Deadline
Award Amount
$1500
First Place
- $1,500.00
- Certificate of Recognition as First-Place Winner
- Consideration of essay's publication in Family Law Quarterly
- Consideration of essay's publication on the ABA Section of Family Law website
- Letter to Law School Dean
- One-year complimentary ABA Section of Family Law membership
Second Place
- $750.00
- Certificate of Recognition as Second-Place Winner
- Consideration of essay's publication in Family Law Quarterly
- Consideration of essay's publication on the ABA Section of Family Law website
- Letter to Law School Dean
- One-year complimentary ABA Section of Family Law membership
Third Place
- $350.00
- Certificate of Recognition as Third-Place Winner
- Consideration of essay's publication in Family Law Quarterly
- Consideration of essay's publication on the ABA Section of Family Law website
- Letter to Law School Dean
- One-year complimentary ABA Section of Family Law membership
Website
This annual contest, conducted by the ABA Section of Family Law, was established by the Toledo Bar Association and the Ohio Bar Foundation as a memorial to Howard C. Schwab, a Past President of the Toledo Bar Association and Past Chairman of the Family Law Committee of the Ohio Bar Association. He was Chairman-Elect of the Section of Family Law at the time of his death on February 24, 1969. In 1985, the Section of Family Law assumed full responsibility for sponsoring this contest.