/hogansmoger-essaycontest.

DEADLINES

Intent-to-Enter Submission Deadline: February 28, 2014

Essay Contest Deadline: March 31, 2014

The Public Justice Foundation is a non-profit organization of attorneys, law students and others supporting the national public interest law firm Public Justice, P.C.  For more information about our organization, visit our web site www.publicjustice.net.   

If you have any questions, contact Sarah E. Jones at sjones@publicjustice.net or Kate Hudkins, Development Assistant, at khudkins@publicjustice.net.

Sarah E. Jones, JD

Communications Specialist

Public Justice

1825 K Street, NW Suite 200

Washington, D.C. 20006

(202) 797-8600 ext. 240

sjones@publicjustice.net

Fundamentals of Municipal Bond Law Seminar

The National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL) is pleased to announce that it is once again offering up to five scholarships to law school students to attend its 2014 Fundamentals of Municipal Bond Law Seminar. Located in the District of Columbia, NABL was incorporated as a non-profit corporation in 1979, and exists to promote the integrity of the municipal market by advancing the understanding of and compliance with the law affecting public finance. NABL pursues this mission in a number of ways, including, but not limited to, providing several annual educational programs for its members and others in the law relating to state and municipal bonds and other obligations.

The 2014 Fundamentals of Municipal Bond Law Seminar is one of these educational programs. Designed for attorneys, paralegals, government officials and employees, financial consultants, and other municipal finance professionals and market participants seeking a basic knowledge of municipal bond law and related municipal finance issues, it is open to both NABL members and non-members. The seminar is being held April 30-May 2, 2014 at the Grand Hyatt in Atlanta, Georgia. The 2014 seminar brochure and details will be available on the NABL website (www.nabl.org) in mid-February.

Click here to view the 2013 seminar brochure: https://www.nabl.org/uploads/cms/documents/2013_fundamentals_brochure_web.pdf

ELIGIBILITY

To be a recipient of one of the five possible scholarships, an applicant must be currently enrolled in the Doctor of Jurisprudence Program or Masters of Law (LL.M.) Program at an accredited law school located within the United States of America.

Each scholarship will include:

(a) waiver of the enrollment fee to the seminar

(b) complimentary hotel lodging (checking-in on April 30 and checking out on May 2) at the Grand Hyatt

(c) reimbursement of roundtrip airfare (not including any checked baggage fees) at coach class rates for nonrefundable fares booked no less than 14 days prior to the departure date to Atlanta, Georgia, and

(d) reimbursement of ground transportation to and from the scholarship recipient’s departing airport and to and from the Atlanta airport (limited to the cost of taxi service)

Note: Reimbursement for the items listed in clauses (c) and (d) are subject to the requirements set forth in the enclosed application.

APPLICATIONS

Please take a few minutes to review the application and seminar information, (http://www.nabl.org/uploads/cms/documents/2014_scholarship_application.pdf). Completed applications are due no later than March 3, 2014.

CONTACT

If you have any specific questions about this scholarship or about the National Association of Bond Lawyers, please Linda Wyman at (202) 503-3300.

Linda Wyman
NABL Chief Operating Officer

lwyman@nabl.org

International Association of Defense Counsel Legal Writing Contest

International Association of Defense Counsel Legal Writing Contest

About Legal Writing Contest

All J.D. candidates currently enrolled in accredited law schools are eligible to participate in the IADC Legal Writing Contest. Entrants must write on subjects in the fields of tort law, insurance law, civil procedure, evidence or other areas of the law of practical concern to lawyers engaged in the defense or management of the defense of civil litigation. The contest is judged by a committee of the IADC.

Prizes

1^st Prize                 $2,000 and plaque

2^nd Prize                $1,000 and plaque

3^rd Prize                 $500 and plaque

Honorable Mention Plaque

Winning and honorable mention entries are considered for publication in the IADC's quarterly academic publication, the Defense Counsel Journal. The judges also may award honorable mentions. All entrants receive a one-year subscription to the Defense Counsel Journal.

