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March 3, 2006
Planning Law Student Writing Competition
The Planning & Law Division of the American Planning Association announces its Twenty-third Annual Smith-Babcock-Williams Student Writing Competition. The Competition, which honors the memory of three leading figures in American planning law -- R. Marlin Smith, Richard Babcock, and Norman Williams -- is open to law students and planning students, writing on a question of significance in planning, planning law, land use law, local government law or environmental law.
The winning entry will be awarded a prize of $2,500 and will be submitted for publication in The Urban Lawyer, the law journal of the American Bar Association's Section of State & Local Government Law. In addition to the winning prize, the Competition will offer a second place prize of $1,000 and up to two Honorable Mentions of $250.
The deadline for submission of entries is June 5, 2006 and the winner(s) will be announced by September 11, 2006. Please refer to the attached official rules for further details.
APA PLANNING
& LAW DIVISION
23rd
ANNUAL SMITH-BABCOCK-WILLIAMS
STUDENT WRITING COMPETITION
The Planning
& Law Division of the American Planning Association is pleased to announce
its 23rd Annual Smith-Babcock-Williams Student Writing
Competition. The winning entry in the
competition will be awarded a prize of
$2,500 and will be submitted for publication in The Urban Lawyer, the law journal of the American Bar Association's
Section of State & Local Government Law. In addition to the first prize, the Competition will award a second
prize of $ 1,000 and up to two Honorable Mention prizes of $250.
RULES
1. Eligibility. The competition is open to
law students at ABA accredited law schools and planning students at schools
listed in the Guide to Graduate Education
in Urban and Regional Planning (11th ed.) who are enrolled in or
who will complete a program of study leading to the J.D., LL.B., Masters or
Ph.D. degree during the 2005-06 academic year. All entries must be the work of an individual, jointly-authored entries
will not be considered. Entries may have
been written for another purpose within the last year -- e.g., a paper
submitted for a course or internship -- but must not have been previously
published.
2. Subject Matter. Entries should demonstrate original thought on a question of
significance in either planning or areas of law germane to planning (e.g.,
land use, local government or environmental law) and will be evaluated based
on: (1) originality; (2) contribution to
the understanding or development of the fields of planning and law; (3) quality
of scholarship; and (4) quality and organization of writing.
3. Publication. As a condition of publication, the author grants to the American Bar
Association the following rights: 1) the exclusive right of first publication
of the Work throughout the world as part of the publication The Urban Lawyer; 2) the nonexclusive
right to reprint the Work whenever necessary and to license use of the Work, or
any part thereof, in any medium or form of communication in the English
language, to others; and 3) the right to use the Work, or any part thereof, in
any other publication produced by the American Bar Association. The author shall reserve all exclusive rights
not specifically granted to the American Bar Association and will have the
rights not specifically granted to the American Bar Association and will have
the rights, after the Work has been published, to print the Work in any
publication, provided that the author included in the publication the proper
credit to the American Bar Association for prior publication of the work.
4. Directions for Entries. Entries shall not exceed forty-five (45) pages with
a 1" margin on all-sides. Text
should be double-spaced in a minimum ten-point pitch. Manuscripts should follow the stylistic
guidelines of the Chicago Manual of Style
(latest edition) published by the University of Chicago Press
5. Submission of Entries. To enter the competition, send four (4) copies of
your entry, postmarked no later than June 5, 2006
Professor Alan Weinstein
Cleveland-Marshall College
of Law
Cleveland State University
2121 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland , Ohio 44115-2214
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