2011 robert matsui writing competition

The Asian Pacific American Bar Education Fund is currently seeking submissions for the 2011 Robert Matsui Writing Competition, which seeks to encourage legal scholarship on issues of importance to the Asian Pacific American legal community. The winner will receive a monetary award of $1,500, and the winning entry will be published by UCLA School of Law's Asian Pacific American Law Journal. Here are some more details about the competition:

2011 Robert T. Matsui Writing Competition

The Robert T. Matsui Annual Writing Competition was established by the Asian Pacific American Bar Association Educational Fund (AEF) in 2005 to hon the late Congressman Robert T. Matsui and his many accomplishments. A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and the Hastings Colle Law, Congressman Matsui was first elected to the United States Congress in 1978 from Sacramento, California. He won re-election to Congress 13 times. Congressman Matsui was a strong supporter of AEF, serving as the keynote speaker for its Annual Benefit Dinner in 1997 and again in 2003.

Through this writing competition, AEF seeks to encourage legal scholarship on issues of importance to the Asian Pacific American legal community and, more generally, the publication of law review articles on topics of relevance to racial and ethnic minorities and the law.

The winner of the 2011 Competition will receive a monetary award of $1,500, and the winning entry will be published by UCLA School of Law's Asian Pacific American Law Journal.*

Submissions for the 2011 Competition must be received by June 1, and the winner will be announced on or about August 1. For further information, and to download the Matsui Writing Competition application, go to the Asian Pacific American Bar Education Fund website here.