Call for Articles from the Journal of the
Patent and Trademark Office Society
- The Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society is
looking for publishable articles concerning topics of patents,
trademarks, and copyrights.
- Anyone wishing to submit and article may contact the Executive
Director at a.midkiff@jptos.org.
- For more information, see http://www.jptos.org/pages.php?&menuid=5
Annual Law Student Writing Competition
sponsored by The Intellectual Property Law Section of the
NYSBA
- Topic: Any subject relating to the protection of
intellectual property.
- Awards: 1st Prize: $2,000 (sponsored by Weil,
Gotshal and Manges LLP)
2nd Prize: $1,000 (sponsored by Morrison & Foerster LLP) - View
more information
- Deadline: December 6, 2007
Dr. Emanuel Stein Memorial Writing
Competition sponsored by the New York State Bar Association Labor
and Employment Law Section
- Topic: Any current issue involving labor or
employment law. The scope of permissible topics for the
article is broad, i.e., any aspect of public or private labor or
employment law.
- Awards: 1st Prize: $1,000
2nd Prize: $500
3rd Prize: $300 - View
more information
- Deadline: December 17, 2007
Albert S. Pergam International Law Writing
Competition sponsored by the International Law and Practice Section
of the New York State Bar Association
- Topic: Any aspect of public or private international
law and practice.
- Awards: $2,000 and publication of the article in the New
York State Bar Journal, the New York International Law Review,
or the International Law Practicum
- View
more information
- December 17, 2007
2008 Mendes Hershman Student Writing
Competition
- Topic: Any business law subject of general and
current interest.
- Awards: 1st Place: $2,500
2nd Place: $1,000
3rd Place: $500 - For more information, see http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/hershman/
- Deadline: January 4, 2008
Hoffman Bioethics Student Writing
Competition sponsored by the American College of Legal
Medicine
- Topic: Any aspect of Bioethics, that is, any ethical
issues arising specifically within the health care arena in
the 21st century. Examples of suitable topics would
include the ethical implications of death and dying,
reproductive rights, bioterrorism, patient-physician
relationship, patient safety, public health, biological
sciences, organ donation and allocation, biomedical and
behavioral research, and medical genetics.
- Awards: 1st Prize: $1,000
2nd Prize: $500
3rd Prize: $250 - In addition, the ACLM will pay the costs of travel and lodging
for the winner of the 1st prize to present his or her paper at the
ACLM Annual Meeting, February 29-March 2, 2008, in Houston,
Texas. Travel and lodging arrangements will be made by the
ACLM.
- For more information, see http://www.aclm.org.
- Deadline: January 15, 2008
Student Writing Competition in Legal
Medicine sponsored by The American College of Legal
Medicine
- Topic: Any aspect of Legal Medicine, including
medical licensure and regulation of the profession, business
aspects of medical practice, liability of physicians,
hospitals, managed care organizations, and
pharmaceutical manufacturers, public health law, the
physician-patient relationship, care of special patients, food
and drug law, medical research, forensic science and the history of
legal medicine.
- Awards: $1,000
- For more information, see http://www.aclm.org.
- Deadline: January 15, 2008
Student Essay Competition in International
Law sponsored by the Chapman University School of Law Center for
Global Trade & Development
- Topic: “The Genocide Convention at Sixty”
- Award: $1,500
- All entries must conform to Blue Book standards or the
equivalent and be no longer than 30 pages doubled-spaced, including
footnotes.
- Submissions must be electronic and may be sent to jhall@chapman.edu
- Deadline: January 20, 2008
Law Student Writing Competition sponsored
by the ABA/Section of Antitrust Law
- Topic: Any topic of general interest to the
antitrust law community, including topics relating to civil and
criminal antitrust laws, competition policy, consumer
protection and international competition law.
- Awards: 1st Place: $2,000
2nd Place: $500 - In addition, the first place winner will receive an invitation
to the Antitrust Section’s Spring meeting in Washington, D.C.,
where the award will be presented. Airfare, accommodations,
and registration will be paid by the ABA.
- For more information, see www.abanet.org/antitrust.
