Co-Sponsored by the
ABA Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries
The ELI Essay Competition invites law students focusing on the entertainment practice to write a 3,000-word paper on a compelling legal topic facing the music industry today. The contest culminates with the winning student authors presenting their essays at the prestigious ELI luncheon on February 6, 2009.
Awards :
First Place Winner Recieves $5000
Four Simifinalists Recieve $1,500
All Winners recieve :
One GRAMMY Awards Show Ticket
Round Trip Airfare to the GRAMMY Awards in Los Angeles
Hotel Accomodations
Ticket to The MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute Dinner
Submissions must be postmarked by Jan 5th, 2009
Winners will be announced on January 30, 2009
For complete contest rules, send an e-mail to eli@grammy.com
The GRAMMY Foundation's Entertainment Law Initiative (ELI) was conceived as a means to recognize and further develop the bond between the legal profession and the recording community with the goal of resolving issues confronting the music industry. One of the premier educational initiatives of ELI is the national legal writing contest and scholarship program, which is co-sponsored by the American Bar Association. Law students from across the country are invited to research, analyze and submit essays regarding important issues facing the industry.
CONTEST RULES :
1. This contest is open to juris doctorate candidates currently enrolled at an ABA accredited law school. LLM candidates are not eligible.
2. Entrants must be a currently enrolled student as of January 1, 2009.
3. Co-authorship of a manuscript is not permitted in the contest.
4. Each author may submit only one entry.
5. Previous winners and/or finalists are ineligible.
6. Authors must research and identify a compelling legal issue confronting the music industry, and propose a solution.
7. Completed manuscripts and accompanying documents (to be defined below) must be submitted online at https://elisubmissions.box.net/ on or before January 2, 2009. Late manuscripts will not be considered. Hardcopy submissions will not be accepted.
8. Manuscripts shall be no longer than 3,000 words not including endnotes/footnotes. Entrants must use The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, for citation style. Current contact information including address, phone number and email address should accompany the manuscript.
9. Entrants' names shall not appear on the manuscript, but shall appear on a separate title page to be removed when a number is assigned to the entry. The title page should also contain a one or two sentence synopsis of the article.
10. Manuscripts will be judged on :
(1) clarity of expression (organization, clarity of presentation, spelling, grammar), (2) originality of thought (uniqueness of topic), (3) depth of analysis, (4) relevance to industry, and (5) essay requirements (whether the essay
conforms to the contest rules).
11. Each manuscript submitted shall be accompanied by a letter from the author in which he or she certifies that the article submitted has not had prior publication, that it is original work prepared by the author alone for this contest, and that the author transfers ownership to the GRAMMY Foundation. If the submitted article is not selected as a finalist, The GRAMMY Foundation automatically transfers ownership back
to the author, and he/she is able to pursue other publication.
12. Winners will be announced on or before January 30, 2009.
13. Awards will be distributed as follows: $5,000 for first place and $1,500 for each of four runners-up. All five finalists receive one GRAMMY Awards ticket, hotel accommodations, round trip airfare, one ticket to the Entertainment Law Initiative Luncheon, one ticket to MusiCares(r) Person of the Year dinner, and an invitation to the GRAMMY Nominee Reception.
SUBMISSION CHECKLIST
* Completed Manuscript
* Complete contact info including phone, email, and mailing address
* Transfer of ownership letter
* All of these documents must be submitted to
http://www.box.net/elisubmissions on or before January 2, 2009
The GRAMMY Foundation and ELI would like to thank box.net for their valued support of this year's legal writing contest.
Additional Information
For additional information, please contact Loren Fishbein at the GRAMMY
Foundation;
310-392-3777 ext. 8691 or by e-mail at loren.fishbein@grammy.com
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