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Law Student Writing Competition Intellectual Property Law Section
To recognize excellence among law students writing on subjects relating to the protection of intellectual property.
Presented by: Intellectual Property Law Section
Contact: Matthew Asbell, Michael J. Kelly or Dana L. Schuessler
Nomination Deadline: TBA (See Section's Web Site @ http://www.nysba.org/ipl)
Date Presented: Annual Meeting in January
Award Criteria: The awards will be presented for the best law review quality articles on subjects relating to the protection of intellectual property not published elsewhere.
To be eligible for consideration, the paper must have been written solely by students in full-time attendance at a law school (day or evening program) located in New York State or by out-of-state students who are members of the Section. One hard copy of the paper and an electronic copy in Word format on a 3.5" H.D. disk must be submitted by mail, on the deadline date to the person named below. As an alternative to sending the disk, the contestant may e-mail the electronic copies, provided that they are e-mailed before 5:00 p.m. EST on deadline date.
Papers must meet the following criteria or points will be deducted: no longer than 35 pages, double-spaced, including footnotes; and one file with a cover page indicating the submitter's name, law school and expected year of graduation, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number, and employment information, if applicable.
Reasonable expenses will be reimbursed to the author of the winning paper for attendance at the Annual Meeting to receive the Award.
Send entries by hard copy and email to: Naomi Pitts, NYSBA, One Elk Street, Albany, NY (e-mail: npitts@nysba.org). Comments and/or questions may be directed to: Matthew D. Asbell, Ladas & Parry LLP, 26 West 61st Street, NYC, (212) 708-3463, (e-mail: masbell@ladas.com), Michael J. Kelly, Kenyon & Kenyon, 1 Broadway, NYC, (212) 425-7200, (e-mail: mkelly@kenyon.com) or Dana L. Schuessler, Greenberg Traurig LLP, 200 Park Avenue, NYC, (212) 801-6707, (e-mail: schuesslerd@gtlaw.com) Co-Chairs of the Young Lawyers Committe.
Prize Awarded: 1st Prize $2,000, 2nd prize $1,000. Winners published in the Section newsletter.
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