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2017-2018 Aaron Swartz Progressive Change Scholarship

By Stacie Dooley | Published March 13, 2017

The Law Offices of Patel and Soltis would like to announce the 2nd Annual Aaron Swartz Progressive Change Scholarship. Each year we plan to award at least $1,000 to the top essay related to law and activism related to our Firm’s core practices. This award is open to all part-time and full-time law students. Based on submissions we will award up to three awards.

This scholarship was established as a memorial to Aaron Schwartz and his dedication to activism and the boundaries he pushed. Amount for 2017-2018 school year – $1,000 per award up to 3 awards will be made

Criteria:
§ Must be attending an ABA-approved law school for the 2017-2018 school year at least part time.
§ Candidates must submit a 750 to 2000 word essay, not including endnotes upon any subject related to Activism and the Law. Examples would include Immigration reform, Foreclosure Defense, Providing legal resources through technology.
§ All entries will be open for comment on the Focusedlaw.com website.
§ A current resume with contact information must be submitted with each submission.
§ Up to three entries on different topics will be accepted
§ DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: Monday, January 6, 2018, by 5:00PM
§ Please email your entry to Soltis@FocusedLaw.com
§ Award(s) will be announced February 4, 2018

As of 12/22/2016 we have had 6 applicants for the 2016-2017 award and plan on announcing the winner prior to February 4th. Applications may still be submitted for the 2016-2017 scholarship. The below contact form can be used to submit any material.

Application at:

 http://focusedlaw.com/2017-2018-aaron-swartz-progressive-change-scholarship/

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White Collar Criminal Defense Scholarship

By Stacie Dooley | Published March 13, 2017

Burnham & Gorokhov, PLLC is pleased to announce our annual White Collar Criminal Defense Scholarship.

While our firm specializes in white collar criminal defense, all of our attorneys have a background in indigent defense, and are committed to the values underlying the Sixth Amendment’s Right to Counsel.  Therefore, for the 2017-2018 academic year, we are targeting this $1,000 scholarship for students who are working for, or plan to work for, a federal or state public defender’s office–in any unpaid capacity.

The application period runs from March 1, 2017 to May 1, 2017.  Only one applicant will be selected to receive the scholarship. Applicants should submit their applications to scholarship@burnhamgorokhov.com. Please read the following for more information.

Important Dates

Application acceptance period:  March 1, 2017 – May 1, 2017
Selection date by: May 31, 2017

Scholarship Eligibility

This scholarship is eligible to applicants who meet the following criteria:

  1. Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program at an accredited university or other institution of higher learning in the United States.
  2. A minimum 3.2 GPA or 75th percentile class rank, whichever is lower.
  3. Working for, or will work for, a federal or state public defender’s office in any unpaid capacity.
  4. U.S. Citizen or a lawful permanent resident of the United States.

Application Requirements

Interested applicants should submit the following:

  1. A cover letter addressing all of the eligibility criteria. Please be sure to indicate which federal or state public defender’s office you have worked for or will work in, and in what capacity.
  2. An essay that conforms to the requirements below. (See Essay Topic for more information).
  3. A current copy of your academic transcript.
  4. A copy of employment offer letter or contact information from someone in the public defender’s office who can verify employment.
  5. Recommended but not required: letters of recommendation from current or past professors and employers.

All documents should be submitted by email to scholarship@burnhamgorokhov.com.

Essay Topic

Please submit a concise essay of 1500 words or less addressing the following topic:

“If you could enact a policy change to the system of indigent defense throughout this country, what would it be and why?”

Selection Process

We will accept applications from March 1, 2017 until May 1, 2017.  From the pool of eligible applicants who submitted completed applications, we will select one individual to receive the scholarship based on his or her academic achievement and written essay.  We will notify the winning applicant by May 31, 2017, and will pay the scholarship in one lump sum.

Scholarship money should be used by applicant for education related expenses.

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LEGAL FEEDING FRENZY

By Stacie Dooley | Published February 20, 2017

WHAT | NCBA YLD LEGAL FEEDING FRENZY | A month-long food and funds drive competition to see who can raise the most food per employee to bene t local North Carolina Feeding America Food Banks.

WHO | All North Carolina law-related organizations

WHEN | March 6–31, 2017

WHERE | Communities across North Carolina | Donations go directly to your local Feeding America Food Bank.

WHY | To fight hunger | Over 1.8 million North Carolinians are considered “food insecure,” one of the highest rates in the country. Nearly 1 in 4 kids under the age of 5 in North Carolina does not regularly get enough to eat. As attorneys and professionals, we can make a di erence.

MORE INFORMATION | For additional details, competition rules and registration, visit www.nclegalfeedingfrenzy.com

QUESTIONS? | Please contact:
Bryan Norris at RBN@sharpless-stavola.com; or Jacquelyn Terrell at jterrell@ncbar.org or 919.657.1561.

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National Association of Women Lawyers 2017 Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition

By Stacie Dooley | Published February 20, 2017

NAWL established the annual Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition to encourage and reward original law student writing on issues concerning women and the law.

The rules for the competition are as follows:

Entrants should submit a paper on an issue concerning women’s rights or the status of women in the law.

Essays will be accepted from students enrolled at any law school during the 2016-17 school year. The essays must be the law student author’s own work and must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers written by students for coursework or independent study during the summer, fall, or spring semesters are eligible for submission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, students may incorporate professorial feedback as part of a course requirement or supervised writing project.

