Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest

This annual contest, conducted by the ABA Section of Family Law, was established by the Toledo Bar Association and the Ohio Bar Foundation as a memorial to Howard C. Schwab, a Past President of the Toledo Bar Association and Past Chairman of the Family Law Committee of the Ohio Bar Association. He was Chairman-Elect of the Section of Family Law at the time of his death on February 24, 1969. In 1985 the Section of Family Law assumed full responsibility for sponsoring this contest.

Awards
First Prize

• Certificate of Recognition as First Prize Winner
• Consideration of publication of the article in the Family Law Quarterly
  
• Consideration of publication of the article on the ABA Section of Family Law website
• Letter to Law Student's Dean
• One-year complimentary Section of Family Law membership

Second Prize

• Certificate of Recognition as Second Prize Winner
  
• Consideration of publication of the article on the ABA Section of Family Law website
• Letter to Law Student's Dean
• One-year complimentary Section of Family Law membership

Third Prize

• Certificate of Recognition as Third Prize Winner
  
• Consideration of publication of the article on the ABA Section of Family Law website
• Letter to Law Student's Dean
• One-year complimentary Section of Family Law membership

Winners will be notified after the ABA Annual Meeting in mid-August. You must be a member of the ABA to receive your free section membership.

Subject Matter of Essays
The subject may be any aspect of Family Law. The primary focus of each essay should be an issue of law, although some interdisciplinary material may be useful in addressing a legal issue. Since winning entries may be published in the Family Law Quarterly, entrants are encouraged to write on subjects of national interest. Essays on such subjects usually include citations to the law of several jurisdictions. However, if the law in one state reflects a significant development or trend, that too could be an appropriate subject for an entry.

Essays should be limited to approximately 5,000 words (about 25 double spaced, typewritten pages including footnotes). Longer essays will be judged unfavorably, and those longer than 28 pages will be disqualified. Essays scheduled to be published, and essays that have previously been published, are ineligible for consideration.

The essay format was selected to stimulate creativity of thought. Entries will be judged on the basis of originality, quality of analysis, quality of research, style and organization, and practicality and timeliness of subject.

Entry Procedure
Law students desiring to enter the contest should write to the Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest, Section of Family Law, American Bar Association, 321 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610, requesting an entry form. Email requests are also accepted at familylaw@abanet.org. The entry form must be completed and returned with the essay. The entry form will contain a number to be placed by the contestant in the upper right-hand corner of each page of the essay. The contestant's name is not to be on any copy of the submitted essay. The judges will not know contestants' identities. Six copies of the essay must be submitted. Entries for the 2006 awards must be submitted to the Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest, at the above address, postmarked on or before April 15, 2006.

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