Stephan E. Herrmann Environmental Writing Award

The American College of Environmental Lawyers announces its annual Stephan E. Herrmann Environmental Writing Award for the 2015-2016 academic year.

Award:
The Herrmann Award is a stipend of $3,500 to the author of the winning submission, whether an article, note, case comment or essay, and $500 to the submitting law journal. The winner of the Herrmann Award will be invited to present his or her submission to the Fellows at the ACOEL Annual Meeting.

Eligibility:
Student edited law journals or equivalent publications published by accredited U.S. law schools are eligible to submit annually a single candidate article, note, case comment or essay selected for its ability to promote understanding of legal issues in the broad field of environmental law, including natural resources law or environmental or resources aspects of energy law.

Deadline:
The submission deadline is June 10, 2016.

More details and submission information are available in the link below.
http://www.acoel.org/file.axd?file=2016%2f3%2fHermann+Env.+Writing+Award+Notice.pdf.

2016 Honorable George Bundy Smith Scholarship

The Honorable George Bundy Smith Scholarship Funds offers three scholarships to students who demonstrate qualities of leadership, a passion for the arts and sciences, or a commitment to diversity and academic excellence.

The application is online at  https://www.mbbanyc.org/scholarships/. The winners will be honored at the 32nd MBBA Annual Gala on Friday, May 20 at Pier Sixty in New York City.

Deadline:
The application submission deadline is Friday, April 1, 2016.

If you should have any questions, feel free to contact Friends of MBBA Chair Joseph M. Drayton at jdrayton@cooley.com or MBBA Executive Director Kim Parker at executivedirector@mbbanyc.org. 

Susan J. Ferrell Scholarship Contest

The Supreme Court of Oklahoma and The Sovereignty Symposium, Inc. are sponsoring a full scholarship to The Sovereignty Symposium that will pay tuition, meals and travel to attend the Sovereignty Symposium.

WHEN?
The Sovereignty Symposium XXIX, which will be held June 8-9, 2016 at the Skirvin Hilton Hotel, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

HOW?
Applicants should demonstrate an interest in and contribution to Native American legal issues by an application letter. There is no application form.

DUE?
No later than April 1, 2016.

For further information visit link below.
http://www.thesovereigntysymposium.com/scholarships.aspx.

2016 Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest Section of Family Law

Each year, the American Bar Association Section of Family Law conducts an essay contest to encourage law students to think about current issues in family law, and to encourage participation in the Section of Family Law. 

Subject Matter of Essay 
The primary focus of each essay should be an issue of law, although some interdisciplinary material may be useful in addressing a legal issue. Since winning entries may be published in Family Law Quarterly, entrants are encouraged to write on subjects of national interest. Essays on such subjects usually include citations to the law of several jurisdictions. However, if the law in one state reflects a significant development or trend, that too could be an appropriate subject for an entry. Essays should be limited to approximately 5,000 words (25 double-spaced, typewritten pages including footnotes). Longer essays will be judged unfavorably, and those longer than 28 pages will be disqualified. Essays scheduled to be published, and essays that have previously been published, are ineligible for consideration.

•  The essay format was selected to stimulate creativity of thought. Entries will be judged on the basis of originality, quality of analysis, quality of research, style and organization, and practicality and timeliness of subject.

Eligibility of Contestants

Contestants must be J.D. students at ABA-approved law schools who are:

•  second or third-year full-time students;
• second through fourth-year part-time students; or
• first-year students enrolled in schools where the subject of family law is part of the first-year curriculum;
• Citizens or legal permanent residents of the U.S.

Prize

First Place: $1,500

Second Place: $750.00

Third Place: $350.00

DEADLINE: All entries must be e-mailed and postmarked on or before April 29, 2016.  In order to be assigned a number, you must send your entry form by April 15, 2016. These dates must be strictly adhered to.

The ABA will confirm receipt of entries via e-mail.

For further details visit: http://www.americanbar.org/groups/family_law/resources/essay_contest/rules_and_entry_information.html

Questions regarding the contest should be directed to the ABA Section of Family Law at 312-988-5145.

Michigan Injury Lawyer Scholarship

The Michigan personal injury law firm Michigan Injury Lawyers is happy to announce that it will be awarding a $500 bi-yearly scholarship to a student who is planning to attend a college or university during the 2016-2017 academic year.

Scholarship Eligibility & Essay Competition

In order to participate in the competition, an applicant must either be currently enrolled at an accredited college or university or be planning to enroll for the fall 2016 semester. In order to apply, applicants must write a 500-word essay on the following topic:

The CDC indicates that approximately 4.5 million people are bitten by dogs in the United States every year. Michigan Law holds dog bite owners strictly liable for injuries that result after a dog bite, meaning that victims do not have to show that the owner of the dog was negligent in any way or was aware that dog was the type that may bite.  This is unlike the law in many other United States jurisdictions, which follow a “one bite rule;” under this rule, dog owners are not liable for injuries that occur the first time a dog bites a person. Which rule to do you think makes more sense, and why?

