ESSAY CONTESTS

• Published date: 01 July 1993
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.174-1617.1993.tb00302.x
• Date: 01 July 1993

ESSAY

CONTESTS

The purpose of these contests is to encourage and promote original thinking,

research, and writing on important family law issues. Themes

for

the

1994

contests

are

“New Approaches

in

Child Custody Evaluations,” “Settlement Techniques

for

Judges,”

or

“F‘roteztion

of

Adverse Interests.”

Priority

for the awards

will

be

given to articles dealing with the contest themes.

However, the reviewing

boards

may make the award to superior articles dealing with

any relevant family law issue.

Meyer

Elkin

Essay

Contest

The 6th

annual

Meyer Elkin Essay Award will

be

presented at AFCC’s

annual

meeting in Maui, May

1994.

The winner will receive a

$250

cash prize and award

certificate. The winning article will

be

published in the

Family

and

Conciliation

Courts Review.

Articles may address any of the themes listed above. Articles must

be

received by

March

15,1994.

Entries should

be

submitted to:

Hugh McIsaac, Editor,

FCCR

Family Services, Multnomah County Circit Court

1021

SW

4th

Ave.. Rm

350

Portland,

OR a7204

Family

Law

Law

School

Essay

Contest

This

contest is open to all students attending law schools in the United

States,

To

submit your

manuscript,

send

no

more than

30

typewritten,

doublespaced

Canada,

Great

Britain, Australia, and New Zealand.

pages

to:

Hugh McIsaac,

Editor,

FCCR

Family Services,

Multnomah

County Circit Court

1021

SW

4th Ave.,

Rm

350

Portland, OR

97204

Entries

will

be

judged

by

a panel

from

the

FCCR

Editorial Board. Winning essay@)

will

be

published in

Family

and

Conciliation

Courts

Review.

Winner@)

will

receive

a

$300

honorarium and certificate.

All

contest

entries

must

be

postmarked

no

later than May

15,1994.