- Deadline: January 28, 2008
Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essay
Contest sponsored by The Public Justice Foundation
American Indian Law Review Writing
Competition sponsored by the University of Oklahoma
- Topic: Any issue concerning American Indian
Law.
- Awards: 1st Place: $1,000 and publication of paper
in the American Indian Law Review
2nd Place: $500
3rd Place: $250 - The three wining authors will be recognized on the masthead of
the American Indian Law Review and will receive Felix S. Cohen’s
Handbook of Federal Indian Law, provided by Lexis. Other
entries of publishable quality may also be published in the
American Indian Law Review.
- For more information, see http://www.law.ou.edu/lawrevs/ailr.
- Deadline: January 31, 2008
Trandafir International Business Writing
Competition sponsored by the University of Iowa Law School’s
Journal of Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems
- Topic: Any contemporary international business or
economic issue with a legal nexus.
- Awards: $2,000 and publication in an upcoming edition of
Transnational Law & Contemporary
Problems.
- For more information, see http://www.law.uiowa.edu/journals/tlcp/trandafir.php
- Deadline: February 1, 2008
Bert W. Levit Essay Contest sponsored by
the Standing Committee on Lawyer’s Professional Liability of the
American Bar Association
- Topic: Application of a statutory mediation
privilege to evidence at trial.
- Award: $5,000.
- In addition, the winner will receive an all-expenses-paid trip
to Boston in April for the prize presentation at the Committee’s
National Legal Malpractice Conference.
- For more information, see http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/lpl/levit.html.
- Deadline: February 22, 2008
Ms. JD and the Project for Attorney
Retention Essay Competition
Berkeley Technology Law Journal Student
Writing Competition
- Topic: Any topic at the intersection of law and
technology, including but not limited to: intellectual
property, antitrust, First Amendment, entertainment and new
media, telecommunications, biotechnology, internet,
and cybercrime.
- Award: $2,000
- For more information, see http://www.btlj.org/submissions/competition.php
- Deadline: February 29, 2008
American Bar Association Section of
Science and Technology Law Law Student Writing
Competition
- Topic: The Internet has taken social networking to a
whole new level, not only for adults but also for children and
teens. Some sites, such as MySpace, Facebook and YouTube,
have a sweeping range or participants. Others are narrowly
focused. With this seemingly limitless opportunity for
networking and sharing personal information have come questions
about privacy. What are the privacy issues presented by these
new technologies? Are current legal concepts of privacy
protection adequate to deal with this continually evolving new
world?
- Awards: The winner will receive airfare and two nights’
hotel accommodations to attend the ABA Annual Meeting, and a
complimentary registration and luncheon ticket. The winner
will also receive public recognition at the Section luncheon and
will be recognized in The SciTech Lawyer. Honorable mention
submissions will, at the discretion of the judges, be published in
e-BLAST and posted on the Section’s Website.
- For more information, see http://www.abanet.org/scitech/studentwriting.html
- Deadline: March 1, 2008
Elliot A. Spoon Business Law Writing
Competition sponsored by the Journal of Business & Securities
Law
- Topic: Any current topic concerning business and/or
securities law.
- Award: $500 and publication in the Journal of
Business and Securities Law.
- For more information, see www.msu.edu/~jbsl.
- Deadline: March 14, 2008
Chief Justice John B. Doolin Writing
Competition sponsored by The Supreme Court of Oklahoma, the
Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission, the Sovereignty Symposium Inc.,
and the Oklahoma Arts Council
- Topic: Any area of the law relating to Native Americans or
other indigenous peoples.
- Awards: 1st Prize: $500, 2nd Prize:
$300, 3rd Prize: $200
- In addition, the winning entry will be published in the 2008
Symposium compendium of materials. Second and third place
entries will be published if space permits.
- For more information, see
here.
- Deadline: March 30, 2008
Judge Bernard S. Meyer Scholarship
sponsored by the New York Bar Foundation
- Topic: Legal writing and advocacy skills. This essay
contest is open to all second-year (2L) students as of Spring
2008.
- Award: A $5,000 scholarship to be applied to the
tuition for the 2008-09 academic year.
