ANNOUNCING THE
Intellectual Property Law Section’s
ANNUAL LAW STUDENT WRITING COMPETITION
To be presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Intellectual Property Law Section, January 26, 2010, New York, NY to the
authors of the best publishable papers on subjects relating to the
protection of intellectual property not published elsewhere, scheduled
for publication, or awarded another
prize.
First Prize: $2,000
Second Prize: $1,000
COMPETITION RULES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
To be eligible for consideration, the paper must be
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. or CD disk must
be submitted by mail, postmarked no later than December 7, 2009 to the
person named below. As an alternative to sending the disk or CD, the
contestant may e-mail the electronic copies, provided that they are
e-mailed before 5:00 p.m. EST, December 7, 2009.
Papers will be judged anonymously by the Section and
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.
Winning papers may be published in the Section’s publication
Bright Ideas. Reasonable expenses will be reimbursed to the author of
the winning paper for attendance at the Annual Meeting to receive the
Award.
The judges reserve the right to: not consider any papers submitted late
or with incomplete information, not to publish papers, not award prizes,
and/or to determine that no entries are prizeworthy or publishable.
Entries by hard copy and e-mail to: Naomi Pitts, NYSBA, One Elk Street,
Albany, NY 12207 (e-mail: npitts@nysba.org). Comments and/or
questions may be directed to the Co-Chairs of the Young Lawyers
Committee: Sarah B. Kickham, Ullman Shapiro & Ullman LLP, 299
Broadway, Suite 1700, New York, NY 10007, (212) 571-0068, sbkickham@yahoo.com or Abby H.
Volin, Esq., Harris Beach PLLC, 100 Wall Street, New York, NY
10005-3701, (212) 313-5447, avolin@harrisbeach.com.
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