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For you to see the large number of legal writing competitions and the wide range of subject matter, this page lists competitions by subject matter. A competition may be listed under several headings depending on the breadth of its subject matter.
Once you have found a competition of interest, search for its name on the main Legal Writing Competitions web page for specific topics, deadlines, sponsors, prizes, and more information.
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Administrative Law
Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition
Gellhorn-Sargentich Law Student Essay Competition
Admiralty & Maritime Law
TTIPS Law Student Writing Competition (includes admiralty & maritime law)
Animals & Animal Rights
Animals and the Law Writing Competition
Antitrust & Consumer Protection
ABA Antitrust Law Student Writing Competition
American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers Writing Competition
H. Thomas Austern Memorial Writing Competition (food & drug regulation)
Berkeley Technology Law Journal Writing Competition
Hon. William C. Conner Intellectual Property Law Writing Competition
Health Care & Life Sciences Law Writing Competition
William E. Swope (Jones Day) Antitrust Writing Competition
Texas International Law Section Law Student Legal Writing Contest
TTIPS Law Student Writing Competition (includes consumer law)
Appellate Practice
Eisenberg Prize
Futuristic Persons Appellate Brief Writing Contest
Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition (appellate brief)
James William Moore Federal Practice Award (includes federal appellate procedure)
TTIPS Law Student Writing Competition (includes appellate advocacy)
Appropriate Dispute Resolution
James E. Beckley Writing Competition (arbitration)
James Boskey ADR Writing Competition
CPR Original Student Article Awards (dispute resolution & management)
International Ombusman Association
James William Moore Federal Practice Award (includes appropriate dispute resolution)
Texas International Law Section Law Student Legal Writing Contest
Aviation & Space Law
Air & Space Law Writing Competition
K. William Kolbe Student Writing Competition (public utility, transportation, communications)
TTIPS Law Student Writing Competition (includes aviation and space law)
Bankruptcy & Insolvency
Mendes Herschman Student Writing Contest (business)
NACCT Consumer Bankruptcy Law Student Writing Competition
Prize in International Insolvency Studies
Business Law
ABA Antitrust Law Student Writing Competition
ABA / Public Contract Law Journal Writing Competition
Affordable Housing and Community Development Law Writing Competition
Attorney-CPA Foundation Essay Contest
H. Thomas Austern Memorial Writing Competition (food & drug regulation)
CPR Original Student Article Awards (dispute resolution & management)
Entertainment Law Initiative (GRAMMY) Writing Contest
Health Care & Life Sciences Law Writing Competition
Mendes Herschman Student Writing Contest
George Hutchinson Writing Competition (Federal Circuit Court of Appeals)
Ladas Memorial Award Competition (trademark)
Letourneau Award for Writing in Legal Medicine
K. William Kolbe Student Writing Competition (public utility, transportation, communications)
Elliot A. Spoon Business Law Writing Competition
TTIPS Law Student Writing Competition (includes business torts & product liability)
Civil Procedure
George Hutchinson Writing Competition (Federal Circuit Court of Appeals)
IADC Legal Writing Contest (civil litigation)
James William Moore Federal Practice Award (includes federal civil practice)
TTIPS Law Student Writing Competition (includes civil procedure)
Communications Law
Berkeley Technology Law Journal Writing Competition
K. William Kolbe Student Writing Competition (public utility, transportation, communications)
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology Writing Competition
Conflicts of Law
Texas International Law Section Law Student Legal Writing Contest
Constitutional Law & Civil Rights
American Constitution Society National Student Writing Competition
American Judges Association Law Student Essay Competition
Berkeley Technology Law Journal Writing Competition
Gellhorn-Sargentich Law Student Essay Competition (administrative law)
William W. Greenhalgh Writing Competition (criminal constitutional procedure)
Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition
Nonsmokers' Rights Legal Research and Writing Competition
NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund Law Student Essay Contest
NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund Scholarship
Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize
William Pew Religious Freedom Scholarship Competition
TTIPS Law Student Writing Competition (includes defamation & privacy rights)
