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Law Student Writing Competition

About the Competition

    Thank you for participating in the 2011 Thomas J. Trenta Memorial Law Student Writing Competition sponsored by the Health Care Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan. We hope that you will find this year's topic both interesting and educational.

    Please send your paper in Word format to my attention at tarnowsc@trinity-health.org no later than August 1, 2011. Your paper should be no more than 4,000 words, but do not feel compelled to write 4,000 words if you can adequately answer the questions more succinctly.

    A panel of five reviewers will evaluate your paper. We will assess your legal analysis and your writing skills. We expect your work to be original and thoughtful, and grammatically and stylistically correct.

    Our first prize winner will receive $2,000 and our second prize winner will receive $1,500. Prizes will be awarded at the Health Care Law Section's Annual Meeting to be held on September 21, 2011 at Meadowbrook Hall. The winning papers will be posted on our website, and we hope to provide some media coverage for the winners through the public relations staff at the State Bar of Michigan.

    Please be sure to include an e-mail address and phone number where we can contact you in early September. We will notify winners by e-mail.

    Thanks again for your participation, and good luck with your paper!

    Writing Competion Topic PDF

    Please contact the following Health Care Law Section Council members with questions.

2011 Winners

First place: Rachel Ezzell [read]
Second place: Jordan Jones [read]

2010 Winners

    First place: Scott Malott [read]
    Second place: Matthew Piccirilli [read]

2009 Winners

    First place: Diana Zelikovich [read]
    Second place: Deborah Fisch [read]

2008 Winners

    First place: Dr. Harold Gallick [read]
    Second place: Lindsey Hoffman [read]