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Friday, January 23, 2015

Notre Dame Law School sponsors an annual writing competition on the topic of legal ethics.

All students with an interest in legal ethics are invited and encouraged to participate.
The competition is open to all law students at U.S.and Canadian law schools. Entries should concern any issue within the general category of legal ethics. Entries must be original.unpublished work.
Entries must not exceed 50 pages,including notes.on 8.5 x 11 paper,double space, and standard font

Coauthored essays may be submitted.

Submissions will be judged by a panel of faculty of the Notre Dame Law School. A prize of $2,500 will be awarded for one winning entry.
All entries must be received before 5 p.m., Friday, April 24, 2015.

Please include cover letter with contact information and name of current law school.
All entries should be submitted to:
SmithDoheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition Notre Dame Law School
P.O. Box 780
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 (574) 6316749
                           Fax: (574) 6318612
                           Email: sumption.l@nd.edu
Website:http://www3.nd.edu/~ndlaw/writing_competitions/smith_doheny.pdf

Friday, January 16, 2015

Ed Mendrzycki Essay Contest
For Law Students and Young Lawyers
For Innovative Research and Writing on Lawyers' Professional Liability
An Annual Competition
Concluding every April
$5,000 Prize & a free trip to the LPL National Legal Malpractice Conference!
Contest Deadline & Information

Deadline for Submission

ONLINE entries MUST be submitted by 11:59 PM CST on February 20, 2015.

MAILED entries MUST be postmarked by February 20, 2015.

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 2015 National Legal Malpractice Conference in Washington, DC, April 8-10, 2015.

Sponsors

The Ed Mendrzycki 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 2015 contest is administered and judged by a subcommittee designated by the ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability.

The Assignment

The 2015 Contest Essay Hypothetical involves liability issues arising from the breach of a law firm’s computer network and the subsequent leaking of a client’s confidential information.

Friday, January 9, 2015

The Frederic L. Ballard, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Program

The 2015 Frederic L. Ballard, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Program - Now Accepting Applications

NABL is pleased to announce that it is once again offering up to five scholarships to law school students to attend the 2015 Fundamentals of Municipal Bond Law Seminar.  Now in its fourth year, the scholarship program was renamed in honor of Frederic L. “Rick” Ballard, Jr. by the NABL Board of Directors in September 2014.  This year's seminar is being held April 22-24, 2015 at the Hyatt Grand Cypress in Orlando, Florida. 
Qualified candidates must be currently enrolled in the Doctor of Jurisprudence Program or a 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 and travel expenses to the 2015 Fundamentals of Municipal Law Seminar.  Click here for more details and the application.  Completed applications are due no later than March 6, 2015.  If you have any specific questions about this scholarship, please contact Linda Wymanat (202) 503-3300.

The Florida Bar Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section Presents: 

The 2014-2015 LOUIS TERTOCHA FASHION LAW WRITING COMPETITION


Competition rules. Contest opens September 15, 2014. The Fashion Law
Writing Competition is open to students in good standing in an ABA-approved
law school during the Fall 2014 through Spring 2015 terms. Essays must discuss
a legal issue in the Fashion Industry. For example, without limitation, intellectual
property, technology, communication, contracts, employment law and
international trade issues are included in this description, provided such legal
issues relate to or affect the fashion industry. The essay must be the unique
creation of the student and may not contain the work of classmates or editors.
Students may submit papers previously created for law school academic credit,
journals, or other publications. EASL reserves the non-exclusive right to publish
the best essay(s) on the EASL website, in its newsletter and/or any other related
publications. Essays must be no less than 15 pages and no more than 30 pages,
including citations and standard law school submission fonts and font sizes.
Submissions must be in PDF format, and include proper citation in accordance
with the Harvard Bluebook.

Submission Guidelines. Entries must be received no later than March 23, 2015.
Students shall submit all entries via e-mail to Brittany Rawlings, Esq. The PDF
must not have the student’s name or any identifying information included within it.
Students must pick a four digit number as their identifier and place it in the top
left corner of the header so that its visible on all pages of the submission. Under
their four-digit identifier, student must also identify the name of their law school.
The PDF should be named with the title of the article and include the four digit
identifier. The body of the e-mail must include the student’s name, student’s selfchosen
four-digit identifier, graduation year and school.
Judging. Entries will be blind judged by a judging panel of Florida law professors
and fashion attorneys. Selection of a winner will be based upon the originality of
the piece, the clarity of writing, strength of arguments, quality of research, and
compliance with Harvard Bluebook citations.

Prize. There will be at most one grand prize winning essay. The author of the
grand prize winning entry will be recognized by EASL and have its work
published on the EASL website and/or in newsletters, and may receive other
prizes TBA.

For questions, please call: Brittany Rawlings, Esq. at 239-293-4391
For writing submissions only: brittany@fashionboss.com