THE PHIL COWAN MEMORIAL/BMI SCHOLARSHIP
A unique opportunity to get your work published and
receive a $2,500.00 scholarship
Law students, take note of this publishing and scholarship opportunity: The Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section of the New York State Bar Association (EASL), in partnership with BMI, the world’s largest music performing rights organization, has established the Phil Cowan Memorial/BMI Scholarship! Created in memory of Cowan, an esteemed entertainment lawyer and a former Chair of EASL, the Phil Cowan Memorial/BMI Scholarship fund offers up to two awards of $2,500 each on an annual basis in Phil Cowan’s memory to a law student who is committed to a practice concentrating in one or more areas of entertainment, art or sports law.
The Phil Cowan Memorial/BMI Scholarship has been in effect since 2005. It is awarded each year at EASL’s Annual Meeting in January in New York City.
The Competition
Each Scholarship candidate must write an original paper on any legal issue of current interest in the area of entertainment, art or sports law.
The paper should be twelve to fifteen pages in length (including Bluebook form footnotes), double-spaced and submitted in Microsoft Word format. PAPERS LONGER THAN 15 PAGES TOTAL WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. The cover page (not part of the page count) should contain the title of the paper, the student’s name, school, class year, telephone number and email address. The first page of the actual paper should contain only the title at the top, immediately followed by the body of text. The name of the author or any other identifying information must not appear anywhere other than on the cover page. All papers should be submitted to designated faculty members of each respective law school. Each designated faculty member shall forward all submissions to his/her Scholarship Committee Liaison. The Liaison, in turn, shall forward all papers received by him/her to the three (3) Committee Co-Chairs for distribution. The Committee will read the papers submitted and will select the Scholarship recipient(s).
Eligibility
The Competition is open to all students – both J.D. candidates and L.L.M. candidates — attending eligible law schools. “Eligible” law schools mean all accredited law schools within New York State, along with Rutgers University Law School and Seton Hall Law School in New Jersey, and up to ten other accredited law schools throughout the country to be selected, at the Committee’s discretion, on a rotating basis.
Free Membership to EASL
All students submitting a paper for consideration will immediately and automatically be offered a free membership in EASL (with all the benefits of an EASL member) for a one-year period, commencing January 1st of the year following submission of the paper.
Yearly Deadlines
December 12th: Law School Faculty liaison submits all papers she/he receives to the EASL/BMI Scholarship Committee
To learn more on NYSBA membership and the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section
Call: 1.800.582.2452 or 518.487.5577 Email: membership@nysba.org
Visit: www.nysba.org/easl