The 2012 Harvey T. Strosberg Essay Prize

Harvey T. Strosberg, Q.C., Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Class Action Review, and Irwin Law Inc. are pleased to announce the ninth annual Harvey T. Strosberg Essay Prize competition. The prize of $10,000 is awarded to an outstanding student paper on Canadian class actions.

 Eligibility
All Canadian university students enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate, or professional program are eligible for the prize. Essays may be written from the perspective of any discipline or from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Submissions must involve an aspect of class actions, which may include legal, accounting, computer science, management, public relations, and financing issues, among others.

 Due Date
Essays for the 2012 Harvey T. Strosberg Essay Prize must be submitted in both print and electronic form by March 5, 2012. The winner will be announced in the summer of 2012. The winning paper will be published in an upcoming issue of the Canadian Class Action Review. Note that in submitting a paper to this competition, the author consents to publication in the Canadian Class Action Review in print and/or electronic form.

All essay submissions must be typed and between eight thousand and fifteen thousand words and follow the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation, 7th Edition. We also ask that you submit a short abstract of no more than 250 words with your paper.

Prize Board
A national prize board has been established to review the submissions and choose the prize winners. Members of the Prize Board for the 2012 competition are to be announced.

Further Information
For further information please contact:

Lesley Steeve, Managing Editor
Harvey T. Strosberg Essay Prize
Irwin Law Inc.
Suite 206, 14 Duncan Street
Toronto, M5H 3G8

by phone: (416) 862-7690 (888) 314-9014 (toll free)
by fax:  (416) 862-9236
or lsteeve at irwinlaw.com