法律 & Public Policy Essay Contest is designed to encourage students to participate in discourse on state, 国家, and global legal issues by combining their research and writing skills to increase understanding on a law or policy matter and advocate for a position. 因为识别问题的实践, 将规则应用于一系列事实, and making a well-reasoned conclusion is fundamental to the study and practice of law, 法律 & Public Policy Essay Contest aims for participants to hone their writing and research skills in and outside of the classroom and pursue excellence in their work.
资格:
The contest is open to current undergraduate students enrolled at 十大博彩推荐排名州立大学. 每份作品必须是原件, 未发表的, 有关法律和公共政策的学术著作. 为课堂作业或考试而写的论文是合格的.
格式:
参赛作品必须以Microsoft Word文档的形式通过电子邮件发送. Essays may be 5-10 pages (double spaced) and must include proper citations.
判断过程:
十大博彩推荐排名安全顾问委员会成员组成的小组, 其中很多人是律师, 是否会以写作质量作为评判标准, 研究(以及引用), 和创意.
成功提交:
获奖者将通过电子邮件联系. The first-place place winner will receive a $300 prize and the second-place winner a $200 prize (both in the form of gift-card to a vendor of their choice). Selected papers will be featured on the Pre-Law Program webpage.
提交截止日期:
所有参赛作品必须提交给 ramosi@rockmark.net 五点以前.m. 2023年5月12日星期五.
信息:
联系法律预科项目主任， 伊莎贝尔拉莫斯, ramosi@rockmark.net，有什么问题吗?
来看看2023年征文比赛的优胜者吧
索菲亚·阿塞韦多·瓦伦西亚 is a Junior majoring in Political Science and minoring in Communication Studies. 热衷于回馈社会, Sofia is volunteer for the Office of Health Promotion and a sister of Sigma Delta Phi. Sofia is a staff writer and Assistant Opinion Editor for The Montclarion. You can find her articles in the newspaper webpage where Sofia discusses pop culture, 政治, 个人经历.
论文摘要: “A Tale as Old as Time: The Effects of Coca and Narco-Trafficking in Colombian Politics” was written for Comparative Politics during the 2023 Spring semester. The essay discusses the beginnings of coca and narco-trafficking, why they are to blame for Colombia’s corrupt political system, 以及美国的干预是如何影响这些事件的. The essay also explains the importance of Colombia’s recent election of a leftist president, as well as his plan to legalize coca plantations of rural impoverished farmers.
艾玛纪勤 is a senior at 十大博彩推荐排名州立大学 majoring in Policy Studies
同时辅修社会学和法律预科. 艾玛是法律预科的主席
Society and vice-president and co-founder of the MSU Sociology Club. She also works with The Borgen Project to help fight global poverty by making it a priority of her Congressmen’s foreign policy agenda.
论文摘要: “Segregation in New Jersey Public Schools” was written for the class Public Policy Analysis during the Fall 2022 semester. The essay talks about both the past and present of the issue of the divide of students in schools based on race, and how this often leads to worse outcomes for Black and Hispanic students. The paper explores how other states have worked on solving this issue and provides solutions based on them to help fix the issue in New Jersey. 公共汽车等政策, assigning students to public schools based on socioeconomic status instead of geographical location, and improving and expanding on the state’s school choice program are all potential resolutions to close the racial segregation gap and provide better opportunities to minority students.
2022年征文比赛得奖者
山姆·麦克弗森 is a sophomore at 十大博彩推荐排名州立大学 double majoring in Political Science and Jurisprudence, 攻读法律与治理硕士加速课程. 课外活动, Sam is a Vote Everywhere campus ambassador for the Andrew Goodman Foundation and works closely with MSU’s newly founded Planned Parenthood chapter. Sam is also actively involved in her local town council and is passionate about civic engagement.
论文摘要: “Consolidating Power: How Years of Sham Elections in Venezuela Act as a Vehicle for Corruption and Collapse” was written for Comparative Politics in the Spring of 2022. The essay catalogs the history of Venezuela’s corrupt election system, as well as the implications these practices have on the country’s economy and citizens. The essay also draws comparisons to corrupt election practices in the United States, highlighting the influx of misinformation during the 2016 election via the Mueller report.
灰Steimle is a recent graduate of 十大博彩推荐排名州立大学’s Master’s program in Social 研究 and Analysis. They have a variety of research interests including the LGBT community, 社会理论, 以及文化研究, 相信社区驱动的研究和倡导. They are currently working as an Americorp Member at the NYNJ Trail Conference and are considering their career goals. 他们喜欢去池塘里寻找水鸟, 电视和媒体分析, 做拼图.
论文摘要: The purpose of the paper “Gender-Related Cultural Competency Trainings: Analysis and Policy Recommendations” was to do study transgender cultural competency trainings to determine what educational strategies were being used, 讨论了什么样的文化能力结构, 主题是什么. This paper examined three cultural competency trainings and performed an in-depth content analysis on them. Findings showed that the trainings studied focused more on knowledge and skill than they did investigating bias and prejudice, and that cultural competency trainings in general have a very individual focus.