Scholarship Opportunity: Howard Fox Memorial Scholarship

In 1978 the Howard Fox Memorial Law Scholarship Fund was established by Helen and Richard Fox and Friends to honor the memory of their son who, as a proud member of the Berks County Bar Association, served as a young attorney in the Public Defender’s Office.

The Howard Fox Memorial Law Scholarship Award of $3,000 is presented annually at the Berks County Bar Association Law Day Event.  It is given to help fund a deserving Berks County, Pennsylvania, resident embarking on his or her second year at an accredited Law School.

In June 2000, the Howard Fox Memorial Law Scholarship Fund was transferred to the Berks County Community Foundation to manage and administer.

The Berks County Community Foundation is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to develop, manage and distribute funding to meet existing and emerging community needs.  Through permanent endowments created from charitable gifts, the Community Foundation makes grants from the earnings of the endowment.  By keeping the principal balance of the funds intact and spending only earnings, the Community Foundation ensures a lasting and stable vehicle for the support and development of Berks County.

Eligible students may consult www.bccf.org for an on-line application for the Howard Fox Memorial Law Scholarship.  Completed applications must be submitted to Berks County Community Foundation between January 15th and April 1st.

If you have any questions regarding this scholarship, please contact Leta Doganes at LetaD@bccf.org.

Writing Competition – Entry Deadline is Dec. 31

The Court of Federal Claims Bar Association is pleased to announce its 2009 Law Student Writing Competition. All students enrolled in your school are eligible to participate in this competition. The winning entries will receive cash prizes and an opportunity to be published via the Association’s website. Entries may address any topic that lies within the procedure, substance, or scope of the jurisdiction of the Unites States Court of Federal Claims. Papers prepared for class work may be submitted in accordance with the Competition’s rules.

We request your assistance to ensure that your students receive notice of this competition. To that end, we respectfully request that you post the attached announcement of our 2009 Law Student Writing Competition on your school’s website and distribute this announcement by any other means you deem appropriate. The rules of the contest are posted on the Association’s website at:

www.cfcbar.org/index.php/news

Entry deadline is December 31, 2009. Please contact me if you have any questions; I can be reached at bryant.snee@usdoj.gov.

Sincerely,

Bryant G. Snee
Coordinator
2009 CFC Bar Association Law Student Writing Competition

Business Law Writing Competition

ELLIOT A. SPOON BUSINESS LAW WRITING COMPETITION

The JOURNAL OF BUSINESS & SECURITIES LAW is now accepting submissions for the Elliot A. Spoon Business Law Writing Competition. Submit a journal style article on any current topic concerning business or securities law.

The Elliot A. Spoon Business Law Writing Competition is designed to encourage business law scholarship by upper-level law students nationwide.

The selected winner will receive a check in the amount of $500.00 by mail, contingent on receipt of a signed publication contract. The winner will be notified by April 7, 2010 via email.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

The competition is open to any law student of an ABA accredited law school. Submit (1.) an electronic copy of the article in Word or Rich Text format, (2.) a brief abstract or cover letter about your article, and (3.) your curriculum vitae with complete contact information.

Submit all items to jbsl@msu.edu

Prize: $500.00 & article publication

Deadline: March 5, 2010 (11:59p.m. EST)

Journal of Business & Securities Law
Michigan State University
Law College Building
East Lansing, MI 48824
www.msu.edu/~jbsl
jbsl@msu.edu

Assistance Requested With Admissions Open House – January 9, 2010

The Admissions Office is seeking law students to assist with our January Open House on Saturday, January 9, 2010.

Volunteers are requested as follows:  

Check-In and Welcome – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: One or two students are needed to assist with check-in of our guests. This will involve distributing information packets, shaking hands, smiling, and being friendly.  

Building Tours – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Several students are needed to guide 20-minute building tours before the panel discussion. If you have never given a tour of the building before, don’t worry – I will provide you with notes to help you along.  

Student/Alumni Panel – 1:15 pm – 2:00 pm: A mix of full-time and part-time students is needed for a 30-minute panel discussion about life as a law student. Most of the people in attendance at this event will be applying for admission to the fall 2010 entering class, so their level of familiarity with law school will likely be fairly low. This panel is about the basics – how much do you study per week, where do you live, how does law school affect your relationship with your wife/husband/family, what you like about law school, what you don’t like, etc. Each panelist will have 3-5 minutes to speak individually, and there will be approximately 5-10 minutes for questions from the audience.  

If you are available to help, please e-mail me (apm@uakron.edu) at your earliest opportunity with the following information:
1.         Your name
2.         Your student ID number (check the back of your ZIPCard if you don’t know it)
3.         Your mailing address (don’t forget city, state, and ZIP code)
4.         Your preferred phone number
5.         Your preferred e-mail address
6.         Your division (full-time day, part-time day, or part-time evening)
7.         Your year (1, 2, 3, or 4)
8.         IMPORTANT: Whether you want to be a tour guide, a panelist, or both

The Admissions Office has historically received a tremendous amount of support from the student body for our events. Your continued assistance is extremely important in making these open houses successful. Thank you so much for your help, and we appreciate your support!

Mendes Hershman Student Writing Contest

The American Bar Association Business Law Section is sponsoring its 24th annual Mendes Hershman student writing contest to encourage and reward law student writings on a business law subject of general and current interest.

http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/hershman/

Each ABA-accredited law school, acting through its dean, is asked to nominate one paper on a high quality business law topic written in the 2009-2010 or current academic year by a student currently enrolled in the law school’s J.D. program.

 I currently have 1 student who has submitted a draft for nomination.  If you are interested in submitting a paper, please let me know.  Entries must be submitted by Jan. 8, and we will need time to review the submissions—so please get your submission to me by 12/18/09 at the latest if you would like to have your paper considered for nomination.

 Stefan J. Padfield
Assistant Professor
University of Akron School of Law
C. Blake McDowell Law Center
Akron, OH 44325-2901

Faculty Web Page: http://www.uakron.edu/law/faculty/profile.dot?identity=698752
Office: 330-972-2328
Fax: 330-258-2343
E-mail: spadfie@uakron.edu

P.S. You can read my business law blog posts every Thursday at http://www.ohioverticals.com/blogs/akron_law_cafe/ .  You can view my selected writings and sign up for notification of my new work at http://works.bepress.com/stefan_padfield/ .  You may also view my research on my SSRN Author page:
http://ssrn.com/author=535690 .