Hoffman Bioethics Student Writing
Competition
Deadline: January 15, 2008
Topic: Bioethics (ethical issues arising specifically within the
health care arena). Examples include ethical implications of death
and dying, reproductive rights, bioterrorism, organ donation and
allocation, and biomedical research.
Length: 3,000-5,000 words
Prize: 1st place $1,000 + expenses to present paper at annual
meeting in March 2007; 2nd place $500; 3rd place $250
Sponsor: American College of Legal
Medicine
Letourneau Award
Deadline: January 15, 2008
Topic: Legal medicine, including medical licensure and regulation,
business aspects of practice, physician liability, managed care,
and public health law.
Length: 3,000-5,000 words
Prize: $1,000
Sponsor: American College of Legal
Medicine
Larry M. Simonsmeier Award
Deadline: January 15, 2008
Topic: Pharmacy law, food & drug law, drug policy, or
related areas. Papers must have been published in or accepted
for publication.
Prize: Honorarium + expenses to attend the annual meeting of
the American Society for Pharmacy Law
Length: Not specified
Sponsor: American
Society for Pharmacy Law
Center for Global Trade & Development
Writing Contest
Deadline: January 20, 2008
Topic: The Genocide Convention at Sixty
Prize: $1,500
Length: Not over 30 pages
Sponsor: Center for
Global Trade and Development of Chapman University School of
Law
For more information: Contact Dr. John A. Hall at jhall@chapman.edu.
Louis Jackson National Student Writing
Competition
Deadline: January 22, 2008
Topic: Workplace law, including employment law, labor law, employee
benefits, and employment discrimination.
Length: Not over 35 pages
Prize: 1st place $3,000 + web publication; 2 runners-up receive
$1,000 + web publication
Sponsor: Jackson Lewis
LLP and the Institute for
Law and the Workplace at Chicago-Kent College of Law
Health Law Writing Competition
Deadline: January 25, 2008
Topic: Health law. Papers may address traditional areas of the law
as applied to health care (e.g., antitrust, tax, corporate) or
areas of law unique to health care (e.g., fraud and abuse, managed
care, Medicare/Medicaid, clinical trials.)
Length: Not specified.
Prize: 1st place $4,000; 2nd place $2,000; 3rd place $500.
The top 20% of entries will be considered for publication in Loyola
University Chicago's Annals of Health Law.
Sponsor: Epstein Becker
& Green, P.C.
Antitrust Law Student Writing
Competition
Deadline: January 28, 2008
Topic: Antitrust issues, including topics relating to civil and
criminal antitrust law, competition policy, consumer protection,
and international competition. The article must be published in and
nominated by the Law Review.
Prize: $2,000 + expenses to attend the Section's Spring Meeting in
Washington, D.C.; 2d place $500
Length: 20-30 pages preferred; not over 50 pages
Sponsor: ABA Section of
Antitrust Law
American Indian Law Writing
Competition
Deadline: January 31, 2008
Topic: American Indian Law
Length: 20–50 pages
Prize: 1st place $1,000 + publication, 2nd place $500, 3d place
$250. Top three authors will also receive Felix S. Cohen's Handbook
of Federal Indian Law.
Sponsor: American Indian
Law Review
Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essay
Contest
Deadline: January 31, 2008 for intent-to-enter submission; March
31, 2008 for essay submission
Topic: "Global Warming: How Litigation Can Make a
Difference."
Length: Not over 50 pages
Prize: $5,000 + expenses to attend Public Justice Annual
Meeting.
Sponsor: Public
Justice
FEBRUARY
Mark Gordon Memorial Technology Law Writing
Competition
Deadline: February 1, 2008
Topic: Information technology law
Prize: 1st place Expenses to present paper at ITechLaw conference +
publication; 2 runners-up receive publication.
Length: Not over 12,500 words.
Sponsor: International
Technology Law Association (ITechLaw)
Trandafir International Business Writing
Competition
Deadline: February 1, 2008
Topic: International business or economic issues.
Prize: $2,000 + publication
Length: Not over 50 pages
Sponsor: Journal of Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems
and the University of Iowa
College of Law
American Constitution Society National
Student Writing Competition
Deadline: February 8, 2008
Topic: Varying topics on theme of "Liberty, Security, and Democracy
in Our Evolving Society."
Prize: 1st place $3,000 + publication; 2 runners-up receive
$1,000.
