Marshall Schulman Writing Competition

05/12/24

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• Student

Open

Criminal Law Section of the California Lawyers Association

ELIGIBILITY To be eligible for consideration, the paper must be written solely by a student enrolled in law school at the time the author submits a paper to this Competition. First‐year law students are encouraged to submit entries.

CONTEST RULES 

 The paper must pertain to criminal law and/or to criminal procedure, with a particular focus on contemporary issues of concern in the State of California. The paper should be original and scholarly.  It should be appropriately and carefully annotated to reflect the authorities that support the author’s opinions and findings, and upon which the author otherwise relies.  It need not be a law review “note”-style document; past winners have included articles about new developments in criminal procedure, sentencing alternatives, and other topics that may be controversial yet may be dealt with more brevity.  Any and all submissions will be received.

The paper must pertain to criminal law and/or to criminal procedure, with a particular focus on contemporary issues of concern in the State of California. The paper should be original and scholarly. It should be appropriately and carefully annotated to reflect the authorities that support the author’s opinions and findings, and upon which the author otherwise relies. It need not be a law review “note”‐style document; past winners have included articles about new developments in criminal procedure, sentencing alternatives, and other topics that can be discussed with more brevity. Papers should be between 1,500 and 4,500 words in length, including any citations, and should follow the citation style of The Blue Book: A Uniform System of Citation. Papers that have previously been published in a book, journal, magazine, or newspaper are not eligible. Papers submitted to the Marshall M. Schulman Student Writing Competition must be e-mailed no later than midnight, Sunday,  May 12, 2024.  Submissions must be accompanied by an e-mail cover letter verifying the author’s current law school enrollment and authorizing the Criminal Law Section of the State Bar to publish the paper in the California Criminal Law Journal.  The papers should in Word Format, and sent by email attachment to competition coordinator, Anne Perry at anne.perry@usdoj.gov.  RESULTS OF THE COMPETITION WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2024.