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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Dear FSU Environmental Law students and recent graduates (Classes of 2018-2025),
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">The Yale Law Journal hosts an annual
<b>Student Essay Competition</b> open to current law students and recent law school graduates
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">(JDs and LLMs from the Classes of 2018-2025) from any ABA-accredited law school.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> This year, the topic is <b>Law and
the Changing Environment</b>, broadly construed. Submission deadline is September 9.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Topic</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This year, submissions focusing on novel developments in the law as a result of the changing natural environment
are encouraged. T<span style="color:black">opics</span> <span style="color:black">
including climate change; energy law; environmental justice; agency environmental regulation; migration and refugees; land use; local government; infrastructure and transportation; Indigenous rights; financial regulation; animal law; and legislation and policy
proposals involving the environment. </span>T<span style="color:black">opics in related areas as well, and we hope to receive both clinical and academic submissions</span> are welcome<span style="color:black">. </span><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo7">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Eligibility</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">: The competition is open to JDs and LLMs from the Classes of 2018-2025 from any ABA-accredited law school. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo7">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Submission Criteria</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">: Essays must be between 4,000 and 8,000 words, including footnotes. Each individual may submit only one Essay. Essays must be previously
unpublished and may not be submitted to other law reviews during the competition period. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo7">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Submission Deadline</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">: September 9, 2022. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo7">
<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Prize</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">: Up to three winners will receive a $300 cash prize. Winning Essays will be published in the <i>Yale Law Journal</i> <i>Forum</i> and accessible on our
website, LexisNexis, and Westlaw. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">More details on the Competition, including submission instructions, are available on this link:
<a href="https://www.yalelawjournal.org/news/announcing-the-sixth-annual-student-essay-competition">
https://www.yalelawjournal.org/news/announcing-the-sixth-annual-student-essay-competition</a><br>
<span style="color:#222222">Please direct questions about the Student Essay Competition to the Managing Editors, Alan Chen (</span><a href="mailto:alan.chen.asc224@yale.edu"><span style="color:#4D98FF;text-decoration:none">alan.chen.asc224@yale.edu</span></a><span style="color:#222222">)
and Angela Uribe (</span><a href="mailto:angela.uribe@yale.edu"><span style="color:#4D98FF;text-decoration:none">angela.uribe@yale.edu</span></a><span style="color:#222222">).</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-PH" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5496">Jella Roxas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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