- For more information, see www.tnybf.org/restrictedfunds.htm
- Deadline: April 1, 2008
Competition for Law Student Best Paper
Awards sponsored by the Inter-American Bar Association
- Topic: The topic for this year’s papers is “The Rule
of Law and Governability: Students must write about one of the
following topics for this year’s papers:
- 1. The Rule of Law and Governability: Abiding by the
Constitutional Order.
- 2. The Rule of Law and Governability: Importance of the
Independence of the Judiciary.
- 3. The Rule of Law and Governability: Importance of the
Separation of Powers.
- Awards: 1st Prize: $800
2nd Prize: $600
3rd Prize: $400 - In addition, each winner will receive a free one-year IABA
membership, and there is a possibility that the paper(s) will be
published in the IABA’s International Law Journal.
- For more information, see www.iaba.org
- Deadline: April 20, 2008
National Association of Women Lawyers
Second Annual Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing
Competition
- Topic: An issue concerning women’s rights or the
status of women in the law.
- Award: $500 and publication in the NAWL Women
Lawyers Journal in Summer 2008.
- Find out more
information.
- Deadline: April 30, 2008
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
Student Journal Writing Competition
- Topic: Any topic related to the intersection of law
and aging, elder or disability planning.
- Award: 1st Prize: $1,500
2nd Prize: $1,000
3rd Prize: $500 - In addition, the first prize winner will be honored at the Fall
2008 NAELA Institute in Kansas City, MO and receive up to $1,000
for travel and meeting related expenses.
- For more information, see www.naela.org.
- Deadline: May 1, 2008
Brief-Writing Competition sponsored by
Scribes – The American Society of Legal Writers
- The Scribes Brief-Writing Competition is soliciting winning
briefs from national moot-court competitions. This year’s
winning author(s) will be recognized at the Scribes luncheon held
during the American Bar Association’s meeting in New York on August
9, 2008. Plaques will be awarded to the authors and to their
moot-court board. If the winners cannot attend, other
arrangements will be made.
- Entries should be e-mailed to kimblej@cooley.edu.
While Word or WordPerfect format is acceptable, PDF format is
preferred.
- For more information, see www.scribes.org.
- Deadline: Before May 1, 2008
Brown Award to recognize Excellence in
Legal Writing sponsored by The Judge John R. Brown Scholarship
Foundation
Legal Writing Contest sponsored by the
International Association of Defense Counsel
- Topic: A subject in the field of tort law, insurance
law, civil procedure, evidence, or other areas of practical
concern to lawyers engaged in the defense or management of the
defense of civil litigation.
- Awards: 1st Place: $2,000, 2nd Place:
$1,000, 3rd Place: $500
In addition the judges may award honorable mention prizes.
Winning and honorable mention entries will be considered for
publication in the IADC’s quarterly, Defense Counsel
Journal. - For more information, see http://www.iadclaw.org/contest.cfm
- Deadline: May 16, 2008
Student Writing Competition sponsored by
Pacific Legal Foundation’s Program for Judicial
Awareness
- Topics: Entrants may write on one of three topics,
each concerning an issue of public policy with meaningful
legal dimensions.
- Awards: 1st Place: $5,000
1st Runner-Up: $3,000
2nd Runner-Up: $1,500 - For more information, see http://www.pacificlegal.org/?mvcTask=writingCompetition.
- Deadline: May 30, 2008
New York State Bar Association’s Special
Committee on Animals and the Law Writing Competition
- Topic: Any topic on animal law.
Awards: 1st Place: $500 and publication by the New York
State Bar Association (subject to editorial
approval).
2nd and 3rd Place: Certificates and consideration
for publication by the New York State Bar
Association (subject to editorial approval) - View
more information
- Deadline: June 1, 2008
Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing
Competition sponsored by the Mercer University School of Law and
the American Bar Association Commission on Mental and Physical
Disability Law
- Topics: Any aspect of disability law, theory or
practice.
- Award: Between $300 and $1,000, depending on number
of winners.
- In addition, the first prize winner may also be invited to
publish in the ABA Mental and Physical Disability Law
Reporter.
