WRITING COMPETITION update:
2014-2015 LOUIS JACKSON NATIONAL STUDENT WRITING COMPETITION IN EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR LAW [DEADLINE: JANUARY 20, 2015]
Co-sponsored by Jackson Lewis LLP and IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, the Institute for Law and the Workplace.
Topic: Any topic relating to the law governing the workplace, such as employment law, labor law, employee benefits, or employment discrimination
Eligibility: Authors must have completed or be currently taking course work in employment or labor law, and must be enrolled in an accredited law school during the Fall 2014 semester
*NOTE: Only the first 2 submissions per law school will be accepted as entries for consideration
Submission guidelines:
- Entries must be suitable for publication in a law review
- Citations must conform to current Bluebook style
- Papers must be printed on 8 ½ x 11 inch white paper
- Papers must not exceed 35 pages, including footnotes
- 12 point Times Roman font
- Double spacing
- 1-inch margins
Submission components: (1) 3 copies of the paper, submitted as a packet (2) with 3 removable cover sheets indicating the law student author’s name, address, telephone #, email address, law school, paper title, labor and employment law course work history, and a brief paragraph describing the genesis of your interest in the field
Send to: Louis Jackson Writing Competition
c/o Institute for Law and the Workplace
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Illinois Institute of Technology
565 West Adams Street
Chicago, IL 60661-3691
Awards:
- 1 top honors award of $3,000
- 2 $1,000 awards
- In addition to the cash awards, the top 3 entries will be published on the Institute for Law and the Workplace website
Complete details: Available @ kentlaw.iit.edu/Documents/
Additional information: Available @ kentlaw.edu/depts/acadadm/writing/record.html
Contact: Questions may be directed to Professor Martin H. Malin @ mmalin@kentlaw.iit.edu
THE FLORIDA BAR ENTERTAINMENT, ARTS AND SPORTS LAW SECTION – 2014-2015 LOUIS TERTOCHA FASHION LAW WRITING COMPETITION [DEADLINE: MARCH 23, 2015]
Topic: Essays must discuss a legal issue in the Fashion Industry
Submission guidelines:
- The PDF must not have the student’s name or any identifying information included within it
- Students must pick a 4-digit number as their identifier and place it in the top left corner of the header so that it is visible on all pages of the submission
- Under the 4-digit identifier, student must also identify the name of their law school
- The PDF should be named with the title of the article and include the 4-digit identifier
- The body of the email must include the student’s name, self-chosen 4-digit identifier, graduation year and school
- Essays must be no less than 15 pages and no more than 30 pages, including citations
- Standard law school submission fonts and font sizes
- Submissions must include proper citation in accordance with the Harvard Bluebook
Send to: Submit via email to Brittany Rawlings, Esq. @ brittany@fashionboss.com
Awards: There will be at most one grand prize winning essay. The author of the grand prize winning entry will be recognized by EASL and have its work published on the EASL website and/or in newsletters, and may receive other prizes TBA.
Complete details: Available @ easl.info/uploads/EASL_2014-2015_Louis_Tertocha_Fashion_Law_Writing_Competition.pdf
Additional information: Available @ easl.info/
Contact: For questions, please call Brittany Rawlings, Esq. @ 239.293.4391