Sarah Weddington Writing Prize in Reproductive Rights Law
Criminal Law & Procedure
ABA Antitrust Law Student Writing Competition
Berkeley Technology Law Journal Writing Competition
Domestic Violence and the Law Writing Competition
William W. Greenhalgh Writing Competition (criminal constitutional procedure)
Texas International Law Section Law Student Legal Writing Contest
Disability Law
Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law, and Justice Writing Award
Elder Law Writing Competition
Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition
Paralyzed Veterans Legal Writing Competition
Elder Law
Elder Law Writing Competition
Employment & Workplace Law
College of Labor & Employment Lawyers Writing Contest
Employee Benefits Writing Competition
Mendes Herschman Student Writing Contest (business law)
Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition
Labor Lawyer Student Writing Contest
Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition
TTIPS Law Student Writing Competition (includes employee benefits & workers' compensation)
Energy Law
Energy and the Environment Student Writing Competition
Hamilton Project Policy Innovation Prize Competition (includes energy topics)
K. William Kolbe Student Writing Competition (public utility, transportation, communications)
Entertainment, Arts, & Sports
Berkeley Technology Law Journal Writing Competition
Cultural Heritage Preservation Competition
EASL Law Student Initiative
Entertainment Law Initiative (GRAMMY) Writing Contest
Environment & Natural Resources
Endangered Environmental Laws Student Writing Competition
Energy and the Environment Student Writing Competition
Environmental Law Essay Contest
Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essay Contest
Holland & Hart Natural Resources / Environmental Law Writing Contest
NYU Law Environmental Law Essay Contest
Smith-Babcock-Williams Writing Competition (includes land use & environmental law)
TTIPS Law Student Writing Competition (includes environmental law & toxic torts)
Ethics & Professionalism
Warren E. Burger Writing Competition
Mendes Herschman Student Writing Contest (business)
Bert W. Levit Essay Contest
Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition
Ethnic Communities
AEF Robert T. Matsui Annual Writing Competition (Asian Pacific community)
Akiyu Hatano Student Writing Competition (Asian Pacific community)
Chicana/o Latina/o Law Review
Cultural Heritage Preservation Competition
LatCrit Student Scholar Program
Midwest BLSA Law Journal Call for Submissions
Evidence
IADC Legal Writing Contest (civil litigation)
TTIPS Law Student Writing Competition (includes evidence)
Family & Children
Domestic Violence and the Law Writing Competition
Embryo Law Essay Competition
Employee Benefits Writing Competition (includes spousal & domestic partner benefits)
Family Law Writing Competition
Hoffman Bioethics Student Writing Competition
NACC Law Student Essay Competition
Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest
Sarah Weddington Writing Prize in Reproductive Rights Law
Gaming Law
Shannon Bybee Scholarship Award
Gender & LGBT
Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law, and Justice Writing Award
Dukeminier Award (LGBT)
Victoria Fisher Memorial Prize Essay (women)
Michael Greenberg Student Writing Competition (LGBT)
Hoffman Bioethics Student Writing Competition
Alice Paul Feminist Jurisprudence Writing Competition
Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition (women)
Sarah Weddington Writing Prize in Reproductive Rights Law
Government Law
ABA / Public Contract Law Journal Writing Competition
H. Thomas Austern Memorial Writing Competition (food & drug regulation)
CPR Original Student Article Awards (dispute resolution & management)
K. William Kolbe Student Writing Competition (public utility, transportation, communications)
Letourneau Award for Writing in Legal Medicine
Larry M. Simonsmeier Award (food & drug law, drug policy)
TTIPS Law Student Writing Competition (includes government liability)
Health Care & Medicine
ABA Health Law Section Annual Writing Competition
ASPL Legal Research Award (pharmacy, drug, & health care)
H. Thomas Austern Memorial Writing Competition (food & drug regulation)
Embryo Law Essay Competition
Employee Benefits Writing Competition (includes health benefits)
Hamilton Project Policy Innovation Prize Competition (includes health care topics)
Health Care & Life Sciences Law Writing Competition
Hoffman Bioethics Student Writing Competition
Letourneau Award for Writing in Legal Medicine
Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition
Larry M. Simonsmeier Award (pharmacy law)
William Trickel, Jr., Memorial Writing Award
TTIPS Law Student Writing Competition (includes medicine & law)
Human Rights
Holocaust Remembrance Essay Award
Immigration Law