- For more information, see
http://www.law.mercer.edu/academics/legal_writing/writingcomp.cfm
- Deadline: June 1, 2008
Law Student Essay Contest sponsored by The
NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund
- Topic: “The Right of the Individual to Keep and Bear
Arms as a Federally Protected Right”.
- Award: 1st Prize: $5,000
2nd Prize: $3,000
3rd Prize: $2,000
4th Prize: $1,000 - For more information, see http://www.nradefensefund.org/writingcontest.aspx.
- Deadline: June 1, 2008
Professor William R. Ginsberg Memorial
Essay Contest sponsored by the Environmental Law Section of the
NYSBA
- Topic: Any topic in environmental law.
- Awards: The first place winner will receive a $1,000 prize
and the second and third place winners will receive
certificates. In addition, the 1st place essay will be
published by the New York State Bar Association, and the 2nd and
3rd place essays will be considered for publication. All
three winners will receive an invitation to the September 2008
conference of the Environmental Law Section, at the Hyatt
Regency, Long Island, NY.
- Deadline: June 2, 2008
Barry Gold Memorial Health Law Student
Writing Competition
- Topic: A health law issue under New York State Law or a
health law issue under federal law and its impact on New York State
Law or the regulatory environment in New York State.
- Awards: 1st Prize: $1,000, 2nd
Prize: $500
- For more information, see
here.
- Deadline: June 2, 2008
James William Moore Federal Practice Award
sponsored by LexisNexis
- Topic: Subjects relating to federal civil practice
and procedure ONLY. No papers dealing primarily with
criminal procedure will be accepted.
- Awards: $1,000 cash prize, the CD-ROM version of the Civil
and Appellate volumes of Moore’s Federal
Practice, including one year of updates, and publicity
of his or her name in connection with this award.
- For more information, see
http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/partnerships/moorefpa.asp
- Deadline: June 2, 2008
Law Student Essay Competition sponsored by
the American Judges Association
- Topic: “Search and Seizure Arising from Motor Vehicle
Stops”
- Awards: 1st Prize: $3,000
2nd Prize: $1,500
3rd Prize: $1,000 - First, second, and third place winners and their law schools
will be presented with an award certificate. In addition, the
winning essay may be published in the AJA’s journal, Court
Review.
- For more information, see http://aja.ncsc.dni.us/htdocs/essaycontest.htm
- Deadline: June 2, 2008
Smith-Babcock-Williams Student Writing
Competition sponsored by the Planning and Law Division of the
American Planning Association
- Topic: Entries should demonstrate original thought
on a question of significance in either planning or area of
law germane to planning (e.g., land use, local government or
environmental law).
- Awards: 1st Prize: $2,500, and the entry will be
submitted for publication in The Urban Lawyer
2nd Prize: $1,000
Honorable Mention (up to 2): $250. - Deadline: June 9, 2008
Call for Papers – The Southern New England
Roundtables Symposium Law Journal
- 2008 Topic: “Trends and Issues in Intellectual
Property”
- For more information, see www.snesl.edu (“existing students”
link).
- Deadline: June 15, 2008
American Inns of Court Warren E. Burger
Prize
- Topic: The author should address one or more aspects
of legal excellence, civility, ethics or professionalism
within the legal profession. The selected issue(s) should be
of contemporary significance with clear relevance to the legal
community at large.
- Award: $5,000 and publication in the South Carolina
Law Review.
- For more information, see http://www.innsofcourt.org/
- Deadline: June 15, 2008
Tannenwald Writing Competition sponsored
by the Theodore Tannenwald, Jr. Foundation for Excellence in Tax
Scholarships and the American College of Tax Counsel
- Topic: Any federal or state tax topic.
- Awards: 1st Prize: $3,500
2nd Prize: $2,500
3rd Prize: $1,500 - For more information, see www.tannenwald.org.
- Deadline: July 1, 2008
ABA Real Property, Probate and Trust
Journal Law Student Writing Competition
- The competition encourages and rewards high quality law student
writings on real property, probate, and trust law subjects of
general and current interest.
