In honor of its fifteenth anniversary, the Animal Law Section of the State Bar of Texas announces its first annual student writing competition. With this competition, the Section seeks to encourage students at Texas law schools to engage in the study, and enter the practice, of animal law.
PRIZE: The top three papers chosen will receive awards of $2000, $1000, and $500, respectively, and an offer to publish in one of the Animal Law Section’s publications.
TOPIC: Students may write on any topic that is related to Animal Law.
ELIGIBILITY: All students currently enrolled in a Texas law school are eligible, including students graduating at Fall 2011 semester-end. No jointly written submissions or papers previously published, or accepted for publication, in any form will be considered.
DEADLINE: ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY E-MAIL BY 5:00 PM CST ON DECEMBER 5, 2011. Instructions regarding electronic submission are indicated below.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
- COVER PAGE. Each submission must consist of two documents, a cover page as one document and the paper itself in a second, separate document (for anonymous submission purposes) that includes:
- Title of submission;
- Author’s name;
- Author’s law school and expected graduation date (semester and year);
- Author’s permanent and school mailing address; and
- Author’s e-mail address and telephone number.
- If any information is subject to change, please indicate the change and its effective date.
- To preserve impartial judging; the author’s name must not appear anywhere in the paper other than the cover page.
- LENGTH & FORMATTING. Submissions must be between 15 and 40 pages long (including footnotes) and must be typewritten, double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman font on 8½ x 11-inch paper, with 1 inch margins. Footnotes should be single-spaced in 10-point font. Citation style must conform to the Bluebook.
- JUDGING CRITERIA. Submissions will be judged based on the quality, clarity, originality, and organization of the work.
- ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION & COMPETITION QUESTIONS. All submissions must be submitted by the deadline to the ALS Education Committee Chair Fran Ortiz at fortiz@stcl.edu. Submissions must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format. Please include the cover page and the submitted paper in separate documents. You will receive an e-mail confirmation of receipt within 24 hours of your submission. If you have not received confirmation within that time or have questions regarding the competition, please contact Fran Ortiz at 713-646-2946.