The National Native American Law Students Association (National NALSA) is seeking judges for its 15th Annual Writing Competition, hosted by the Columbia Law School NALSA chapter and the Columbia Journal of Race and Law.
Each year law professors and attorneys generously volunteer their time to review the submissions. At this time, we are seeking judges for this year’s competition. The participation of the judges is necessary to ensure the success of the competition and that the current Indian law community continues to encourage and recognize talented scholarship.
We hope you will consider donating your time to the competition as a judge. Judges will receive between one and four submissions during the middle of February and will have roughly a month to review and score the submissions. Winners will be announced at the Federal Bar Association Indian Law Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona on April 7–8, 2016.
The purpose of the competition is to recognize excellence in legal research and writing related to Indian law, actively encourage the development of writing skills of NNALSA members, and enhance substantive knowledge in the fields of Federal Indian Law, Tribal Law and traditional forms of governance. The competition is open to matriculated law students at any point in their law school career who are current NNALSA members. Any law student is eligible to become a NNALSA member and may do so at www.nationalnalsa.org.
Thank you very much for your consideration. If you are interested in judging or if you have any other questions, please email Julia Bedell, Columbia NALSA 3L Representative, at jmb2369@columbia.edu.
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