NAELA Student Journal Is Now Available Online

The NAELA Student Journal, featuring the best papers submitted last year as part of the NAELA student writing competition, is now available on-line.  Click here to start reading the top eight papers submitted to the 2010 Student Writing Competition. Here’s what you’ll find:

Behind Closed Doors: The Use of Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreements in Nursing Home Admission Contracts (Clarissa Brya)

Are We Setting the Standard High Enough? Reassessing the “Charitable” Benefit Requirement Nursing Homes Must Fulfill to Maintain Their Nonprofit Status ( Kristin Roshelli, J)

Geriatric Corrections: Aging Behind Bars (Laura K. Key)

Medicare Advantage … or Disadvantage?  (Emily E. Tow)

New Methods of Promoting Quality of Care in Nursing Homes (Elisa Mar)

Bracing for the Boom: Ohio’s Need for a Reformed Medicaid Estate Recovery Program (Brittany O’Diam)

Current Standing of Medicaid Annuities (Emily Fishe)

Extreme Makeover: Medicare Needs More Than A Facelift (Peggy Bodi)

You can access past volumes on NAELA Student Journal through the NAELA web site, www.NAELA.org. Log on to the site and look under Library > Publications. NAELA Members will have access to past issues of NAELA News and NAELA Journal here as well. The NAELA Student Writing Competition is meant to encourage law students to focus on the issues of Elder and Special Needs Law as a legal specialty. Submissions can address any topic regarding legal issues affecting seniors or people with disabilities. For more information, go to www.NAELA.org and look under Professionals>Law Students>Student Writing Competition. For tips on using online publications, click here.