Office of Professional Development

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