Length: 25-50 pages
Sponsor: American
Constitution Society for Law and Policy
John T. Stewart, Jr. Scholarship Writing
Competition
Deadline: February 8, 2008
Topic: Any topic relating to transportation or transportation
security law.
Prize: $2,500 + possible publication.
Length: Not over 30 pages
Sponsor: Transportation
and Transportation Security Law Section of the Federal Bar
Association and the Foundation of the
Federal Bar Association
Richard D. Cudahy Writing
Competition
Deadline: February 15, 2008
Topic: Topics related to regulatory or administrative law, broadly
construed.
Prize: 1st place $3,000
Length: Not over 25,000 words
Sponsor: American
Constitution Society for Law and Policy
MARCH
Affordable Housing and Community Development
Law Competition
Deadline: March 1, 2008
Topic: Affordable housing and/or community development law
issues.
Prize: $1,000 + possible publication + expenses to attend the
Forum’s annual conference
Length: 25-50 pages
Sponsor: ABA Forum
on Affordable Housing & Community Development Law
Embryo Donation and Adoption Awareness Essay
Competition
Deadline: March 2, 2008
Topic: Topics concerning a problem presented regarding embryo
donation or embryo adoption
Prize: 1st place $2,500 + expenses to present paper at May 2008
Emerging Issues in Embryo Donation and Adoption Convention; 2d
place $1,500; 3d place $1,000.
Length: Not over 25 pages
Sponsor: Nightlight Christian
Adoptions
TTIPS Law Student Writing
Competition
Deadline: March 3, 2008
Topic: Topics in a areas covered by the Section’s substantive law
committees including admiralty, appellate advocacy, automobile law,
aviation law, business torts, civil procedure, commercial
transportation litigation, consumer law, defamation, employee
benefits, environmental law, evidence, government liability,
insurance law, international law, maritime law, medicine and law,
privacy rights, products liability, reinsurance, space law,
suretyship, toxic torts, trial techniques, and workers'
compensation law.
Prize: $1,500 + expenses to attend ABA annual meeting + possible
publication; 2d place $500
Length: Not over 35 pages
Sponsor: ABA Tort
Trial and Insurance Practice Section
Prize in International Insolvency
Studies
Deadline: March 15, 2008
Topic: Topics on international insolvency and restructuring
issues.
Prize: 1st place $2,000 + expenses to present paper at the
Institute's Annual Contest in Berlin in June, 2008; 2d place
$1,500; 3d place $1,000; up to 3 finalist prizes of $500
Length: Prefer less than 50,000 words
Sponsor: International
Insolvency Institute
Gellhorn-Sargentich Law Student Essay
Competition
Deadline: March 30, 2008
Topic: A problem or issue arising at the intersection of
constitutional and administrative law, whether federal or
state
Prize: $500 + expenses to attend the Section's Fall
Conference in Washington, D.C.
Length: Not over 12 pages
Sponsor: ABA Section of
Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice
APRIL
Endangered Environmental Laws Student Writing
Competition
Deadline: April 4, 2008
Topic: Recent developments or trends in U.S. environmental
law that have a constitutional law or "federalism" element
Prize: $2,000 + publication
Length: Not over 50 pages
Sponsor: Environmental Law
Institute and the ABA Section of
Environment, Energy, and Resources
William W. Greenhalgh Writing
Competition
Deadline: April 11, 2008
Topic: A pending legal controversy with the potential to impact
upon American criminal constitutional procedure
Prize: $2,000 + expenses to attend Section's annual meeting +
possible publication.