Essays will be judged on the quality of the writing and the potential the applicant demonstrates for success in a field of study related to law.

Deadline: April 15, 2016

For further details visit: http://www.michiganinjurylawyers.com/scholarship.

Weisblatt Law Firm, LLC Scholarship

In order to try and make financial issues a little easier, the Weisblatt Law Firm is pleased to offer a $1000.00 scholarship. The ability to apply for this scholarship is open to any individual currently enrolled in a college or graduate program, or actively applying to attend one such program in 2016.

DEADLINE
The deadline is May 12, 2016.

TOPIC
To apply for the scholarships, applicants must submit a 750+ words essay on the following topic:

Would you rather venture into B2B (Business to Business) service based company or a service based B2C (Business to Consumer) company? Why?

For further information please visit the link below or contact the Weisblatt Law Firm at (713) 666- 1981.
http://weisblattlaw.com/the-weisblatt-law-firm-llc-1000-00-scholarship/.

Susan J. Ferrell Scholarship Contest

The Supreme Court of Oklahoma and The Sovereignty Symposium, Inc. are sponsoring a full scholarship to The Sovereignty Symposium that will pay tuition, meals and travel to attend the Sovereignty Symposium.

WHEN?
The Sovereignty Symposium XXIX, which will be held June 8-9, 2016 at the Skirvin Hilton Hotel, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

HOW?
Applicants should demonstrate an interest in and contribution to Native American legal issues by an application letter. There is no application form.

DUE?
No later than April 1, 2016.

For further information visit link below.
http://www.thesovereigntysymposium.com/scholarships.aspx.

The Madelyn Orsini Award

Women Economic Developers of Long Island presents the The Madelyn Orsini Award annually to a female student who demonstrates the values of the WEDLI organization by their commitment to leadership and community service on Long Island.

Applicant must meet the following criteria:

• Nominated by an active member of WEDLI.
• Primary resident of Nassau or Suffolk County
• Attend an institution of Higher Education on Long Island 
• successfully completed two years of undergraduate coursework or one year of graduate coursework. 
• WEDLI members are not eligible for the award, but their family members are eligible. 

Application deadline is April 1, 2016. 

For further questions and application please visit: http://www.wedli.org/awards/.

Chief Justice John B. Doolin Writing Competition

The Supreme Court of Oklahoma and the Sovereignty Symposium, Inc. are sponsoring a writing competition open to all students enrolled in an accredited law school in the United States, its territories or Canada.

TOPIC
The subject matter of the paper may be on any area of the law relating to Native Americans or other indigenous peoples.

PRIZE
First, second, and third prizes in the amounts of $750.00; $500.00; and $250.00 will be awarded. The winning entry will also be published in the 2016 Symposium compendium of materials. Second and third place entries will be published if space permits.

DUE
Entries must be received no later than April 15, 2016. Email entries to e-mail kyle.shifflet@oscn.net.

For further information visit link below.
http://www.thesovereigntysymposium.com/scholarships.aspx.

2015-16 BEVERIDGE & DIAMOND CONSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW WRITING COMPETITION

THE BEVERAGE & DIAMOND CONSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW PRIZE: The author of the article deemed best by a panel of judges will receive $2000 cash, an offer of publication in the Environmental Law Reporter, and a one- year individual membership to ELI.

TOPIC: Any topic addressing developments or trends in U.S. environmental law with a significant constitutional, federalism, or other cross-cutting component.

ELIGIBILITY: Students currently enrolled in law school are eligible, including students who will graduate in 2016.

DEADLINE: Entries must be received no later than Monday, April 4, 2016.

• Please email entries (and any question to) to Talia Fox at fox@eli.org. 

DANY Writing Competition

The Defense Association of New York (DANY), celebrating its 50th Anniversary, is proud to offer a writing competition for enrolled law school students. Interested students are requested to draft an original scholarly work of interest to those professionals whose focus is primarily for the defense of litigated civil cases, and whose practice consists of representing insurance companies, self-insured entities and corporate defendants, for publication in The Defendant. The Defendant is an on-line publication published by DANY and distributed to the bench, bar and insurance professionals. The article is not to exceed 2,500 words.

Articles will be accepted up until March 18, 2016, with the possibility that multiple scholarships will be awarded.

To participate in the writing competition, please e-mail your completed scholarly work to Glenn A. Kaminska at glenn.kaminska@admlaw.com.

For full application and further information please visit the link below.

http://defenseassociationofnewyork.org.

Gerrymander Writing Competition

Legal and social science practitioners, scholars, and students are invited to submit papers proposing a new definition of partisan gerrymandering or further developing an existing standard and pairing that definition with an effective legal theory to challenge unfair redistricting plans in court. Winning papers are selected by a distinguished panel of democracy scholars.