The first place winner will receive a cash prize of $1,500
(together with one year free membership in the Section and an
expense paid trip to the Section’s Fall Leadership Meeting), with
the second and third place winners receiving cash prizes of $700
and $500, respectively. - View
more information
- Deadline: June 20, 2008
Victoria Fisher Memorial Prize Essay 2007
sponsored by the University of Leicester
- Topic: Any topic related to women and the
law.
- Award: £250
- For more information, e-mail lh55@le.ac.uk
- Deadline: September 30, 2008
Legal Research & Writing Contest for
the National Center for Nonsmokers’ Rights sponsored by the George
Washington University Law School
- Topic: 1,000 word summary of proposal ties to a
World Conference on Nonsmokers’ Rights.
- Awards: Thirty-three cash prizes will be awarded,
including $5,000 for first place, $3,000 for second place, and
$1,000 for third place.
- For more information, see http://nosmokingcontest.org/
- Deadline: TBA
Law Student Legal Ethics Award Competition
sponsored by The NYSBA Committee on Legal Education & Admission
to the Bar
- Topic: Any subject of legal professional
responsibility or legal ethics.
- The Award is made by the law school in recognition of a written
article, essay or other exposition on the subject of legal
professional responsibility or legal ethics. For more
information, see Senior Assistant Dean Katherine Sullivan.
- Award: $750
- Deadline: TBA
Jan Jancin Competition sponsored by
the American Intellectual Property Law Education Foundation, the
Intellectual Property Law Section of the American Bar Association,
the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the AIPLA Past
Presidents and the Virginia State Bar – Intellectual Property Law
Section
- Each year the Law School is eligible to nominate one student
for consideration as a candidate for the Jan Jancin Award given to
students who best exemplify excellence in the field of intellectual
property law. The Jancin Awards include cash awards ranging
from $2000 - $5000. More information regarding this award can
be found at http://www.aiplef.org/scholarships/jan_jancin/
- Any student who wishes to be considered for designation as the
Law School’s nominees for this award should (i) prepare a one-page
written summation of his/her achievements; and (ii) complete the
application summary which may be found on the Competition’s
website. In order to be considered as the Law School’s
nominee, the written summation and the application summary should
be submitted to Professor Beard.
- Deadline: TBA
Michael Greenberg Student Writing
Competition sponsored by The National Lesbian & Gay Law
Association
- Topic: A cutting edge legal issues affecting the
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and/or Intersex
community.
- Awards: 1st Place: $3,000 scholarship and
publication in the Journal of Law and Sexuality at Tulane
University Law School
1st Runner-up: $2,000 scholarship
2nd Runner-up: $1,000 scholarship - All winners will be compensated for registration, airfare and
lodging for Lavender Law 2007 in Chicago, Illinois.
- For more information, see http://www.nlgla.org/competition.html
- Deadline: TBA
Nelson Mandela Scholarship sponsored by
the National Executive Board of NBLSA
- Topic: The United States government has recognized
the violence, slaughter, rape, starvation and
displacement of the Sudanese people in Darfur as
“genocide”. What role, if any, should the United
States government play in eliminating this
situation and why?
- Award: A $1,000 monetary award and a
certificate.
- For more information, see
http://www.nblsa.org/resources/scholarships/nelsonmandela.html
- Deadline: TBA
James Baker Hughes Prize sponsored by the
Houston Journal of International Law
- Topic: International economic law, including all
legal aspects of economic relations, from private business
matters to international trade conflicts.
- Award: $500 and publication as the “James Baker
Hughes Prize” article in an upcoming issue of the Houston
Journal of International Law.
- Deadline: TBA
Attorney-CPA Foundation Essay
Contest
- Topic: Discuss the restrictions and prohibitions
which the professional legal and accounting ethical standard
setters place on the simultaneous multi-disciplinary practice of
law and accounting by an attorney – CPA holding active
licenses issued by both the state Bar Association and
Accountancy Board in their jurisdiction.
- Awards: Grand Prize: $2,500
Runner up: $1,500
Third and Fourth: each $500
4 Regional Prizes: each $250 - In addition to a potential cash award, every participant who
submits and entry will receive a free copy of Rigos Primer Series
MBE Review.
- For more information, see www.attorneycpa.com.
