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2018 NEW YORK STATE
BAR ASSOCIATION
COMMITTEE ON ANIMALS
AND THE LAW
STUDENT WRITING
COMPETITION
The Committee
on Animals and the Law of the New York State Bar Association is very pleased to
announce the Ninth Annual Student Writing Competition. The deadline for submission is July 12, 2018.
The Committee
on Animals and the Law was established to provide information resources for the
New York State Bar Association’s members and the public about non-human, animal‑related
humane issues, which arise from and have an effect upon our legal system. This competition seeks to foster legal
scholarship among law students in the area of animals and the law. This competition provides law students with
an incentive and opportunity to learn more about this area of law.
Law students
(which include J.D., L.L.M., Ph.D., and S.J.D. candidates) are invited to
submit to the Committee on Animals and the Law an article concerning any area
of Animal Law. All submissions will be
reviewed by a panel of attorneys and other professionals practicing or
otherwise involved in animal law. The
winners will be chosen in accordance with the competition rules. The first place winner will receive $1,000
and a certificate of achievement. The
second place winner will receive $500 and a certificate of achievement. The third place winner will receive a
certificate of achievement.
COMMITTEE ON ANIMALS
AND THE LAW
STUDENT WRITING
COMPETITION
RULES
Topic: Any topic on Animal Law.
Eligibility: To be eligible for consideration, the submission must be
written by a student currently enrolled (full time or part time) in an
ABA-accredited law school. Students
expecting to receive their degree in 2018 are eligible for consideration. The submission must be written by one and
only one student, i.e., papers jointly written by more than one student or that
have been subjected to line editing by professors or advisors shall not be
considered. No paper that has been
previously published in any form shall be considered. We will only accept one submission per
entrant.
Deadline:
Papers must be emailed no later than
July 12, 2018.
Award
Criteria: Written submissions will be judged based on quality,
clarity, originality, and organization.
All essays must also meet the following criteria:
Length: Type written,
double spaced, no less than 12 point Times New Roman font, on 8 ½ inch by 11
inch paper, with 1 inch margins, and no more than 25 pages, including
footnotes. Footnotes should be single
spaced, and no less than 10 point font.
Format: Email to Kimberly Francis, NYSBA Staff
Liaison no later than July 12, 2018, at kfrancis@nysba.org
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Cover Page: Entrants must submit a cover page indicating
the entrant’s name, law school, expected year of graduation, mailing address,
email address, and telephone number. All
other references to identifying information, such as name, law school, and
contact information should be deleted or redacted from the body of the
submission.
Prizes
Awarded: 1st place: $1,000 and a certificate of achievement
2nd place: $500 and a certificate of achievement
3rd place: Certificate of recognition
The Committee also reserves the
right to offer the winners (and other entrants), in the Committee’s
discretion, the opportunity to publish his/her paper in the Committee’s Laws &
Paws publication. Offers to publish
are purely within the discretion of the Committee and the Committee in no way
guarantees entrant’s the opportunity for publication. By participating in the Student Writing
Competition, entrants agree to permit publication by the Committee.