Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia and The Washington College of Law 2010 Legal Essay Writing Competition.

The Modern American (TMA) announces the American University Washington College of Law (WCL) essay competition, open to all full-time and part-time law students enrolled in and attending an accredited law school in the United States.

The Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia (WBA) and WCL share an important history in advancing women in the law and women’s rights. TMA celebrates this history by creating a writing competition that highlights the status and future of women’s bodily freedom in American Policy-making jurispudence.

Women’s bodily freedom is an issue that has hung in the balance for a number of years. Yet new, controversial laws that criminalize pregnant women’s behavior and girl’s refusal to receive arguably harmful immunizations have put women’s bodily freedom back into the forefront of the public’s attention. What is the status of women’s bodily freedom and what should women’s rights advocates anticipate?

Topic:
The status and future of women’s bodily freedom in American policy-making and jurispudence.

Prizes Include:
$1000.00 and potential publication in TMA

Deadline: October 1st, 2010 noon EST