ELI’s Endangered Environmental Laws Program sponsors an annual competition inviting law students from across the country to submit papers exploring current issues of constitutional environmental law. Our goal is to inform the ongoing debate about the constitutional legitimacy of environmental laws and to recognize students who have advanced the state of scholarship through original analysis of cutting-edge constitutional environmental law topics.
ELI’s writing competition, entering its sixth year and still the only one of its kind, draws essays from students at law schools nationwide. The five winners to date have hailed from the University of Maryland School of Law, Yale Law School, the University of Southern California School of Law, Rutgers School of Law-Camden, and Washington and Lee University School of Law. We have acknowledged runner-up essays from a range of additional law schools.
The competition has expanded each year in both reach and influence. The American Bar Association’s Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources—the premier forum for lawyers working in areas related to environmental and natural resources law—became a co-sponsor of the competition in 2006. In 2007, we were joined by the National Association of Environmental Law Societies, a coalition of over 50 law student groups that aims to connect, educate, and inspire the next generation of environmental leaders. The competition continues to feature a cash prize of $2000 and an offer of publication in ELI’s flagship publication, the Environmental Law Reporter (ELR).
Information about the recently-concluded fifth installment of the EEL Student Writing Competition is available by clicking here. Details about the 2010-2011 competition will be available in August. For more information, please contact Louise Yeung at yeung@eli.org or 202-939-3247.
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