- Deadline: TBA
Honorable William C. Conner Intellectual
Property Law Writing Competition for 2007 sponsored by The New York
Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA)
- Topic: One of the traditional subject areas of
intellectual property, i.e., patents, trademarks, copyrights,
trade secrets, unfair trade practices and antitrust.
- Awards: 1st Prize: $1,500
2nd Prize: $1,000 - Awards will be presented on May 23, 2007, in New York City at
the NYIPLA Annual Meeting and Dinner.
- For more information, see http://www.nyipla.org/writingcomp/writingcomprules.doc.
- Deadline: TBA
Mendes Hershman Student Writing Contest
sponsored by the ABA Section of Business Law
- Topic: A business law subject of general and current
interest.
- Awards: 1st Prize: $2,500
2nd Prize: $1,000
3rd Prize: $500 - The first place winner will also receive an all-expense paid
trip to the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA, August 10-14,
2007. A matching monetary award will be made to each winning
student’s law school, to be used to expand its business law
library.
- For more information and an entry form, http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/hershman/
- Deadline: TBA
Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing
Competition sponsored by the Notre Dame Law School
- Topic: Legal ethics
- Award: $1,000
- Deadline: TBA
Gellhorn-Sargentich Law Student Essay
Competition sponsored by the American Bar Association
Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section and the ABA
Health Law Section
- Topic: A problem or issue arising at the
intersection of constitutional and
administrative law, federal or state.
- Award: $500 and round-trip airfare and accommodation
to attend the Section’s Fall Conference in Washington,
DC. At the discretion of the editorial board, the
winning entry will be selected for publication
in Administrative and Regulatory Law News.
- For more information, see www.abanet.org/adminlaw/news/backpage.html
- Deadline: TBA
LatCrit Student Scholar Program
- Topic: Any aspect of race, ethnicity, and the
law.
- Awards: Each Student Scholar will receive a scholarship
covering registration, lodging, and group meals, to attend the
Twelfth Annual LatCrit conference, to be
held October 5-7, 2007, in Miami, sponsored by the
Florida International University School of Law
and a stipend of up to $750. Each Student
Scholar’s paper will be eligible for publication in a
symposium issue devoted to the Twelfth Annual
LatCrit conference.
- Deadline: TBA
George Hutchinson Writing Contest
sponsored by The Federal Circuit Bar Association
- Topic: Subjects within the jurisdiction of the
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Award: $3,000
- For more information, see www.fedcirbar.org
- Deadline: TBA
American College of Trial Lawyers Essay
Contest
- Topic: Judicial Independence and the Separation of
Powers
- Awards: 1st Prize $10,000
2nd Prize $5,000 - Deadline: TBA
Student Intellectual Property Writing
Competition sponsored by IDEA
- Topic: Topics addressing compelling issues in
intellectual property law.
- Awards: 1st Prize: $500
2nd Prize: $200
3rd Prize: a one-year subscription to IDEA - For more information, see www.idea.piercelaw.edu.
Deadline: TBA
National Association of Counsel for
Children Law Student Essay Competition
- Topic: Any topic which addresses advancing the legal
interests of children. Topics of national
importance are given preference.
- Award: $1,000 and a scholarship to the 2007 NACC
National Children’s Law Conference in
Keystone, Colorado.
- For more information, see www.NACCchildlaw.org.
- Deadline: TBA
Employee Benefits Writing Competition
sponsored by The American College of Employee Benefits
Counsel
- Topic: Any topic in the field of employee benefits
law.
- Award: Clarin M. Schwartz Memorial Award:
$1,500
Sidney M. Perlstadt Memorial Award: $1,500 - For more information, see www.acebc.com.
- Deadline: TBA
Call For Papers: Roundtable Symposium Law
Journal of The Southern New England School of Law
- Topic: For 2007 Journal: “Trends and Issues in
Constitutional Law”
For 2008 Journal: “Trends and Issues in International
Intellectual Property” - For more information, see http://www.snesl.edu under
“existing students”.
- Deadline: Not specified.
The Berkeley Journal or Gender, Law, and
Justice, Writing Award
- Topics: Issues that address the lives and struggles
of underrepresented women. In particular, submissions
that examine the intersection of gender with one or more other
axes of subordination including, but not limited to, race,
class,sexual orientation, and disability.
