26TH ANNUAL JUDGE JOHN R. BROWN AWARD [DEADLINE: JUNE 3, 2019]
Eligibility: Any law student currently enrolled in an accredited law school in the United States seeking a J.D. or LL.B. degree
Award:
- $10,000 First Place (+ $5,000 to the Scholarship Fund selected by the Dean of the law school in which the First Place candidate is enrolled)
- $5,000 Second Place
- $3,000 Third Place
- $1,000 Finalist
- $1,000 Finalist
The 2019 recipient of the Brown Award will be notified by Dec. 3, 2019
Requirements: (a) Only one paper may be submitted on behalf of any student, and only one paper may be sponsored by any faculty member or legal professional; (b) the submission must be postmarked no later than June 3, 2019; (c) there is no page limitation or restriction on the topic except that the writing must be on a legal subject; and (d) papers that have been submitted to a law review for publication are eligible, but the submission must be of the paper in its form before it was edited by anyone other than the author.
Submission components: (1) The article must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation from a law school faculty member or legal professional other than the author of the paper; and (2) the submission must contain a separate sheet containing the title of the paper; the name, physical address, telephone number, and email address of the student; and the name, title, physical address, and email address of the student’s sponsor.
- Send to:
The Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation c/o Kenneth G. Engerrand
Brown Sims, P.C.
Tenth Floor, 1177 West Loop South
Houston, Texas 77027-9007
Complete details: Available @ brownsims.com/about-brown-sims/affiliations/judge-john-r-brown-award/