Law Student Intellectual Property Writing Competition
Guidelines and Criteria
Brooks Kushman is pleased to announce its Law Student Intellectual Property Writing Competition (“Competition”). A writing competition open to any law student in good standing and currently enrolled in an ABA-accredited law school, and who is a citizen or legal permanent resident of the United States.
Founded in 1983, Brooks Kushman has built a national reputation as a premier intellectual property and technology law firm. We accomplish this with the understanding that the most effective IP solutions come from putting great minds together—our clients and our own. With offices in Michigan, California, Washington D.C., and Nevada, we forge strong relationships with corporations, small to medium-sized businesses, and leading universities across the country. Brooks Kushman counts a number of Fortune 100 Corporations across a variety of industries among its clients. Our attorneys have a deep understanding and broad range of experience in a variety of industries and technologies, including consumer electronics, manufacturing, medical device, computer technology, aerospace, chemicals, biotechnology, and retail.
AWARD CRITERIA AND LIMITATIONS
- Brooks Kushman will present an award, based on excellence, to a law student who writes a substantive paper on any aspect of trademark or patent law. Awards will be based on authorship of superior literary effort that advances and serves the interests and understanding of an emerging issue in intellectual property law. Topic selection is one of the criteria judged. The paper should be an original, practical examination of issues (rather than a recitation of existing research) related to the student’s topic.
- All submissions must be the original work of the entrant. Any relevant article may be submitted for the competition, including writing submitted for academic credit. Only one paper may be submitted by each entrant.
- There will be no more than one first place award given. The author, subject, and title of the paper, and the law school attended will be included in the announcement of the award.
Law Student Winners:
First Place
The first-place award is a $5,000 honorarium, consideration for publication on the Brooks Kushman website, and an interview with the Brook Kushman hiring team.
Runner(s)-Up
A second-place winning paper will be named if deemed appropriate by Brooks Kushman. The second-place winner’s paper will be considered for publication on the Brooks Kushman website. Additional runners-up may be named at the discretion of Brooks Kushman.
PROCEDURE
- Papers should follow The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation style, and be a minimum of 15 typewritten, double-spaced, letter-size pages of text (or not less than 3,750 words of text) plus appropriate endnotes for a paper of publishable quality. Papers may not exceed 35 pages inclusive of endnotes.
- In addition to the paper, each contestant must provide an electronic copy of their resume.
- Each contestant must send one copy of the paper and resume via email by 11:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time), Wednesday, January 18, 2023, to BrooksCompetition@brookskushman.com.
- Brooks Kushman reserves the right not to award any prizes if it is determined that no entries are of sufficient quality to merit selection that year.
- Brooks Kushman will notify by email the winner by Friday, February 3, 2023. If a potential winner does not respond within 5 business days after Brooks Kushman’s first attempt to notify them, or if the notice is returned as non-deliverable, the potential winner forfeits all rights to be named as winner or receive a prize, and an alternate winner may be selected.