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Labor and Employment Law Section: Samuel M. Kaynard Memorial Student Service Awards
The purpose of the awards are to enable New York State Law Schools to recognize excellence among their law students in the area of labor and employment law and to cultivate the relationship between the Labor and Employment Law Section and future labor and employment practitioners.
Presented by: Labor and Employment Law Section
2020 Nomination Deadline: November 30, 2021
Date Presented: Annual Meeting 2022
Prize Awarded: First prize $3,000, Second Prize $2,000, Third Prize $1,000.
Award Criteria: All law school students. Student(s) must be nominated by a dean, professor or attorney. Direct student applications will not be considered.
Guidelines: The Award is intended to encourage scholarship and exemplary service in the field of Labor and Employment Law. The Award is made by the law school to the student(s) in recognition of an extraordinary accomplishment in the field, including but not limited to the following:
- Organizing and/or conducting programs at any educational level conducive to the propagation of labor and employment knowledge and skills
- Outstanding performance in a labor or employment course, clinical experience, project, internship or related activity such as: a collective bargaining simulation grant proposal to research labor and employment issues, curricular revision, or other exposition on the subject;*
- Facilitating conflict resolution or peer mediation programs for elementary or secondary school students;
- Utilizing the internet and its components (e.g. World Wide Web/e-mail) to disseminate or receive labor and employment information;
- A substantial action or activity in furtherance of labor and employment law, performed or instituted in the year of this competition.
Note: Written essays or articles are excluded from this award category since the Labor and Employment Section’s Dr. Emanuel Stein Memorial Writing Competition accommodates these submissions.
Rules:
- The dean of the law school or his or her designee may nominate one to three students for this award.
- All nominees will be recognized in a special supplement of the Labor and Employment Law Section Newsletter. All nominees will also receive a paid student membership in the Labor and Employment Law Section for one year.
- All nominations must be e-mailed or postmarked no later than November 30th. Nominations made after that date will not be considered.
- Permanent address and social security number for each applicant must be provided.
- The Executive Committee of the Labor and Employment Law Section reserves the right of final approval of the award recipients and the right to make changes in the procedures and guidelines in succeeding years.
- Nominations should be sent to:
Catheryn Teeter, Sections & Meeting Liaison
Labor and Employment Law Section
New York State Bar Association
One Elk Street
Albany, New York 12207
cteeter@nysba.org
