WRITING COMPETITION update:


2019 HOGAN/SMOGER ACCESS TO JUSTICE ESSAY COMPETITION [DEADLINE: APR. 30, 2019 BY 11:59 P.M. ET]

The Hogan/Smoger Access to Justice Essay Competition is sponsored by R. Ben Hogan III of Hogan Law Office, PC, in Birmingham, Alabama, and Gerson H. Smoger of Smoger & Associates in Dallas, Texas, and Oakland, California. It is administered by Public Citizen.

Eligibility: Open to all current law students, post 2015 law graduates, and all masters of law students

Topic: Legal Strategies to Address Gun Violence

Awards: $5,000

Submission guidelines:

(1) Co-authored submissions are eligible; if selected, the co-authors will share the prize; (2) each submission must be an original, unpublished academic work, but simultaneous submissions will be accepted; (3) submissions must be emailed as Microsoft Word documents; (4) they may be full-length law review articles or shorter academic essays; (5) and should use footnotes (not end notes); and (6) the word count may be between 6,000 – 25,000 words, not including footnotes.

Complete details: Available @ citizen.org/www.citizen.org/law-school-contest