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Description: The Association of Securities and Exchange Commission Alumni presents it’s annual writing competiton, which awards prizes for outstanding papers in the field of securities law. Unpublished papers, papers published in any law journal or other publication during calendar year 2012, and papers scheduled for publication in 2012 or 2013 addressing any subject in the field of
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Description: The American Judges Association (AJA) is pleased to announce its twenty-fourth annual essay competition open to all full-time law students enrolled in and attending an accredited law school in the United States or Canada. Eligible entries submitted for the 2012 competition MUST be under the topic of “Is it constitutional for a legislative body
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Description: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is hosting an interactive discussion between Ashley Judd, Simone Monasebian, Chief of UNODC’s NY Office, and the audience. Immediately following the conversation, Ms. Judd will be hosting a booksigning of her New York Times bestselling memoir “All That is Bitter and Sweet”, at the UN
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Description: The Constitution Project is hosting a panel discussion addressing the key issues raised in the recent Supreme Court case, United States v. Jones. On January 23rd, a unanimous Supreme Court held in United States v. Jones that when the police attach a GPS device to an individual’s car and use it to track the
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Description: The Constitution Project is hosting a panel discussion addressing the wide range of important individual rights cases that the Court confronts this term, focusing on those cases in which a decision has not yet been handed down and those cases that will be argued in the near future. Cases concerning the Affordable Care Act,
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Description: The University of Maine School of Law is pleased to announce its first Information Privacy Summer Institute. They have developed a unique program, working with the world’s largest association of privacy professionals, the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), to develop courses, conferences and certification opportunities for law students from various law schools. In
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Description: The Inter-American Bar Association (IABA) is pleased to announce their student writing competition. The IABA award prizes at each of its annual conferences for the three best research monographs presented by law students throughout the Americas. To be eligible for consideration, students must present the work in accordance with the requirements of the competition,
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Description: The Berkeley Technology Law Journal is pleased to announce their annual student writing competition. The Berkeley Technology Law Journal strives to keep judges, policymakers, practitioners, and the academic community abreast of the dynamic field of technology law. Eligible entries will address a wide variety of topics at the intersection of law and technology, including
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