Sixteenth Annual Health Law Writing Competition
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., a national firm engaged in the practice of health care and life sciences law, is pleased to announce its 16th Annual Health Law Writing Competition. The competition is designed to encourage the preparation of scholarly papers on current topics of interest relating to health law.
Papers may address any traditional area of the law as applied to health care (e.g., antitrust, tax, corporate) or areas of law unique to health care (e.g., fraud and abuse, managed care, Medicare/Medicaid, clinical trials).
Cash prizes will be awarded for the three best papers, and entries in the top 20 percent will be considered for publication in the Annals of Health Law, which is published by the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
First Place: $4,000
Second Place: $2,000
Third Place: $500
Competition entries are due by January 24, 2014.
For additional information and an official entry form, visit
http://www.ebglaw.com/healthlawwriting
The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law: Annual Law Student Writing Competition for 2013-2014
This competition is open to articles written while the author is a student at an accredited law school in the United States. Entries may address any aspect of public or private sector labor and/or employment law relevant to the American labor and employment bar. Students are encouraged to discuss a public policy issue, practical implications of a leading case or doctrine, a statute or the need for statutory modification, or a common law doctrine. Articles may address U.S. law, international law of relevance to U.S. labor and employment attorneys, or how a legal topic is treated in states across the country, but papers limited to the law of a single state will not be considered.
First Place:$1500, Second Place: $1000, Third Place: $500. The first-place winning article will be published in the ABA Journal of Labor & Employment Law, and its author will be a guest at the annual CLE program of the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law and honored at the Annual Induction Dinner of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.
To be considered, articles must be submitted by midnight(EDST) on May 15, 2014
Complete rules are available at:
http://laborandemploymentcollege.org/