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In This Issue:
FEATURES
Room for Improvement
Civil Law?
Make Law, Not War
Running to Class, Running for Office
DEPARTMENTS
Officially
Speaking
Hot Practice
Jobs
Letters
Briefly
Online
Coping
Opinion
DIVISION DIALOGUE
Law
Student Division Assembly Tackles Student Loans, Affirmative Action, and Education
Financing
Volunteer Tax Program is "Vital to Communities
Schools Honored for Exceptional Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
New SBA Vice Chair-Elect, Delegates to Work for Student Interests
Students Encouraged to Join Oct. 30 Work-A-Day Program
South Texas Students Show Knack for Appellate Work
Announcing the 2000 National Appellate Advocacy Competition
Public Service Summer Internship Program
Meet the Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (Liaison Note)
Spotlight: From Olympic Luge to Law, Student Takes on Life at Breakneck Speed
October 1999 -- Vol. 28, No. 2
Announcing the 2000 National Appellate Advocacy Competition
Regionals for this year’s National Appellate Advocacy Competition will be held in February and March 2000, with finals in April 2000 (exact dates and location to be determined), so get your entry form in soon! Students at all ABA-approved law schools are eligible to compete, with a maximum of two teams per school. Teams typically consist of two or three people, and each must be a member of the Law Student Division.
All entries must be postmarked by Nov. 30, 1999. The cost to enter is $300 for one team or $425 for two teams from the same school. Entry forms are now available, both in hardcopy and on-line. Write to the Law Student Division, 750 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611, or call 312-988-5624 to request one. Or, download a copy right away at www.abanet.org/lsd/advoc-form.html. See you there!