2015 ABA Property Section Student Writing Contest

The ABA section of Real Property, Trust, and Estate Law announces its annual student writing competition.  Here are the details:

Goals: The goal of the American Bar Association (ABA) Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Student Writing Contest (Contest) is to encourage and reward l aw student writings on real property, trust and estate law subjects of general and current interest. As part of this effort, the ABA will sponsor the Contest, which invites law school students to submit to the ABA Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law (Section), original essays on a current topic dealing with real property, trust and estate law. The essay contest is designed to attract students to the real property, trust and estate law field, and to strongly encourage scholarships in these areas.

Who May Enter: Open to any law school student in good standing, over the age of 18, who is currently attending an ABA - accredited law school within the United States and its possessions,  and who is a citizen or legal permanent resident of the United States. Officers, employees, and agents of the ABA and their immediate family or household members are not eligible to enter or win.

Deadline: Entries must be received by t he Section no later than June 30 , 2015

Specifications: Essays must be submitted electronically, as an attachment to an email message to [email protected] with the subject line, “ Writing Contest Entry ”, formatted for standard, 8 - 1/2 x 11 inch paper, double spaced, sent in PDF format. All margins must be one-inch. Essays must not exceed 50 pages of double - spaced typed text, including footnotes. Only one essay is to be submitted for each entrant. PLEASE NOTE: The entrant’s name is not to be on any page of the submitted essay. Entrants should write essays in traditional law review style, presenting a scholarly discussion with full citation to authority in footnotes. Lengthy lists and outlines normally are not appropriate within the text of an essay; however, they may be included as appendices to a textual discussion. For example, if the law of all states on a subject is surveyed, the essay may compare analytically how and why the law differs between jurisdictions. A listing of the law by jurisdiction within the body of the essay would generally not be appropriate. If such a listing of the law by jurisdiction would be of particular value to the reader, it may be included in an appendix to the essay. Entrants should write essays in the active voice and in the third person. Essays should conform to The Bluebook - A Uniform System of Citation and to the Texas Law Review Manual on Style .

Offical Contest Rules and Entry Form.

For more information, please contact Monica Larys at [email protected].