Call for Submissions: Gender Diversity: Have we solved the problem? If not, where do we go from here?

The ABA Commission on Women in the Profession announced their 2008 Video/Essay Competition:

Put your video and writing skills to work! Create a 3-minute YouTube video and/or craft a 6-page essay to tell us what you think about Gender Diversity: Have we solved the problem? If not, where do we go from here?

Open to young lawyers and law students, winners will receive $500 and award winning entries will be posted on the Commission's website.  

Entries must be submitted by 12:00 p.m. Central Time on December 31, 2008.

Click here for more information and contest rules.

Questions? Contact Barbara Leff at leffb@staff.abanet.org.

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