Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest

04/05/24

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• Student

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American Bar Association Section of Family Law

2L or 3L full-time students; 2d through 4th-year part-time students; or 1L students at schools where family law is part of the 1L curriculum are eligible. Essays are limited to approximately 5,000 words (25 double-spaced, typewritten pages including footnotes). Longer essays will be judged unfavorably, and those longer than 28 pages will be disqualified.

1. Download the Schwab Entry Form and fill it out.
2. Return the completed entry form by e-mail to familylaw@americanbar.org with "Schwab Entry" as the subject.
   Your completed entry form must be received by Friday, April 8, 2022, so we may assign you a number. No submissions after April 8, 2022 will be accepted.
3. The ABA will then e-mail you an electronic copy of the entry form with an assigned number.
    
4. Place the assigned number in the upper right-hand corner of each page of the essay. (Contestant's name must not appear anywhere on the essays.)
5. Send one (1) electronic copy of the essay and the completed entry form (with assigned number and your signature) to familylaw@americanbar.org, Subject: Schwab Essay Submission