2008-04-11 23:17:40 -
- Three law students will share $5,000 in cash awards for writing position papers in response to a delicate issue presented on the subject of embryo donation and adoption. The winning students carefully tackled the issue of how to handle custody of a child born through embryo adoption after discovering that the egg donor never intended for any resulting embryos
to be donated. The detailed problem and winning essays can be read at www.embryolaw.org. -0- FIRST PLACE: $2,500.00 PLUS Travel Expenses to the 2008 Emerging Issues in Embryo Donation & Adoption Conference, Washington D.C. Ms. Callie Weed Stetson University College of Law Gulfport, FL SECOND PLACE: $1,500.00 Mr. Jonathan Penn Regent University School of Law Virginia Beach, VA THIRD PLACE: $1,000.00 Ms. Julie Cuplin St. Mary's University School of Law San Antonio, TX
The essay competition was organized by Nightlight Christian Adoptions (Nightlight(TM)) as part of its Embryo Donation and Adoption Awareness Campaign as a way to create a greater interest in the field of Assisted Reproduction Technology Law among law students across the nation. Interested law students can register for information about the upcoming 2009 essay competition at www.embryolaw.org.
"The contest is an effort to get law students interested in the emerging issues facing embryo donation and adoption and reproductive technology as a whole," said Ronald Stoddart, executive director of Nightlight(TM). "We are hoping to stir a national discussion on how to handle the many possible legal challenges lurking just around the corner."
For more general information about embryo donation and adoption please visit www.embryoadoption.org.
This Essay Competition is conducted by Nightlight Christian Adoptions and supported by grant number 2 EAAPA941000-03-00 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Department.
For Nightlight Christian Adoptions
Leisa Brug Kline
949-413-4447
leisabrug@aol.com 
