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.
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