The Federal Bar Association Section on Taxation Hosts an Annual Writing Competition

The Federal Bar Association Section on Taxation hosts an annual writing competition and invites students of the law school to participate. All full-time law students currently seeking a juris doctor or master of laws at an accredited law school are eligible to enter the competition. Students may submit any original, unpublished paper concerning federal taxation.

Papers must be a minimum of twenty pages and a maximum of thirty pages (double spaced, twelve point font, and one-inch margins) and must be postmarked or e-mailed by January 15, 2010. Additionally, each student must sign and return the warranty, please click on the picture for the form. If mailing submissions, please use the following address:

Federal Bar Association

Section on Taxation

Attn: Writing Competition

1220 N. Fillmore Street, Suite 444

Arlington, VA 22201

If e-mailing submissions, please e-mail Adrienne Woolley at awoolley@fedbar.org, with the subject line “Writing Competition.”

Two winning papers will be selected by the Officers of the Federal Bar Association Section on Taxation.

The author of the First Place paper will receive:

(i) A $2,000 cash prize; and

(ii) A trip to the FBA’s Annual Tax Law Conference in Washington, DC, on March 5, 2010 (value not to exceed $700), where the First Place winner will be presented with a Commemorative Plaque and complimentary one-year membership in the Federal Bar Association Section on Taxation

The author of the Second Place paper will receive:

(i) A $1,000 cash prize; and

(ii) A Commemorative Plaque and complimentary one-year membership in the Federal Bar Association Section on Taxation;

Both the First Place and Second Place papers may be published in the Federal Bar Association Section on Taxation Report.