- Award: $500 and publication in Spring 2007.
- Deadline: TBA
Law Student Writing Competition sponsored
by the Intellectual Property Law Section of the New York State Bar
Association
- Topic: Any subject relating to the protection of
intellectual property
- Award: 1st Prize - $2,000
2nd Prize - $1,000 - Winning papers may be published in the Section’s publication,
Bright Ideas. Reasonable expenses will be reimbursed to the
author of the winning paper for attendance at the Annual Meeting
which will take place at the Marriott Marquis in New York City on
January 23, 2006, to receive the Award.
- Deadline: TBA
Securities Law Writing Competition
sponsored by the Association of Securities and Exchange Commission
Alumni, Inc. (ASECA)
- Topic: Any subject in the field of securities
law.
- Awards: 1st Prize: $5,000
2nd Prize: $3,000
3rd Prize: $2,000 - The first place winner will be invited to attend ASECA’s annual
dinner in Washington, DC on February 9, 2007. The winner’s
travel and lodging will be reimbursed by ASECA up to $1,000 in
actual expenses.
- For more information, see http://www.secalumni.org
- Deadline: TBA
American College of Consumer Financial
Services Lawyers Contest
- Topic: Awards will be presented for (a) the best
book chapter or book, (b) the best publishable
article or substantial book review, and, (c) the best
student case note or comment on a topic dealing
with consumer financial services law.
- Awards: Cash payments of $2500, $2000, and $1000,
respectively, a Certificate of Recognition from
the College, and travel expenses paid to attend the
Spring 2007 meeting of the College.
- Deadline: TBA
National Conference of Commissioners on
Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) – William J. Pierce Writing
Contest
- Topic: Any article, note, or comment that addresses
a uniform or model act, or an issue arising from
uniform or model act promulgated by NCCUSL may be
eligible.
- Awards: $500 cash prize and suitable recognition
- Deadline: TBA
Annual Entertainment Law Initiative Legal
Writing Contest sponsored by the Grammy Foundation
- Topic: A 3,000 word essay (approximately 13 – 14
double-spaced pages, inclusive of end
notes) on a compelling legal issue facing the music
industry.
- Awards: The grand prize winner receives a $5,000
scholarship and the four runners-up each
receive $1,500 scholarships. All five winning articles
will be published in a major law journal.
The winners are also flown to Los Angeles to
attend several GRAMMY week events, including the
award telecast, and are honored at the
Entertainment Law Initiative Luncheon.
- For more information, see http://www.grammyfoundation.com/.
- Additional information and applications are available at the
fourth floor reception desk.
- Deadline: TBA
Legal Research and Writing Contest
sponsored by the National Center for Nonsmokers’ Rights
- For more information, see http://nonsmokingcontest.org
- Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in
Employment and Labor Law co-sponsored by Jackson Lewis LLP and the
Institute for Law and the Workplace
- Topic: Any topic relating to the law governing the
workplace, such as employment law, labor law,
employee benefits, or employment discrimination.
- Awards: One top honors award of $3,000 and two $1,000
awards will be to the top three entries. In addition to
the cash awards, the top three entries will be published on
the Institute for Law and the Workplace Web site.
(Electronic versions of winning papers will
be required.)
- For more information, see www.kentlaw.edu/academics/plel/LouisJacksonNWC.html
- Deadline: TBA
Federal Bar Association Section of
Taxation Writing Competition
- Topics: Students may submit any original,
unpublished, paper concerning federal income
taxation.
- Awards: 1st Prize: $1,500 cash prize and a trip to the
FBA’s Annual Tax Law Conference on March 12,
2007, where the First Prize winner will be
presented with a Commemorative Plaque. The
First prize paper will be published in the Tax
Section quarterly newsletter.
- 2nd Prize: $750 cash prize and a commemorative Plaque. The
Second prize article will be published in the Tax Section
quarterly newsletter.