Winning Authors Receive:

• Prize money: 1st place $5,ooo, 2nd place: $3,000, 3rd place: $2,000
• Publication in leading academic journal
• Payment of travel expenses to present papers at a national redistricting reform symposium.

Deadline:

• March 27, 2016

For further information visit: http://www.commoncause.org/issues/voting-and-elections/redistricting/gerrymander-standard-writing-competition.html.

Religious Liberty Student Writing Competition

The Religious Liberty Student Writing Competition was created to promote legal and academic studies in the field of religious liberty by law students and students pursuing related graduate studies. Students who have graduated from law school but who are not yet practicing law due to clerkships or other similar pursuits are also invited to submit papers.

FORM
Scholarly paper relating to the topic of domestic or international religious liberty, broadly or narrowly construed, consisting of 9,000 - 13,000 words, including footnotes. Eligible papers must be typed, thoroughly cited and presented in a format suitable for publication, with no additional editing requirements. Papers must conform to bluebook requirements and may includes footnotes. Papers prepared for academic coursework are permitted.

SELECTION
All papers will be reviewed for their conformity to the above requirements and for their substantive treatment of the topic. Awards will be presented at the Religious Liberty Award Dinner in Washington, DC on Thursday, October 6, 2016.

AWARDS
Top entries will receive the following awards:

First Place: $4000 cash award.

Second Place: $3000 cash award.

Third Place: $2000 cash award.

Honorable Mention: Four $1000 cash award.

SUBMISSION
All papers must be submitted on or before July 1, 2016.

Common Cause 2016 "Gerrymander Standard" Writing Competition

The Supreme Court has long suggested there is a limit for what is acceptable partisan gerrymandering, but like obscenity, so far the line is undefined and left to courts to know it when they see it. The Court has said that it is willing to hear constitutional challenges to partisan gerrymandering, but existing legal theories have been insufficient to empower citizens and advocates with the tools they need to overturn partisan gerrymanders in court. 

Common Cause’s 2016 “Gerrymander Standard” Writing Competition is your chance to change that.

For the second year, we invite legal and social science practitioners, scholars, and students to submit papers proposing a new definition of partisan gerrymandering or further developing an existing standard and pairing that definition with an effective legal theory to challenge unfair redistricting plans in court.

Winning authors receive:
1st Place: $5,000, 2nd place: $3,000, 3rd place: $2,000. Along with a publication in a leading academic journal. Payment of travel expenses to present papers at a national redistricting reform symposium.


Deadline: March 27, 2016.

For further information visit: http://www.commoncause.org/issues/voting-and-elections/redistricting/gerrymander-standard-writing-competition.html.

DANY Writing Competition

The Defense Association of New York (DANY), celebrating its 50th Anniversary, is proud to offer a writing competition for enrolled law school students. Interested students are requested to draft an original scholarly work of interest to those professionals whose focus is primarily for the defense of litigated civil cases, and whose practice consists of representing insurance companies, self-insured entities and corporate defendants, for publication in The Defendant. The Defendant is an on-line publication published by DANY and distributed to the bench, bar and insurance professionals. The article is not to exceed 2,500 words.

Articles will be accepted up until March 18, 2016, with the possibility that multiple scholarships will be awarded.

To participate in the writing competition, please e-mail your completed scholarly work to Glenn A. Kaminska at glenn.kaminska@admlaw.com.

For full application and further information please visit the link below.

http://defenseassociationofnewyork.org.

Brandeis Association of Queens County Scholarship

The Brandeis Association of Queens County Scholarship Fund provides scholarships to Jewish law students in the 2nd or 3rd year of study, as of the submission date and who are residents of Queens County or who are attending law school in Queens County. Students can apply for the following two scholarships:

• Brandeis Association Jerome M. Ginsberg Scholarship
• Brandeis Association Hon. Moses M. Weinstein

PRIZE
Each winner will be awarded $4,500.

In awarding the scholarships consideration will be given to financial need, legal scholarship and community involvement.

To pick up a copy of the application email studentservices@tourolaw.edu or stop by Room 302 and ask for the Brandeis Scholarship application.

DEADLINE
The deadline for submission is by April 22, 2016.

WE CARE FUND Law School Scholarship

The Nassau County Bar Association (NCBA) is providing a WE CARE FUND Law School Scholarship to a Touro Law student. 

CRITERIA

The student recipient must be in good academic standing, with an interest in and a commitment to promoting diversity among the practicing bar in Nassau County.  The student must also be prepared to participate in a NCBA committee(s) during the term of the scholarship and must have a stated desire to practice law in Nassau County upon graduation.  The amount of the scholarship is $2,500*. 

To apply: Please submit a one page essay explaining your interest in and a commitment to promoting diversity among the practicing bar in Nassau County and your desire to practice law in Nassau County upon graduation.  The essay should be sent as a Word document to Erica Edwards-O’Neal at ericae@tourolaw.edu and is due by Monday, March 14, 2016.

*Prior recipients are not eligible for this scholarship.