Committee on Animals and the Law/Student Writing Competition

07/05/24

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New York State Bar Association

2024 STUDENT WRITING COMPETITION
RULES

Topic: Any topic on Animal Law.

Eligibility: To be eligible for consideration, the submission must be written by a student currently enrolled (full time or part time) in an ABA-accredited law school. Students expecting to receive their degree in 2024 are eligible for consideration.

The submission must be written by one, and only one student, i.e., papers jointly written by more than one student or that have been subjected to line editing by professors or advisors shall not be considered. No paper that has been previously published in any form shall be considered. We will only accept one submission per entrant.

Deadline: Papers must be submitted no later than Friday, July 5, 2024

Award Criteria: Written submissions will be judged based on quality, clarity originality, and organization. All essays must also meet the following criteria: 

Length: Typed, double spaced, no less than 12 point Times New Roman font, on 81⁄2 inch by 11 inch paper, with 1 inch margins, and no more than 25 pages, including footnotes. Footnotes should be single spaced, and no less than 10 point font.

Format: Email submission in Microsoft Word format to Lena Faustel at lfaustel@nysba.org no later than Friday, July 5, 2024.

Cover Page: Entrants must submit a cover page indicating the entrant’s name, law school, expected year of graduation, mailing address, email address, and telephone number. All other references to identifying information, such as name, law school, and contact information should be deleted or redacted from the body of the submission.

 

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Prizes Awarded: 

First place: $1,000 and a Certificate of Achievement
Second place: $500 and a Certificate of Achievement
Third place: Certificate of Recognition
Fourth Place: Certificate of Recognition

The Committee also reserves the right to offer the winners (and other entrants), at the Committee’s discretion, the opportunity to publish his/her paper in the Committee’s Laws & Paws publication. Offers to publish are purely within the discretion of the Committee. The Committee in no way guarantees entrant’s the opportunity for publication.

Questions? Send an email to the NYSBA Staff Liaison, Lena Faustel, at lfaustel@nysba.org.