ABA Antitrust Law Section seeks scholarship, writing applications from prospective lawyers
The American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section is offering several prizes and other programs for law students interested in pursuing the broad range of fields under competition law.
The offerings, with application guidelines and deadlines, are:
• Robert Pitofsky Law Student Writing Competition, Deadline: Feb. 23 ? This competition encourages and rewards student-written articles in the area of antitrust law, competition policy and consumer protection law.
• Hollis Salzman Memorial Scholarship, Deadline extended: Feb. 29 ? This scholarship is named after one of the nation’s leading competition attorneys who dedicated her career to private enforcement of the antitrust and consumer protection laws on behalf of plaintiffs. It is designed to encourage and assist law students identifying as women who would like to pursue a summer or midyear internship or clerkship in either public or private enforcement of the antitrust or consumer protection laws, and to help open doors for such opportunities.
• Summer 2024 Diversity Stipend, Deadline: March 1 ? Diverse second-year law (2L) students attending an ABA-accredited law school are eligible to apply for a $5,000 stipend upon their acceptance to a summer 2024 internship at a qualified federal agency or a Washington-based nonprofit organization in the areas of antitrust, consumer protection or privacy law. The program is not based on financial need but rather the applicant’s personal and educational background, personal statement and participation in community service activities.
The offerings, with application guidelines and deadlines, are:
• Robert Pitofsky Law Student Writing Competition, Deadline: Feb. 23 ? This competition encourages and rewards student-written articles in the area of antitrust law, competition policy and consumer protection law.
• Hollis Salzman Memorial Scholarship, Deadline extended: Feb. 29 ? This scholarship is named after one of the nation’s leading competition attorneys who dedicated her career to private enforcement of the antitrust and consumer protection laws on behalf of plaintiffs. It is designed to encourage and assist law students identifying as women who would like to pursue a summer or midyear internship or clerkship in either public or private enforcement of the antitrust or consumer protection laws, and to help open doors for such opportunities.
• Summer 2024 Diversity Stipend, Deadline: March 1 ? Diverse second-year law (2L) students attending an ABA-accredited law school are eligible to apply for a $5,000 stipend upon their acceptance to a summer 2024 internship at a qualified federal agency or a Washington-based nonprofit organization in the areas of antitrust, consumer protection or privacy law. The program is not based on financial need but rather the applicant’s personal and educational background, personal statement and participation in community service activities.
Judge allows freedom for 77-year-old man serving life sentence
DETROIT (AP) — A man in prison for nearly 60 years was eligible for immediate release Tuesday after a Detroit-area judge reduced his sentence, the result of a major change in how Michigan treats 18-year-olds convicted of murder.
Ivory Thomas began serving a life sentence in 1965 for killing a young man in a Detroit park. He was 18 at the time of the fatal stabbing, according to the Wayne County prosecutor’s office.
Thomas, now 77, was destined to die in prison as a result of that mandatory sentence. But the Michigan Supreme Court in 2022 said people who committed murder when they were 18 can’t automatically be given a no-parole term.
In January, the state appeals court said the decision could be applied retroactively to more than 250 people currently in prison.
Thomas was resentenced to 60 years in prison by Judge Chandra Baker-Robinson, effectively time already served.
Ivory Thomas began serving a life sentence in 1965 for killing a young man in a Detroit park. He was 18 at the time of the fatal stabbing, according to the Wayne County prosecutor’s office.
Thomas, now 77, was destined to die in prison as a result of that mandatory sentence. But the Michigan Supreme Court in 2022 said people who committed murder when they were 18 can’t automatically be given a no-parole term.
In January, the state appeals court said the decision could be applied retroactively to more than 250 people currently in prison.
Thomas was resentenced to 60 years in prison by Judge Chandra Baker-Robinson, effectively time already served.
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