2012 Michael Greenberg Student Writing Competition

EXPIRED:   May 20, 2012.

The Michael Greenberg Student Writing Competition was established in memory of Michael Greenberg, a former National LGBT Bar Association board member and Philadelphia attorney who died in 1996 from complications with AIDS.  The competition is dedicated to encouraging and recognizing outstanding law student scholarship on the legal issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons.

ELIGIBILITY

Students must be enrolled in an ABA-accredited law school during the 2011-12 academic year.

TOPIC

Legal issues affecting the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and/or Intersex community.

AWARDS

First Place

• $1,000 Cash Prize
• Publication in the Journal of Law and Sexuality at Tulane University Law School
• Registration, airfare (within the 48 contiguous United States) and lodging for the Lavender Law Annual Conference and Career Fair in Washington, D.C., which will take place from August 23-25, 2012.

First and Second Runner-up

• Registration for the Lavender Law Annual Conference and Career Fair in Washington, D.C.

OTHER INFORMATION

Click here for the writing competition's rules and regulations.  All entries must be submitted via e-mail to writingcompetition@lgbtbar.org before the competition closing date of May 20, 2012.  Please write "Michael E. Greenberg Writing Competition" in the subject line.

For more information about the National LGBT Bar Association, please visit:  www.lgbtbar.org. 

CONTACT

If you have questions or concerns, contact LGBT Bar Law Student Division Co-chair Ashley E. McGovern at writingcompetition@lgbtbar.org.  Do not include any substantive information regarding your piece, as submissions are blind-graded by student co-chairs.  

If you are interested in getting involved with the exciting work of the National LGBT Bar Law Student Division, through the National LGBT Law Student Congress, please send an e-mail to info@LGBTbar.org.