THE HOGAN/SMOGER ACCESS TO JUSTICE ESSAY CONTEST offers law students an opportunity to receive reward and recognition for expounding on whether and how the courts can be used to obtain justice.
The topic for the 2011 contest is "The Gulf Oil Spill: Who Are the Victims and How Do They Get Compensated?"
The author of the winning essay will receive a $5,000 cash prize; recognition in the Public Justice newsletter and on the website; publication of the essay in the Vermont Law School’s online Journal of Environmental Law; and a free Public Justice Foundation membership for the Contest Year.
Any student currently enrolled in an accredited American law school may enroll in the contest. Each entry must be submitted through a faculty adviser.
All entrants must submit an INTENT TO ENTER FORM by January 31, 2011. The deadline for the essay is March 31, 2011. A panel of nationally renowned trial lawyers and law professors will judge the entries.
CLICK HERE FOR CONTEST RULES AND CRITERIA.
For more information, please visit http://www.publicjustice.net/What-We-Do/Awards/Law-School-Essay-Contest.aspx or contact Cassandra Goings at (202) 797-8600, Ext. 244 or cgoings@publicjustice.net .
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