Past experience has shown that teachers of litigation-related subjects are in an ideal position to stimulate student interest in legal writing and to encourage participation in the IADC Legal Writing Contest. Each year a number of the entries appear to have been prepared initially for various courses or seminars, and the caliber of the papers has been high. These faculty members are in an excellent position to encourage their students to enter the IADC contest.

Deans, professors and law review editors are urged to publicize the IADC contest and to encourage participation in it.

More information and to apply go to:

http://www.iadclaw.org/publications/contest.aspx

2nd Annual Sports Lawyers Association (SLA) Law Student Writing Competition

2nd Annual Sports Lawyers Association (SLA) Law Student Writing Competition

Theme: Current Issues in Sports Law

Deadline for submission: March 1, 2014

Submit papers to: sla@sportlaw.org

WINNING AUTHORS TO RECEIVE:

AWARDS

1.    $5,000 awarded for winning selection

2.    $3,000 awarded for second place selection

3.    $2,000 awarded for third place selection

OTHER

•      Complimentary registration for the 2014 SLA Annual Meeting in Chicago, May 15 - 17, at the Fairmont Hotel, for the three finalists (recipients recognized and awards presented at the SLA  Annual Meeting in Chicago). Order of winners will be announced in Chicago.

•      Winners need not be present at the announcement.

•      Winners are solely responsible for taxes on their prize winnings and must provide a social security number for tax reporting purposes.

CRITERIA AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

1.    Choose a current issue in Sports Law and advocate a position.

2.    Each entry is limited to 1,500 words maximum, not including title of reasonable length (footnotes and references included).

3.    Must be submitted in Microsoft Word or equivalent Google Documents file format, via email to sla@sportslaw.org  with subject line "Writing Competition".

4.    Each entrant must be a current law student, US resident 18 years of age or older, and member in good standing of the Sports Lawyers Association.*Paper(s) must be received by March 1 at 5 pm Pacific time (no exceptions).*Entrant warrants that the submitted entry is original and unpublished.

5.    One entry per person.

**A panel of professional sports attorneys will review and judge the submissions. All decisions of the judges are final. On or before May 1, 2014, the top three finalists will be notified by email and/or telephone and will be offered free registration to the SLA  2014 Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.

CONSENT FOR RELEASE:

Contest Rules: Contest is open to current law student members of the Sports Lawyers Association aged 18 or older who reside in the United States of America. By submitting an entry, each entrant warrants that his or her entry is original and unpublished, and grants to the Sports Lawyers Association an irrevocable license to reproduce and publish the entry in any medium, as well as an irrevocable license to use the entrant's name, likeness, and other personal information (hometown, law school attended, class year, etc.) in any medium, for the purpose of promoting the writing competition and/or the SLA.

  

QUESTIONS

Contact the Sports Lawyers Association (SLA) at sla@sportslaw.org  

Sports Lawyers Association

12100 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 130

Reston, VA  20190

703-437-4377 ext. 4085, 4070 or 4071

Levit Essay Contest

The Levit Essay Contest for Law Students and Young Lawyers for Innovative Research and Writing on Lawyers' Professional Liability is an Annual Competition concluding every April.

Contest Deadline & Information

Contest information and rules:

http://www.americanbar.org/groups/lawyers_professional_liability/awards/overview.html

Deadline for Submission

ONLINE entries MUST be submitted by 11:59 PM CST on February 21, 2014.

MAILED entries MUST be postmarked by February 21, 2014.

Contest Mission

The contest encourages original and innovative research and writing in the area of legal malpractice law, professional liability insurance and loss prevention.

Prize

·         Cash award of $5,000

·         All expense paid trip to the Spring 2014 National Legal Malpractice Conference in Boston, MA, on April 30-May 2, 2014

Sponsors

The Bert W. Levit Essay Contest is conducted by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability and the San Francisco law firm of Long & Levit LLP. The 2014 contest is administered and judged by a subcommittee designated by the ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability.

The Assignment

The 2014 Contest Essay Hypothetical involves questions about the expanding use of social media by attorneys and law firms and focuses on the legal, ethical and professionalism issues that can arise in those forums.

FOR THE ESSAY CONTEST HYPOTHETICAL AND RULES, VISIT http://bit.ly/Levit2014  

QUESTIONS? Call 312-988-5763