Length: Not over 3,500 words
Sponsor: ABA
Section of Criminal Justice
MAY
Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing
Competition
Deadline: May 1, 2008
Topic: Trusts and estates and related taxation
Prize: 1st place $5,000 + publication; 2d place $3,000 + online
publication; 3d place $1,000 + online publication
Length: 20-30 pages
Sponsor: American College of Trust
and Estate Counsel
College of Labor & Employment Lawyers
Writing Contest
Deadline: May 15, 2008
Topic: Any aspect of public or private labor or employment
law
Prize: 1st place $1,500 + publication; 2d place $1,000; 3d place
$500
Length: 10–20 pages
Sponsor: College of Labor
& Employment Lawyers
Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay
Contest
Deadline: May 15, 2008
Topic: Family law subjects of national interest
Prize: Possible publication + complimentary membership in ABA
Section of Family Law
Length: 5,000 words
Sponsor: ABA
Section on Family Law
Program for Judicial Awareness Writing
Competition
Deadline: May 30, 2008
Topic: Specified public policy topics. Note: Packets of
background research materials are compiled and available upon
request. There is also a blog associated with this
contest
Prize: 1st place $5,000; 2d place $3,000, 3d place
$1,500
Length: 8,000-14,000 words
Sponsor: Pacific Legal
Foundation
JUNE
NACC Law Student Essay
Competition
Deadline: June 1, 2008
Topic: Legal interests of children
Prize: $1,000 + scholarship to attend NACC conference +
publication
Length: Not specified
Sponsor: National
Association of Counsel for Children
NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund Law Student
Essay Contest
Deadline: June 1, 2008
Topic: Second Amendment rights
Prize: 1st place $5,000; 2d place $3,000; 3d place $2,000;
4th place $1,000
Length: Not over 30 pages
Sponsor: NRA Civil
Rights Defense Fund
NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund
Scholarship
Deadline: June 1, 2008
Topic: Second Amendment rights
Prize: 1st place $12,500; 2d place $5,000; 3d place
$2,500
Length: Not specified
Sponsor: NRA Civil
Rights Defense Fund
Note: This "scholarship" amounts to an essay contest because
it requires the student to submit an article suitable for
publication in a law review
American Judges Association Law Student Essay
Competition
Deadline: June 2, 2008
Topic: "Search and Seizure Arising from Motor Vehicle Stops"
Prize: 1st place $3,000 + possible publication; 2nd place $1,500;
3rd place $1,000
Length: 10-25 pages
Sponsor: American Judges
Association and American Judges Foundation with the support of
the National Court Reporters
Association
James William Moore Federal Practice
Award
Deadline: June 2, 2008. Paper must be submitted by the Editor in
Chief of the Law Review
Topic: Federal civil practice and procedure
Prize: $1,000 + CD-ROM version of the Civil and Appellate
volumes of Moore’s Federal Practice
Length: Not under 20 pages
Sponsor: LexisNexis
Attorney-CPA Foundation Essay
Contest
Deadline: June 4, 2008
Topic: Restrictions on the simultaneous multidisciplinary practice
of law and accounting by an attorney
Prize: 1st place $2,500; 2d place $1,500; 3d and 4th places $500; 4
regional prizes of $250
Length: 30 pages
Sponsor: Attorney-CPA
Foundation
H. Thomas Austern Memorial Writing Long Paper
Competition
Deadline: June 13, 2008
Topic: Regulation of foods, drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, and
biologics.
Prize: 1st place $1,500 + possible publication; 2d place $1,000 +
possible publication.
Length: 41-100 pages
Sponsor: The Food and Drug Law
Institute
H. Thomas Austern Memorial Writing Short
Paper Competition
Deadline: June 13, 2008
Topic: Regulation of foods, drugs, devices, cosmetics, and
biologics
Prize: 1st place $1,500 + possible publication; 2d place $1,000 +
possible publication
Length: Not over 40 pages
Sponsor: The Food and Drug Law
Institute
William Pew Religious Freedom Scholarship
Competition
Deadline: June 15, 2008
Topic: Issues in the areas of religious liberty, sanctity of life,
or family values. Must advocate legal positions consistent
with ADF’s perspectives
Prize: $2,500
Length: Not over 30 pages
Sponsor: Alliance
Defense Fund
RPPT Section Student Writing Contest, aka
Jacques T. Schlenges Contest and Quarles & Brady
Contest
Deadline: June 20, 2008
Topic: Real property, probate, or trust law
Prize: 1st place $2,000 + expenses to attend the Section’s
Fall Council Meeting + possible publication; 2d place $500; 3d
place $250
Length: Not over 50 pages
Sponsor: ABA Section
of Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law
AIPLA Fellows Award
Deadline: June 30, 2008
Topic: Issues relative to the proptection of business
methods
Prize: $2,000 + expenses to attend the AIPLA's annual meeting
in October
Length: 30-40 pages
Sponsor: American
Intellectual Property Law Association
Nathan Burkan Memorial
Competition
Deadline: June 30, 2008
Topic: Copyright law
Prize: 1st place $600 + possible publication; 2d place $250 +
possible publication. Prizes awarded at each participating law
school at discretion of Dean
Length: Not over 50 pages
Sponsor: American Society
of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
For more information: Contact UI’s Office of Academic Support, or
contact ASCAP at 212-621-6280 or NBMC@ascap.com.
