[blindlaw] FW: Jameson Crane III Disability and the Law Writing Competition

[Scott C. LaBarre]

FYI

 

From: Commission on Disability Rights (Full)
[mailto:CDR-FULL at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG] On Behalf Of Allbright, Amy
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 8:42 AM
To: CDR-FULL at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG
Subject: Jameson Crane III Disability and the Law Writing Competition

 

Jameson Crane III Disability and the Law Writing Competition

 

Thomas Jefferson School of Law is pleased to announce the second Jameson
Crane III Disability and the Law Writing Competition. Made possible by the
generous gift of Thomas Jefferson School of Law alumnus Jameson Crane III,
this competition seeks to encourage outstanding student scholarship at the
intersection of law and medicine, or law and the social sciences. The
competition promotes an understanding of these topics, furthers the
development of legal rights and protections, and improves the lives of those
with disabilities. Submissions will be judged anonymously by an independent
panel of experts.  

For further details, please consult the competition webpage:
http://www.tjsl.edu/cranewritingcompetition.

 

Who Can Participate:  Currently enrolled law students, medical students, and
doctoral candidates in related fields who attend an accredited graduate
program of study in the United States 

 

What Topics:  Any topic relating to disability law, including legal issues
arising with respect to employment, government services and programs, public
accommodations, education, higher education, housing, and health care

 

What is the Deadline:  By Midnight (Pacific Standard Time) on January 15,
2016

 

Where do I submit:  Electronically to: cranewritingcompetition at tjsl.edu
<mailto:cranewritingcompetition at tjsl.edu%3cmailto:cranewritingcompetition at tj
sl.edu> <mailto:cranewritingcompetition at tjsl.edu 

 

What Do I Win:   $1,500 cash prize and Thomas Jefferson Law Review (TJLR)
will consider the paper for publication under the TJLR's editorial
standards. 

Two second place winners will each receive a $1,000 cash prize.  (Preference
for these additional winners will be given to submissions from disciplines
not represented by the grand prize winner.)

 

When Are Winners Announced:  April 15, 2016.

 

Questions:  Professor Susan Bisom-Rapp at susanb at tjsl.edu
<mailto:susanb at tjsl.edu%3cmailto:susanb at tjsl.edu> <mailto:susanb at tjsl.edu

 

 

Amy L. Allbright

Director

Commission on Disability Rights (CDR)

Mail Stop 11.0

American Bar Association (ABA)

1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 400

Washington, DC 20036

T:  202.662.1575

F:  202.442.3439

Amy.Allbright at americanbar.org <mailto:Amy.Allbright at americanbar.org> 

http://www.americanbar.org/groups/disabilityrights.html

 

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