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Writing Competition
The American College of Employee Benefits Counsel has selected the winners of its Fourth Annual Employee Benefits Writing Competition, open to all law students nationally. The College is proud to announce Brian A. Benko from the John Marshall Law is the winner of the Sidney M. Perlstadt Memorial Award and Timothy Kennedy from the University of Virginia Law School is the winner of the Clarin M. Schwartz Memorial Award. Each award winner receives a prize of $1500.00 and will be given a copy of the Employee Benefits Law treatise published by the Bureau of National Affairs (BNA). The winners were honored at the College’s annual dinner in New Orleans on September 27, 2008. Their articles will also be submitted to national journals for publication review.
The winning articles by Mr. Benko and Mr. Kennedy were selected based on, among other factors: (i) depth and creativity of legal analysis; (ii) thoroughness of legal research; (iii) organization and writing style; (iv) difficulty of subject matter; and (v) consideration of labor, tax or other employee benefits policy implications. "The College congratulates both Brian Benko and Timothy Kennedy on their winning the 2008 ACEBC Writing Competition. To have been chosen for these awards is a testament to their excellence out of a field of outstanding submissions," said Howard Shapiro, President of the College from the firm Proskauer Rose LLP in New Orleans, LA. 2009 Employee Benefits Writing Competition Rules View Press Release of the 2007 Writing Competition Winner View Press Release of the 2006 Writing Competition Winners View Press Release of the 2005 Writing Competition Winners View 2007 Winning Paper View 2006 Winning Papers View 2005 Winning Paper  |
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