$750, $500, and $250
The H. Thomas Austern Writing Competition is intended to encourage law students interested in the areas of law affecting FDA-regulated industries: food, drugs, medical devices, biologics, dietary supplements, cosmetics, veterinary, cannabis, or tobacco and nicotine products.
Winners are awarded: $750 for first place, $500 for second, and $250 for third, and a complimentary one-year FDLI membership. Top papers will be considered for publication in the Food and Drug Law Journal.
Students currently enrolled in a JD program at any of the nation's ABA-accredited law schools and 2020-2021 academic year graduates are eligible to participate. A committee comprised of FDLI members who are practicing attorneys and law professors will judge the papers over the summer, and winners will be announced in the fall. Top papers will receive a monetary prize, FDLI membership, and will be considered for publication in the Food and Drug Law Journal.
The period for submissions is now open and will close June 11, 2021.
Overview and Eligibility Requirements:
- Students currently enrolled in a JD program at any of the nation's ABA-accredited law schools and 2020-2021 academic year graduates are eligible to participate.
- Original scholarship, including papers originally written for classwork or to fulfill school requirements, may be submitted as long as the paper is not published or accepted for publication elsewhere.
- All entries should be within the scope of FDA-regulated industries, such as food, drugs, medical devices, tobacco and nicotine products, cannabis, cosmetics, veterinary drugs and devices, etc.
- Winners are awarded a complimentary one-year FDLI membership.
- Top entries receive $750 for first place, $500 for second, and $250 for third.
- Top papers will be considered for publication in the Food and Drug Law Journal.
- Winners will be featured on FDLI's website and in Update magazine.
- A committee comprised of FDLI members who are practicing attorneys and law professors will judge the papers.