Wildlife Conservation Law Writing Contest – Deadline is August 1, 2013

By on March 19th, 2013

ATTENTION LAW STUDENTS – WILDLIFE CONSERVATION LAW WRITING CONTEST 

SPONSORED BY THE LEGAL COMMITTEE OF THE SOUTHEASTERN ASSOCIATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES(SEAFWA)*

The winning paper will be published in the proceedings of the 67th Annual SEAFWA Conference at the Renaissance Hotel Convention Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from October 13-16, 2013. The winner will receive up to $1,500 to help defray travel expenses to attend the conference and present the paper.  

Participants may select their own topic relating to Wildlife Conservation Law or choose from any of the following topics: 

  • Constitutional Issues Relating to State Regulation of Hunting and Fishing
  • Recent Criminal Law Issues Related to Regulation of Hunting and Fishing
  • State Sovereign Immunity or Liability for Damages Caused by Wildlife
  • Native American fishing and hinting rights/privileges, including jurisdictional issues involving enforcement of State wildlife regulations against Indian Tribal members
  • Issues of Fish and Wildlife Regulation Arising Under the Endangered Species Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Lacey Act or other Federal Law

Papers will be judged by a panel of members of the SEAFWA Legal Committee based on: (1) substantive content (double spaced, 25-page limit); (2) clarity; and (3) style.

Students who attend an ABA-accredited law school in a SEAFWA state or who are legal residents of a SEAFWA state **are eligible. Submit paper no later than August 1, 2013 to:

James V. Barwick, Assistant Attorney General
Office of Oklahoma Attorney General
313 N.E. 21st Street
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105 

*The Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies is an organization whose members are the state agencies primarily responsible for the management and protection of fish and wildlife resources in the 15 southeastern states, plus Puerto Rico and the U.S Virgin Islands. Member states are: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. The Legal Committee is composed of attorneys representing those members.

For more information on SEAFWA and the annual conference, see the website.

**Contestants must include the name of their attending law school and their state of residency.

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