Daily Archives: October 10, 2017


EMPLOYMENT update:

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FBI 2018 SUMMER HONORS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM [DEADLINE: OCT. 15, 2017]

Additional information: Available @ fbijobs.gov/students/grad-students

 

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WRITING COMPETITION update:

ABA SECTION OF ANTITRUST LAW – IP COMMITTEE LAW STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST [DEADLINE: NOV. 1, 2017 BY MIDNIGHT CST]

Eligibility: 3Ls (full-time or part-time) expecting to receive J.D. at the end of the 2018 academic year

Topic: A current issue of interest with implications for antitrust and intellectual property law

Awards:

  • $1,500
  • Free attendance (and travel expenses up to $1,000) to the ABA Antitrust Law Section’s 2018 Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C.
  • The top essay, along with a biography of the winning student, will be published in an ABA publication

Complete details: Available @ americanbar.org/groups/antitrust_law/awards_fellowships/student_essay_contest.html

Contact: Applicants should send questions to Tiffany Goldston, Program Specialist, ABA Section of Antitrust Law @ tiffany.goldston@americanbar.org


SCHOLARSHIP update:

JAMAICAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP [DEADLINE: OCT. 20, 2017]

Scholarships will be presented at the Annual Grand Gala and Awards Ceremony on Nov. 18, 2017 in Ft. Lauderdale.

Eligibility: 2Ls and 3Ls who are “Jamaican nationals by birth or parentage”

Submission components: Applicants must submit an “expository response in at least 500 words” to the question: Do the sanctuary policies implemented by some cities with large immigrant populations seek to nullify federal immigration law and obstruct its enforcement?