Want to Get Published in the NAWL Women Lawyers Journal this Summer? Enter their Law Student Writing Competition!
Since 1899, the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) has served as an educational forum and active voice for the concerns of women lawyers around the world. Through their continuing efforts to support the social, political and professional empowerment of women, this association provides tools for women to advance and prosper their legal careers. Part of this effort is the Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition, an annual contest that encourages and rewards original law student writing on issues concerning women and the law.
Here’s a snippet of the rules:
Entrants should submit a paper on an issue concerning women’s rights or the status of women in the law. The most recent winning paper was “All Things Being Equal, Women Lose. Investigating the Lack of Diversity Among the Recent Appointments to the Iowa Supreme Court” written by Abigail Rury, Michigan State University School of Law.
Essays will be accepted from students enrolled at any law school during the 2012-13 school year. The essays must be the law student author’s own work and must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers written by students for coursework or independent study during the Summer, Fall or Spring semesters are eligible for submission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, students may incorporate professorial feedback as part of a course requirement or supervised writing project.
FORMAT: Essays must be double-spaced in 12-point font, Times New Roman font type. All margins must be at least one inch. Entries must not exceed fifteen (15) pages of text, excluding notes, with footnotes placed as endnotes. Citation style should conform to The Bluebook – A Uniform System of Citation. Essays longer than 15 pages of text, excluding notes, or which are not in the required format may not be read.
JUDGING: NAWL Women Lawyers Journal® designees will judge the competition. Essays will be judged based upon content, exhaustiveness of research, originality, writing style, and timeliness.
QUESTIONS: Questions regarding this competition should be addressed to the chair of the Writing Competition, Professor Jennifer Martin at jmartin@stu.edu.
The deadline to submit essays is May 1, 2013. In addition to getting published in NAWL’s Women Lawyers Journal this summer, the winner will be awarded a $500 cash prize. Good luck!