Heads Up, Law Students and Pre-Law Majors!

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Thought that all you budding attorneys should know about this!

PHI ALPHA DELTA 1ST ANNUAL WRITING COMPETITION

P.A.D. is sponsoring its first annual student writing competition. The purpose of the competition is to encourage and reward student-written articles in the areas of the essential aspects of a lawyer: compassion, courage, integrity and professional service. This competition is open to law school and pre-law students. Winning articles will be selected quarterly. Each winner’s paper will be published in “The Reporter.”
The annual winner will be selected from the quarterly winners, receiving additional recognition along with a monetary award of $1000.00.

The Subjects
Eligible articles address one of the following areas of the essential aspects of a lawyer:

1st quarter-Compassion • 2nd quarter-Courage
3rd quarter-Integrity • 4th quarter-Professional service

How to Apply
The piece must be written by a student member (law or pre-law.) Only one piece by a member shall be submitted in a quarter. Eligible pieces include any unpublished essay or written article prepared by the student. All pieces must be the work of an individual student. Joint works are not permitted.
Pieces should be no more than 1500 words in length and be submitted in their final published form.
Entries are to be made by submitting four copies of the piece along with a completed Entry Form. The quarterly winners will be announced and published in the Phi Alpha Delta Reporter. An entry form is on page 18 of the Reporter or you can download it below.

Awards
The cash prize for the writing competition is $250.00 per quarter. A $1000.00 prize will be awarded to the best submission of the four quarters annually. In addition to the cash prize, the winning article will be published in “The Reporter” and on the P.A.D. Website.

Judging
Eligible pieces will be judged on (1) quality of scholarship; (2) originality; (3) contribution to the understanding and development of the essential aspects of a lawyer, (4) analysis and reasoning; and (5) quality and clarity of writing. All decisions of the judges, who are appointed by the International Justice and Executive Board, are final. The Fraternity reserves the right to screen entries and limit the number of papers submitted to the judges for final decision. The Fraternity also reserves the right to make no award if, in the judges’ discretion, a worthy paper is not submitted.

FIRST DEADLINE - MARCH 31, 2003
SUBJECT - COMPASSION