Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition

DEADLINE: May 1st, 2013 (Entries received after deadline will be considered only at the discretion of NAWL)
TOPIC: Issues concerning women’s rights or the status of women in the law
AWARD: Cash prize of $500 and essay will be published in NAWL’s Women Lawyers Journal in the summer of 2013
ELIGIBILITY:

• Must be a law student enrolled in the 2012-13 school year
• Essay must be an original work and not submitted for publication elsewhere
• Papers written for school credit are eligible

FORMAT:

• MUST provide a cover letter including: title of essay, school affiliation, email address, phone number and mailing address
• Double-spaced, 12-point font, Times New Roman
• Margins must be at least one inch
• Cannot EXCEED (15) pages of text (excludes notes, with footnotes and placed as endnotes)
• Citations should conform to: The Bluebook-A Uniform System of Citation

JUDGING CRITERIA:
Content, Exhaustiveness of Research, Originality, Writing style, and Timeliness
SUBMISSION:
Entries must be received by May 1st, 2013 via electronic version (Microsoft Word or PDF format) to jmartin@stu.edu
QUESTIONS:
Contact jmartin@stu.edu