FORMAT: Essays must be double-spaced in 12-point, Times New Roman font. All margins must be one inch. Entries must not exceed 15 pages of text, excluding notes, with footnotes placed as endnotes. Citation style should conform to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. Essays longer than 15 pages of text, excluding notes, or that are not in the required format will not be read.

JUDGING: NAWL Women Lawyers Journal® designees will judge the competition. Essays will be judged based upon content, exhaustiveness of research, originality, writing style, and timeliness.

QUESTIONS: Questions regarding this competition should be addressed to the Chair of the Writing Competition, Professor Jennifer Martin at jmartin@stu.edu.

SUBMISSION AND DEADLINE: Entries must be received by May 1, 2017. Entries received after the deadline will not be considered. Entries must provide a cover letter providing the author’s name, title of the essay, school affiliation, email address, phone number, and permanent mailing address. Entries must be submitted in the following format: email an electronic version (in Microsoft Word) tojmartin@stu.edu.

AWARD: The author of the winning essay will receive a cash prize of $500. NAWL will also publish the winning essay in the Women Lawyers Journal. The most recent winning paper was Human trafficking waivers: How the United States implicitly violates federal law and empowers ISIS to commit human trafficking crimes written by Paloma A. Kennedy, Washington University School of Law. Please view the paper by clicking here.

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Notre Dame Law School: Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition

By Stacie Dooley | Published February 6, 2017

Notre Dame Law School sponsors an annual writing competition on the topic of legal ethics

All Students with an interest in legal ethics are invited and encouraged to participate.

The Competition is open to all law students at U.S. and Canadian law schools.

Entries should concern any issue within the general category of legal ethics.

Entries must be original, unpublished work.

Entries must not exceed 50 pages, including notes, on 8.5 x 11 paper, double spaced, and standard font.

Coauthored essays may be submitted.

Submissions will be judged by a panel of faculty of the Notre Dame Law School.

A prize of $2,5000 will be awarded for one winning entry.

All entries must be received before 5 p.m., Friday April 28, 2017.

Please include cover letter with contact information and name of current law school.

All Entries Should be Submitted to:

Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition

Notre Dame Law School

P.O. Box 780

Notre Dame, Indiana 46556

(574) 631-6749

Fax: (574) 631-8612

Email: summation.1@nd.edu

Website: www.nd.edu/~ndlaw/writing_competitions/smith_doheny.pdf

 

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2017 Student Law and Technology;The Rick Klau Prize – The Richmond Law Journal of Law and Technology

By Stacie Dooley | Published February 6, 2017

In law school? Interested in technology? Write about a topic at the intersection of law and technology and have a chance to be published and win prizes!

Submissions due by midnight EST on Friday, March 31, 2017.

Up to three of the best articles will have a chance to be published within Volume XXIII of the Journal.

1st Prize: $1,250

2nd Prize: $750

The Writing Competition Poster, Guidelines, and Entry Form are attached to this post!

Have questions? Contact the Journal at jolt@richmond.edu and visit the Journal’s website at http://jolt.richmond.edu

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2017 American Inns of Court Warren E. Burger Prize (Writing Competition)

By Stacie Dooley | Published February 3, 2017

The American Inns or Court Warren E. Burger Prize is a writing competition designed to promote scholarship in the areas of professionalism, ethics, civility, and excellence.

Interested students are invited to submit an original, unpublished essay of 10,000 to 20,000 words on a topic of your choice addressing the issues of excellence in legal skills, civility, ethics, and professionalism.

The author of the winning essay will receive a cash prize of $5,000 and the essay will be published in the South Carolina Law Review. The 2017 Warren E. Burger Prize will be presented during the annual American Inns of Court Celebration of Excellence at the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, DC on October 21, 2017.

Submissions are due July, 2017.

Rules for the writing competition are available on the American Inns of Court website at: home.innsofcourt.org/burgerprize.

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NY Times article: Leave Your Laptops at the Door to My Classroom

By Stacie Dooley | Published January 9, 2017

Leave Your Laptops at the Door to My Classroom

by Darren Rosenblum, Professor, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University

January 2, 2017

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Quit Social Media. Your Career May Depend on It.

By Stacie Dooley | Published January 2, 2017

Link to New York Times article:

Quit Social Media. Your Career May Depend on It

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2017 Law Student Legal Writing Competition

By Stacie Dooley | Published January 2, 2017

This writing competition (“Competition”) is sponsored by the Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law (“Forum”) of the American Bar Association (“ABA”), 321 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654 (the “Sponsor”).

The goal of the competition is to encourage law students to become involved in the Forum. It is also intended to attract students to the affordable housing, community development or pro bono practice fields, and to encourage scholarship in these fields.

Each entrant must follow the rules of the competition detailed herein.

Eligibility:
Open to all law students who are at the time of entry, (a) enrolled in a law school that is at the time of entry, ABA Accredited, (b) members of the ABA and the Forum, (c) at least 18 years old, and (d) U.S. citizens. Employees of the ABA, its respective affiliates, and immediate family or household members of such employees are not eligible for the Competition.

Topic:
Entries should address any legal issue regarding affordable housing and/or community development law.

Please visit our website that includes detailed information on the 2017 Writing Competition.

Please contact Dawn R. Holiday if you have any questions.

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