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2008 ABA Section of Science & Technology Law - Law Student Writing Contest

EXPIRED: March 1, 2008.

ABA Section of Science & Technology Law - Law Student Writing Contest

2008 Topic:

The Internet has taken social networking to a whole new level, not only for adults but also for children and teens. Some sites, such as MySpace, Facebook and YouTube, have a sweeping range of participants. Others are narrowly focused, such as blogs geared to patient interest groups, including those at http://www.patientadvocare.blogspot.com/ and http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/index_cwd.htm. With this seemingly limitless opportunity for networking and sharing personal information have come questions about privacy. What are the privacy issues presented by these new technologies? Are current legal concepts of privacy protection adequate to deal with this continually evolving new world?

Awards and Prizes:

  1. One winner will be selected each bar year.
  2. The winner will receive airfare and two nights' hotel accommodations to attend the ABA Annual Meeting, and a complimentary registration and luncheon ticket. Travel is non-transferable, and no substitutions of individuals or cash, or cash equivalents, are allowed.
  3. The winner will receive public recognition for the winning paper at the Section luncheon at the ABA Annual Meeting.
  4. Honorable mention submissions, at the discretion of the judges, will be published in a e-BLAST and posted on the Section's Website.
  5. The winner will be recognized in The SciTech Lawyer.
  6. The winning submissions may be published in The SciTech Lawyer, subject to compliance with The SciTech Lawyer submission guidelines. There is no guarantee of publication in The SciTech Lawyer. Final publication decisions will be made by The SciTech Lawyer editorial board.

Submission Criteria:

  1. The Contest is open to any law student attending an ABA-accredited law school.
  2. Papers each year must be on the topic selected by the Law Student Writing Contest Committee for that year, it must be a science or technology law topic of national interest.
  3. Papers must be the work of the submitting student without substantial editorial input from others, and must not have been previously published.
  4. Papers must meet The SciTech Lawyer editorial guidelines (2,500 maximum word count, maximum of 24 endnotes, no footnotes). Papers should be short and practical; not law-review type articles. Winning submission will feature a cutting edge view or innovative take on the topic.
  5. The cover page should contain: author's name, law school attending, author's year in school, author's permanent and temporary address, telephone number, and email address.
  6. Submissions must be submitted electronically to ST-studentwriting@staff.abanet.org no later than March 1st of each year.
  7. Joint submissions will not be accepted.
  8. Notification of winner will be made by June 1 of each year.