The Dukeminier Awards:
Best Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Law Review Articles
2008
Student Writing Competition
Submission Deadline: January
3, 2009
The Dukeminier Awards Student Writing Competition
annually recognizes the best law review note written by a
student in the field of sexual orientation law. The first
place award is a monetary prize and publication in The
Dukeminier Awards: Best Sexual Orientation and Gender
Identity Law Review Articles of 2008.
This award is named in memory of Jesse J. Dukeminier
(1925-2003), who was a member of the UCLA law faculty for
forty years. This writing competition is made possible by
the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public
Policy at the UCLA School of Law.
Eligibility
The competition is open to students enrolled in an
accredited law school during the 2008-2009 academic year.
Entry topics should focus on a cutting-edge legal issue
affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender
communities. Entries should have been written during 2008
and should not be previously published or scheduled for
publication.
Requirements
Entries should follow standard Note format, including
Bluebook (18th edition) citation form. All entries must be
submitted in English. Each entry should be no longer than 40
single-sided pages with one-inch margins and 12-point Times
New Roman font, double-spaced. The page limit includes
footnotes. Entries containing endnotes or including
appendices or supplemental material will not be considered.
How to Enter
Entrants may choose to either submit their entry by email
or by postal mail. All entries must be received on or before
Saturday, January 3, 2009. Entrants should not
include their name or the name of their school on the
competition paper itself. Instead, participants should
submit a cover page indicating their name, school, address,
email address and phone number. Entries by email should be
in Microsoft Word format and sent to
josol@lawnet.ucla.edu
with the subject line “Writing Competition Submission.”
Mailed entries should be sent to:
The Dukeminier Awards
Writing Competition
UCLA School of
Law
P.O. Box 951476
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1476
Any questions may be sent to the above address or to
josol@lawnet.ucla.edu with the subject line "Writing
Competition."
The Williams Institute is a national think tank dedicated
to advancing critical thought in the field of sexual
orientation law and public policy.
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