Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., a national firm engaged in the practice of health care and life sciences law, is pleased to announce its Twelfth Annual Health Law Writing Competition. The competition is designed to encourage the preparation of scholarly papers on current topics of interest relating to health law. Cash prizes will be awarded as follows for the three best papers:

First Place: $4,000

Second Place: $2,000

Third Place: $500

Entrants should take advantage of the fact that health law is a very broad and diverse field, encompassing aspects of almost every area of law. Papers may address any traditional area of the law as applied to health care (e.g., antitrust, tax, corporate) or areas of law unique to health care (e.g., fraud and abuse, managed care, Medicare/Medicaid, clinical trials). Entries in the top 20 percent will be considered for publication in the Annals of Health Law, which is published by the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

The deadline for  submitting your paper for consideration in the Twelfth Annual Health Law Writing Competition has passed.  All submissions were due by January 22, 2010.  If you have questions about the competition, please contact Amy Lerman in EBG's Washington, DC office at (202) 861-0900 or by email at ebgcompetition@ebglaw.com.