The
Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation
Rules for the 2013 Brown
Award of $10,000 for Excellence in Legal Writing:
The
Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation is pleased to announce the twentieth
annual Brown Award. The Award is
in recognition of Excellence in Legal
Writing in American Law Schools. Any law student currently enrolled
in an accredited law school in the United States seeking a J.D. or LL.B degree
is eligible to receive the Award.
This
year the stipend for the winner is $10,000. The 2012 Award was presented to
Daniel S. Alterbaum of Yale Law School for his paper entitled, Control Share Acts, Closed-End Funds,
and the Battle for Corporate Control.
Application
process:
In
order to be considered, four copies
of a current legal writing must
be submitted to:
Foundation
c/o Mr. Kenneth G. Engerrand
Brown
Sims, P.C.
Tenth
Floor, 1177 West Loop South
Houston,
Texas 77027-9007
The
article must be accompanied by a letter
of recommendation from a law school faculty member or legal professional other
than the author of the paper. Only one paper may be submitted on behalf
of any student and only one paper may be sponsored by any faculty member or
legal professional.
Due
date:
The
submission must be postmarked no later than June 7, 2013. The student’s package
must contain a separate sheet containing
the title of the paper; the name, physical address, telephone number, and email
address of the student; and the name, title, physical address, and email
address of the student’s sponsor. This year there is no page limitation or
restriction on the topic except that the writing must be on a legal subject.
The Foundation will appoint a final judging panel consisting of a law school
dean, a federal judge, and a law school professor. The Foundation will not
return any material submitted to the Foundation.
Notification
process:
The
2013 recipient of the Brown
Award will be notified by October 31, 2013, and listed with the
other finalists at the website www.brownsims.com/about-brown-sims/affiliations/judge-john-r-brown-award
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