Each year the American Bar Association's Section of Intellectual Property Law and BNA., invite law schools around the country to participate in the annual ABA/BNA Award for Excellence in the Study of Intellectual Property Law.  The intent of the project is to honor superior academic performance and to encourage student interest in the field of intellectual property law.

     Law schools may select up to three (3) second or third-year students with the highest grade point average or similar criteria in a basic intellectual property law course.  If the school has separate day and evening programs, a separate set of  awards will be offered for each program.

     Schools may designate winner(s) on forms supplied.  Return the forms to mailto:books@bna.com. Upon receipt of the reply, BNA will send the appropriate certificates for presentation by the school, or will mail them directly to the students.  The list of participating law schools is on this website as is the list of recent recipients of the award.

     The notice to each student will also include a list of titles (ABA/BNA treatises), from which the student may make one complimentary selection.  Students are encouraged to request books from the web site.

     Additional information on resources for law students is available on the Section's law student web site.

     Questions may be addressed to mailto:books@bna.com.