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ABI ANNOUNCES
LAW STUDENT WRITING COMPETITION
size='3'>December 2, 2008, Alexandria, Va
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Institute’s Bankruptcy Litigation Committee is proud to announce
the First Annual ABI Bankruptcy Law Student Writing Competition.
Students from participating law schools will be eligible to submit a
paper from Jan. 1 - March 15, 2009. Entries for the competition, which
must be reviewed by a law professor prior to submission, have been
expanded to topics focusing on current issues regarding bankruptcy
jurisdiction, bankruptcy litigation, or evidence issues related to
bankruptcy cases or proceedings. For clarification, papers
submitted focusing on the previous scope of (A) §363 sales or (B)
plan confirmation will still be considered. Winners of the competition
will be announced on May 1, 2009.
The first place writer will
receive $1,000 cash, publication of the paper in the ABI Journal and a
one-year ABI membership. The second-place writer will receive a cash
award of $750, publication of the paper in the ABI Bankruptcy Litigation
Committee’s quarterly newsletter and a one-year ABI membership.
The third-place writer will receive a cash award of $500, publication of
the paper in the ABI Bankruptcy Litigation Committee’s quarterly
newsletter and a one-year ABI membership. For more information, please
contact
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The first-place writer
will receive $1,000 cash, publication of the paper in the
ABI Journal
size='3'>and a one-year ABI membership. The second-place writer will
receive a cash award of $750, publication of the paper in the ABI
Bankruptcy Litigation Committee’s quarterly newsletter and a
one-year ABI membership. The third-place writer will receive a cash
award of $500 and a one-year ABI membership. For more information on the
competition, please visit
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education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to
provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy
issues. The ABI membership includes more than 11,700 attorneys,
accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround
specialists and other bankruptcy professionals, providing a forum for
the exchange of ideas and information. For additional information on
ABI, visit www.abiworld.org. For additional conference information,
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