Yale Student Essay Competition – Emerging Issues in Health Law

The Yale Law Journal has announced its second annual Student Essay Competition. The topic this year is Emerging Issues in Health Law.  Students and recent graduates should submit entries. Submissions must focus on novel issues in health law, broadly conceived.  Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following: bioethics, biotechnology, decriminalization of controlled substances, food law, global health, healthcare legislation, law and the opioid crisis, medical malpractice, and pharmaceutical regulation. The submission deadline is October 15, 2018. Up to three winners will receive a $300 cash prize, and winning essays will be published on the Yale Law Journal Forum—the fully searchable online component of The Yale Law Journal whose publications are available on LexisNexis, Westlaw, and The Yale Law Journal website. Winners will be announced by November 16, 2018. Current and recent JD and LLM students (from the Classes of 2014 through 2021) from any American ABA-accredited law school are eligible. Essays cannot be longer than 5,000 words, including footnotes, and must be submitted via the YLJ online submissions portal. For additional details on the submission process and eligibility requirements, please see our official competition announcement here.
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