Battle of the Classes Challenge 1:

Who’s ready to carve out some friendly competition? Submit your pumpkin carving to earn points for your class! A survey will be sent out the week after submissions are due for you (and your friends and family) to vote for the most awesome pumpkins. The top three pumpkins with the most votes will get extra points for their classes. Link to submit your pumpkin: https://forms.gle/mEVtAw1MWv4VWxkA6  

Submissions are due Oct. 25th!

How Political and Demographic Changes Have Shifted Debate About Guns & The 2nd Amendment

The Akron Law Federalist Society is hosting former Congressman, Bob Barr, and Akron Law Professor, Martin Belsky, for a debate on the changing discussion surrounding guns & the 2nd Amendment in the United States today. This subject is both timely and important given recent events where individuals have exercised their Second Amendment rights while protesting in public. We hope that you will log on and join us for an engaging discussion.

Please join the meeting with this link:

https://bit.ly/3iRM7Ay

Or manually enter the following meeting info at: http://uakron.webex.com:

Session number: 120 348 5831 
Session password: ZippyLaw 

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The Akron Law Federalist Society is hosting former Congressman, Bob Barr, and Akron Law Professor, Martin Belsky, for a debate on the changing discussion surrounding guns & the 2nd Amendment in the United States today. This subject is both timely and important given recent events where individuals have exercised their Second Amendment rights while protesting in public. We hope that you will log on and join us for an engaging discussion.

Please join the meeting with this link:

https://bit.ly/3iRM7Ay

Or manually enter the following meeting info at: http://uakron.webex.com:

Session number: 120 348 5831 
Session password: ZippyLaw 

_______________________

Albert S. Pergam International Law Writing Competition

The International Section of the New York State Bar Association is pleased to announce the annual Albert S. Pergam International Law Writing Competition! The deadline for submission is 4:00 p.m. EST on Friday, November 6, 2020.

The International Section is comprised of approximately 1800 members of the New York State Bar Association (both American and foreign lawyers) who practice, or have an interest in, public and private international law. The writing competition, which began in 1988, fosters legal scholarship among law students in the field of international law. The competition is intended to encourage students of law to write on areas of public or private international law. It is the International Section’s belief that by providing a forum for students to disseminate their ideas and articles, the professional and academic communities are enriched. Furthermore, the competition presents an opportunity for students to submit law review quality articles to the Section for possible publication in one of its publications (i.e., New York International Law Review).

Law Students (including J.D., LL.M., Ph.D. and S.J.D. candidates) are cordially invited to submit to the International Section an article concerning any area of public or private international law or practice. Faculty members of any college or university are ineligible to participate. All submissions will be reviewed by a committee of attorneys practicing international law, and a winner will be chosen based on a variety of factors, including significance and timeliness of the subject matter, thoroughness of research and analysis, clarity of writing style, as well as the importance and originality of the topic to the understanding of private/public international law or comparative law.

The winner will receive:

1) $2,000 USD; and

2) Publication of the article (subject to editorial approval) in the New York International Law Review.

The rules are set forth in our website: https://nysba.org/awards-competitions/international-section-albert-s-pergam-international-law-writing-competition-award/

Good luck. We look forward to receiving your submission!