Deadline: TBA
American College of Trial Lawyers Law
Student Essay Contest on Judicial Independence
- Topic: Judicial Independence and the Separation of
Powers Doctrine
- Awards: 1st Prize $10,000
2nd Prize $5,000 - Deadline: TBA
Family Law Writing Competition sponsored
by Hofstra Law School and The Association of Family and
Conciliation Courts (AFCC)
- Topic: Any area of family law, although topics which
focus on international or interdisciplinary
subjects of family law are especially encouraged.
- Awards: 1st Prize: $500 cash; Certificate of
Recognition as First Place Winner; consideration for
publication in the Family Court Review; a letter to the Dean,
and either a one-year complimentary AFCC student
membership, including a one-year subscription to the Family
Court Review or complimentary conference registration to
AFCC’s 44th Annual Conference to be held May 30-June 2, 2007,
in Washington, DC.
- Honorable Mention (up to 2): $250 cash prize; Certificate
of Recognition as Honorable Mention Winner; consideration for
publication in the Family Court Review; and a letter to the
Dean.
- For more information, see http://www.hofstra.edu/pdf/law_fcr_writing_competition.pdf
- Deadline: TBA
Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing
Competition sponsored by the American College of Trust and Estate
Counsel
- Topic: One or more legal issues in the area of
trusts and estates and related taxation.
- Awards: 1st Prize: $5,000
2nd Prize: $3,000
3rd Prize: $1,000
Honorable Mention: Variable amount based on number of papers
awarded Honorable Mention prize
For more information, see http://www.actec.org/ - Deadline: TBA
ELI-ABA “Endangered Environmental Laws”
Student Writing Competition sponsored by The Environmental
Law Institute and the American Bar Association’s Section of
Environment, Energy, and Resources
- Topic: Any topic addressing recent developments or
trends in U.S. environmental law that have a significant
constitutional law or “federalism” element.
- Awards: $2,000 cash prize and offer of publication in
ELI’s Environmental LawReporter.
- For more information, see http://www.endangeredlaws.org
- Deadline: TBA
The NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund – Law
Student Essay Contest
- Topic: The Right of the Individual to Keep and Bear
Arms as a Federally Protected Right."
- Eligibility: The contest is open to all individuals who
are law students at the date of submission and who have not
been previously admitted to practice law in the United
States. Admission to practice after submission of the paper
is not disqualifying.
- Awards: 1st Prize: $5,000
2nd Prize: $3,000
3rd Prize: $2,000
4th Prize: $1,000 - For more information, see www.nradefensefund.org/writingcontest.aspx.
- Deadline: TBA
The NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund – Law
Student Scholarship Writing Contest
- Topic: The constitutional right to keep and bear
arms.
- Eligibility: The contest is open to all individuals who
are law students at the date of submission and
who have not been previously admitted to practice law in
the United States; such students shall be in good
standing in an accredited law school as a 3rd
year law school student as of Fall, 2006. Admission to
practice after submission of the paper is not
disqualifying.
- Awards: 1st Prize: $12,500 toward tuition
2nd Prize: $5,000
3rd Prize: $2,500 - For more information, see www.nradefensefund.org/writingcontest.aspx.
- Deadline: TBA
Law Student Essay Competition sponsored by
the American Judges Association
- Topic: “The Rule of Law in Times of Conflict”
- Awards: 1st Prize: $3,000
2nd Prize: $1,500
3rd Prize: $1,000 - First, second, and third place winners and their law schools
will be presented with an award certificate. The winning
essay may be published in the AJA’s journal, Court Review.
- For more information, see http://aja.ncsc.dni.us.
- Deadline: TBA
Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition
sponsored by the American Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers
Call For Papers –Law of Transbeman
Persons
- Topic: The legal rights and obligations of
“transbeman persons” (a being who claims to have rights and
obligations associated with being human, but is beyond
currently accepted notions of legal personhood) OR
an appellate brief in support of or in opposition to the
December 10th, 2005/2006 mock trial rulings of the BINA48
intelligent computer.
- Award: The chosen participant(s) will receive from
the Colloquium sponsor, Terasem Movement, Inc., a $1,000
consultation fee plus all related travel and lodging to and
from the Colloquium in Melbourne Beach, FL.
- For more information, see www.terasemcentral.org.
- Deadline: TBA