Shannon Bybee Scholarship Award
Deadline: June 30, 2008
Topic: Gaming law
Prize: Two prizes of $2,500
Length: 3,000-5,000 words preferred
Sponsor: International Association
of Gaming Advisors
For more information: Contact Bob Faiss at 702-383-8839 or rfaiss@lionelsawyer.com
Robert C. Watson Award
Deadline: June 30, 2008
Topic: Protection of intellectual property
Prize: $2,000 + expenses to attend the AIPLA’s Annual Meeting
Length: 30–40 pages
Sponsor: American
Intellectual Property Law Association
JULY
Holocaust Remembrance Essay
Award
Deadline: July 1, 2008
Topic: The relationship between law, human rights, and the
Holocaust.
Prize: $500 Canadian
Length: 7,500-10,000 words
Sponsor: University of
Alberta Faculty of Law
AUGUST
The Labor Lawyer Student Writing
Contest
Deadline: August 31, 2008
Topic: Labor and employment law
Prize: $500
Length: Not over 40 pages
Sponsor: ABA Labor
& Employment Law Section
NOVEMBER
Chicana/o Latina/o Law Review
Deadline: November 1, 2008
Topic: Chicana/o Latina/o legal topics of interest.
Length: Not over 25,000 words
Prize: Publication
Sponsor: Chicana/o Latina/o
Law Review
ASECA Securities Law Writing
Competition
Deadline: November 15, 2007
Topic: Securities law
Prize: 1st place $5,000 + expenses to attend the ASECA Annual
Dinner; 2d place $3,000; 3d place $2,000
Length: Not specified
Sponsor: Association of
Securities and Exchange Commission Alumni
DECEMBER
ABA Health Law Section Annual Writing
Competition
Deadline: December 7, 2007
Topic: General health care topics
Prize: $500 + publication + expenses to attended the ABA Health Law
Section Emerging Issues conference
Length: 25–50 pages
Sponsor: ABA
Health Law Section
American College of Consumer Financial
Services Lawyers Writing Competition
Deadline: December 1, 2008
Topic: Consumer financial services law
Prize: $1,000 for the best student case note or comment + expenses
to attend the annual meeting of the ACCFSL.
Length: Unspecified.
Sponsor: American College of Consumer Financial Services
Lawyers.
For more information: contact James L. Brown at 414-227-3255
or jbrown@uwm.edu.
Transbeman Persons Paper Writing
Contest
Deadline: December 10, 2007
Topic: An analysis of the legal rights and obligations of
"transbeman" persons, defined as those beyond currently accepted
notions of legal personhood. One example would be a computer
claiming to be conscious.
Prize: $1,000 + expenses to attend the Third Annual
Colloquium on the Law of Transbeman Persons
Length: 6,000-10,000 words
Sponsor: Terasem
Movement
Transbeman Persons Appellate Brief Writing
Contest
Deadline: December 10, 2007
Topic: Appellate brief in support or opposition to the 2006
mock trial rulings in the matter of the BINA48 intelligent
computer
Prize: $1,000 + expenses to attend the Third Annual
Colloquium on the Law of Transbeman Persons
Length: 4,000-6,000 words
Sponsor: Terasem
Movement
Midwest BLSA Law Journal Call for
Submissions
Deadline: December 15, 2007
Topic: Sound legal scholarship on any topic reflecting the
interests of Midwestern communities
Prize: Publication
Length: Not specified
Sponsor: Midwest BLSA
Law Journal
Entertainment Law Initiative (GRAMMY) Writing
Contest
Deadline: December 20, 2007
Topic: Issues confronting the music industry
Prize: 1st place $5,000; 4 runners-up each receive $1,500. All
winners receive expenses to attend the GRAMMY Awards
Length: Not over 3,000 words
Sponsors: Grammy
Foundation & ABA Forum
on the Entertainment and Sports Industries
William J. Pierce Writing
Contest
Deadline: December 31, 2007
Topic: Uniform or model acts, or issues arising from a
uniform or model act.
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Length: Not specified
Sponsor: National
Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
William E. Swope (Jones Day) Antitrust
Writing Competition
Deadline: December 31, 2007.
Topic: Antitrust
Prize: 1st place $10,000; 2 honorable mentions $1,500
Length: Not over 15,000 words
Sponsor: Jones
Day