2011 Hogan/Smoger Access to Justice Essay Contest
Were you glued to coverage of the Gulf Oil Spill this past spring/summer? . . . Are you burning to combine your love for 24/7 media coverage and legal research and writing? It might just be your lucky day . . . The topic for Public Justice’s 2011 Hogan/Smoger Access to Justice Essay Contest is “The Gulf Oil Spill: Who Are the Victims and How Do They Get Compensated?”
Any student currently enrolled in an accredited American law school may submit a legal essay for the competition.
The author of the winning essay will receive a $5,000 cash prize; recognition in the Public Justice newsletter and on the website; publication of the essay in the Vermont Law School’s online Journal of Environmental Law; and a free Public Justice Foundation membership for the Contest Year.
Each entry must be submitted through a faculty adviser. All entrants must submit an INTENT TO ENTER FORM by January 31, 2011. The deadline for the essay is March 31, 2011. A panel of nationally renowned trial lawyers and law professors will judge the entries.
Visit Public Justice’s website for complete contest rules and criteria.
