{"id":7343,"date":"2015-08-19T17:43:20","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T20:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=7343"},"modified":"2015-08-19T17:43:20","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T20:43:20","slug":"the-27th-annual-north-american-entertainment-sports-and-intellectual-property-law-summit-and-akerman-senterfitt-student-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=7343","title":{"rendered":"The 27th Annual North American Entertainment, Sports, and Intellectual Property Law Summit and Akerman Senterfitt Student Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a027th<\/sup>\u00a0Annual North American Entertainment, Sports, and Intellectual Property Law Summit<\/strong>\u00a0will take place\u00a0November 11-15, 2015<\/strong>\u00a0in Cancun, Mexico. The Akerman Student Scholarship provides a partial scholarship to three (3) law students attending the Summit in an amount of no less than $1000 per recipient. The scholarship funds awarded to each student will be deducted from Summit travel expenses.<\/p>\n

Scholarship Description and Instructions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Akerman Student Scholarship provides a partial scholarship to law students attending the 2015 North American Entertainment, Sports, and Intellectual Property Law Summit. Partial scholarships in an amount not less than $1,000 are awarded to three (3) law students. Scholarship funds will be deducted from Summit travel expenses.<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All applicants must have completed at least<\/strong> the first year of study at their respective law school.<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Scholarships are awarded on criteria as the Summit Board sees fit including, but not limited to, the following:<\/p>\n

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  1. A strong interest in entertainment, sports, and\/or intellectual property law, including the applicant\u2019s participation in their school\u2019s Sports, IP, and\/or Entertainment Society (if applicable).<\/li>\n
  2. All application questions must be answered.<\/li>\n
  3. Grades are considered if and when the Board deems necessary.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All applicants must attach a resume, cover letter, and transcript.<\/p>\n

    5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All applications must be received at the following address no later than August 31, 2015<\/strong>. Late applications will not be considered.<\/p>\n

    Cohen, Cooper, Estep & Allen, LLC<\/address>\n
    Attention: Johnna A. Lee, Scholarship Application<\/address>\n
    3330 Cumberland Blvd.<\/address>\n
    Suite 600<\/address>\n
    Atlanta, Georgia 30339<\/address>\n

    **Application packages can also be sent to Johnna A. Lee <\/a>via e-mail.<\/p>\n

    6)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Scholarship recipients will be contacted via e-mail concerning their applications once all decisions have been made.<\/p>\n

    7)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Please refer to the Summit brochure for more information and details concerning the 2015 North American Entertainment, Sports, and Intellectual Property Law Summit.<\/p>\n

    The 2015 Scholarship Application, a\u00a0tentative <\/em>Summit agenda and the travel package information\/registration form for this Summit may be requested at the CDO. This is a fantastic networking and educational opportunity for law students who would like to practice in the areas of Entertainment, Intellectual Property, or Sports Law.<\/p>\n

    The scholarship application deadline is August 31, 2015. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The\u00a027th\u00a0Annual North American Entertainment, Sports, and Intellectual Property Law Summit\u00a0will take place\u00a0November 11-15, 2015\u00a0in Cancun, Mexico. The Akerman Student Scholarship provides a partial scholarship to three (3) law students attending the Summit in an amount of no less than $1000 per recipient. The scholarship funds awarded to each student will be deducted from Summit travel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,24,17,6,12,10,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2l-information","category-3l-information","category-general-announcements","category-networking-opportunities","category-resources","category-scholarships-and-fellowships","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7343"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7345,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7343\/revisions\/7345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}