{"id":23390,"date":"2022-03-10T18:59:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T00:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/?p=23390"},"modified":"2022-03-10T18:59:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T00:59:12","slug":"american-kennel-club-companion-animal-law-writing-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/american-kennel-club-companion-animal-law-writing-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"American Kennel Club Companion Animal Law Writing Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The American Kennel Club<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0(AKC) is pleased to announce the fifth annual Companion Animal Law Writing Contest, open to all students currently enrolled\u00a0at an ABA-accredited law school.<\/p>\n<p>The contest will offer a first-place prize of\u00a0<strong>$2500<\/strong>\u00a0and a second-place prize of\u00a0<strong>$500.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students are asked to choose between two topics:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cqrcengage.com\/akc\/file\/h3t2FUQ9d1i\/Combo_website_FINAL_Aug23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The impact of\u00a0\u201clawyers for dogs\u201d laws on animal cruelty cases or the constitutionality of mandatory spay\/neuter laws<\/a>.\u00a0 This year\u2019s topics offer students the unique opportunity to discuss legal perspectives on issues currently in the news and at the forefront of animal law.<\/p>\n<p>Entries will be judged by legal and public policy professionals with experience in laws impacting companion animals.<\/p>\n<p>Contestants can enter now through April 1, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. EST. To learn more about the contest, including official rules and policies, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/akcgr.org\/akc\/writeaboutanimallaw\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/akcgr.org\/akc\/writeaboutanimallaw<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Kennel Club\u00ae\u00a0(AKC) is pleased to announce the fifth annual Companion Animal Law Writing Contest, open to all students currently&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":458,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing-competitions"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23390"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23393,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23390\/revisions\/23393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}