Environmental Law Essay Contest

The following is Information regarding the "2010 Professor William R. Ginsberg Memorial Essay Contest".  This is an annual competition designed to get law students to challenge themselves in regards to environmental Issues.

Environmental Law Section

New York State Bar Association

Topic:

Any topic in environmental law.

Eligibility:

Contest open to all JD candidate students enrolled in

a New York State law school. Essays may have been

submitted for course credit or for law reviews, but not

as part of paid em ploy ment.

Length:

Maximum length, 35 double-spaced pages (in clud ing

foot notes, which may be single-spaced).

Format:

Each entrant MUST submit an electronic AND a hard

copy in either Microsoft Word or Wordperfect 5.0.

Judging:

Criteria for judging entries will be:

organization, practicality, originality, quality of

research, clarity of style. En tries will be judged by

environmental law professors from

through out the State and other

dis tin guished members of the

Environmental Law Section.

Awards:

The first place winner will receive a

$1,000 prize and the second and

third place winners will receive

certificates. In addition, the 1st

place essay will be published by the

New York State Bar Association, and

the 2nd and 3rd place essays will be

con sid ered for publication. All three

winners will receive an invitation to

the Fall 2010 con fer ence of the

Environmental Law Section.

To Enter:

Send entry to Professor William R. Ginsberg

Memorial Essay Con test, New York State Bar

As so ci a tion, One Elk Street, Albany, New York

12207. Include with your entry a cover letter

stating your name, mailing ad dress es (both

school and per ma nent), tele phone num ber,

name of school, and year of grad u a tion. This

letter should also certify that the essay was not

writ ten as part of paid work. No more than one

entry per stu dent per year is allowed.

Deadline:

June 1, 2010 (Winners will be an nounced in

early September 2010.)

For Further Information:

Contact your environmental law pro fes sor or

Miriam E. Villani, Esq.

Sahn Ward & Baker, PLLC

333 Earle Ovington Blvd., Suite 601

Uniondale, New York 11553

(516-228-1300)

The Professor William R. Ginsberg Memorial Essay

Contest is an annual competition designed to

challenge law students to analyze the environmental

issues confronting us today.

Good Luck To All!!