2014 Mike Eidson Scholarship

On behalf of the Women Trial Lawyers Caucus of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), it is my great pleasure to send you the application for the AAJ Women for Justice Education Fund's 2014 Mike Eidson Scholarship.

The Mike Eidson Scholarship Fund was established by the AAJ Women Trial Lawyers Caucus in 2008, in honor of AAJ Past President Mike Eidson, whose vision and generosity inspired it.  The Scholarship, traditionally given in the amount of $5,000, is awarded annually to a rising 3L (or rising 4L in a night program) female student who has demonstrated a commitment to a career as a plaintiffs’ lawyer or criminal defense lawyer, along with dedication to upholding and defending the principles of the Constitution, and to the concept of a fair trial, the adversary system, and a just result for the injured, the accused, and those whose rights are jeopardized.

The application deadline is May 1, 2014 and the Scholarship will be awarded at the AAJ Annual Convention, which will take place this year in July in San Francisco.

Click on the pictures below to fill out the application.

Trandafir International Business Writing Competition

Trandafir International Business Writing Competition sponsored by the journal of Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems (TLCP) at the University of Iowa College of Law located in Iowa City, Iowa.

The competition is open to all students and submissions are due by 5:00 p.m. Central Standard time on March 21, 2014. The winner will receive a cash prize of $2,000 and publication in the academic journal.

For complete guidelines please see our website at: http://www.uiowa.edu/~tlcp/trandafir_competition.html (currently they are working on updating their website so the page discusses last year’s competition. Other than the official deadline for submissions, last year’s guidelines are the same)

Public Land Law and Policy Student Writing Competition

The American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (ABA-SEER) is pleased to announce the 2014 Student Writing Competition on Public Land Law and Policy, in conjunction with the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation’s Special Institute on Public Land Law, Regulation, and Management scheduled for May 8-9, 2014, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Awards:  The winning submissions will receive a $1,000, $500, and $250 cash prize for first, second and third place submissions, respectively. 

Deadline:  Entries must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. MT on April 1, 2014. 

For more information, please click on the picture below.

2014 Diversity in Law Scholarship

Zelle Hofmann is pleased to announce the firm's Diversity in Law Scholarship will be offered again in 2014. The Diversity in Law Scholarship was created for law students who either (1) are a member of a population or group whose background and perspectives are historically underrepresented in the private practice of law; or (2) demonstrate a long-standing commitment to diversity that will be furthered by award of the scholarship.

The scholarship awards the selected recipient a total of $30,000 to be applied towards the selected recipient’s law school tuition, fees, and text books, with one half of the scholarship paid for the student’s second year of law school and one half of the scholarship paid for the student’s third year of law school subject to the following: To receive the second installment of the scholarship, the recipient must maintain at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA (or its equivalent) through the student’s second year of law school. Depending upon the firm’s current needs, the Scholarship recipient may be offered, but is under no obligation to accept, a paid summer clerkship at one of the firm’s offices for the summer following the student’s first year of law school. The specific location of the potential clerkship will be decided by the firm in consultation with the student and will be based upon both the student’s interest and the firm’s need.  Finally, in order to help ensure the recipient’s successful entry into the legal profession, the firm will assign an attorney to mentor the recipient for the student’s remaining law school career.

The application deadline for submission is April 1, 2014. For complete information about the firm's Diversity in Law Scholarship, including contact and submission information and to access the formal application, please click here.

For questions pertaining to the firm's Diversity in Law Scholarship, please feel free to contact the Diversity Committee at diversity@zelle.com. To learn more about Zelle Hofmann's commitment to diversity, please click here.

2014 NYIPLA HONORABLE WILLIAM C. CONNER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW WRITING COMPETITION

2014 NYIPLA HONORABLE WILLIAM C. CONNER
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW WRITING COMPETITION
Deadline: Friday, March 7, 2014

The Winner will receive a cash award of $1,500.00
The Runner-up will receive a cash award of $1,000.00

Awards to be presented on May 20, 2014
NYIPLA Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner
at the Princeton Club in New York City

The competition is open to students enrolled in a J.D. or LL.M. program (day or evening). The subject matter must be directed to one of the traditional subject areas of intellectual property, i.e., patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair trade practices and antitrust. Entries must be submitted electronically by March 7, 2014, to the address provided below. See Rules for details on submission requirements.

Beveridge & Diamond Constitutional Environmental Law Writing Competition

The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) announces the 2013-14 Beveridge & Diamond Constitutional Environmental Law Writing Competition. The winner will receive a $2000 cash prize, an offer of publication in ELI’s flagship journal, the Environmental Law Reporter (ELR), and a one-year individual membership to ELI.

For more about the competition and past winners, please visit the website: http://www.eli.org/environmental-governance/constitution-courts-and-legislation. 

The application deadline is April 7, 2014.

2014 Legal Writing Contest

All J.D. candidates currently enrolled in accredited law schools are eligible to participate in the IADC Legal Writing Contest. Entrants must write on subjects in the fields of tort law, insurance law, civil procedure, evidence or other areas of the law of practical concern to lawyers engaged in the defense or management of the defense of civil litigation. The contest is judged by a committee of the IADC.

Prizes
First Place	US $2,000 and plaque
Second Place	US $1,000 and plaque
Third Place	US $500 and plaque

Deadline for 2014 Entries. Entries must be received on or before Friday, May 16, 2014.