Texas International Law Section Law Student Legal Writing Contest
Insurance Law
IADC Legal Writing Contest (includes insurance law)
TTIPS Law Student Writing Competition (includes insurance & reinsurance)
Intellectual Property
AIPLA Fellows Award
Berkeley Technology Law Journal Writing Competition
Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition (copyright law)
Hon. William C. Conner Intellectual Property Law Writing Competition
Foley & Lardner LLP Intellectual Property Writing Competition
George Hutchinson Writing Competition (Federal Circuit Court of Appeals)
IDEA Student Intellectual Property Writing Competition
Ladas Memorial Award Competition (trademark)
NY State Bar Intellectual Property Law Section Law Student Writing Competition
PIPLA Intellectual Property Law Writing Competition
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology Writing Competition
Dr. Joseph Rossman Memorial Award / JPTOS Call for Papers
Texas International Law Section Law Student Legal Writing Contest
Virginia State Bar Intellectual Property Law Student Writing Competition
Robert C. Watson Award
International Business
Center for Global Trade & Development Writing Contest
James Baker Hughes Prize (international economic law)
International Law & Management Review Writing Competition
Prize in International Insolvency Studies
Texas International Law Section Law Student Legal Writing Contest
Trandafir International Business Writing Competition
TTIPS Law Student Writing Competition
Andrew P. Vance Memorial Writing Competition (customs & international trade)
International Law
ABA Antitrust Law Student Writing Competition
California State Bar International Law Section Writing Competition
Center for Global Trade & Development Writing Contest
Domestic Violence and the Law Writing Competition
Chief Justice John B. Doolin Writing Competition (indigenous peoples)
Family Law Writing Competition
James Baker Hughes Prize (international economic law)
George Hutchinson Writing Competition (Federal Circuit Court of Appeals)
IABA Law Student Best Paper Award (Inter-American)
NYU Law Environmental Law Essay Contest
Albert S. Pergam International Law Writing Competition
TTIPS Law Student Writing Competition (includes international law)
Andrew P. Vance Memorial Writing Competition (customs & international trade)
Judiciary & Courts
American Judges Association Law Student Essay Competition
California Supreme Court Historical Society Student Writing Competition
George Hutchinson Writing Competition (Federal Circuit Court of Appeals)
Program for Judicial Awareness Writing Competition
Legal History
California Supreme Court Historical Society Student Writing Competition
Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition
Litigation & Advocacy
Eisenberg Prize (appellate advocacy)
George Hutchinson Writing Competition (Federal Circuit Court of Appeals)
IADC Legal Writing Contest (civil litigation)
Beverly C. Moore, Jr., Memorial Student Writing Competition (class action)
TTIPS Law Student Writing Competition (includes trial techniques)
Local Government & Planning
Affordable Housing and Community Development Law Competition
K. William Kolbe Student Writing Competition (public utility, transportation, communications)
Smith-Babcock-Williams Writing Competition (includes planning, land use & local government law)
Military & Veterans
George Hutchinson Writing Competition (Federal Circuit Court of Appeals)
Lieber Society Military Prize
Paralyzed Veterans Legal Writing Competition
Minority Rights & Justice
Affordable Housing and Community Development Law Writing Competition
Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law, and Justice Writing Award
Cultural Heritage Preservation Competition
Holocaust Remembrance Essay Award
LatCrit Student Scholar Program
Southeast / Southwest People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference Writing Competition
Sarah Weddington Writing Prize in Reproductive Rights Law
Native American and Indigenous Peoples
American Indian Law Writing Competition
Cultural Heritage Preservation Competition
Chief Justice John B. Doolin Writing Competition
National Native American Law Students Association Writing Competition
Property
Affordable Housing and Community Development Law Writing Competition
Cultural Heritage Preservation Competition
RPTE Section (aka Jacques T. Schlenges, aka Quarles and Brady) Student Writing Contest
Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition (trusts & estates)
Religion
William Pew Religious Freedom Scholarship Competition
Ibrahim Shihata Prize (Islamic jurisprudence)
Securities
ASECA Securities Law Writing Competition
James E. Beckley Writing Competition
Mendes Herschman Student Writing Contest (business)
Elliot A. Spoon Business Law Writing Competition
Suretyship
TTIPS Law Student Writing Competition (includes suretyship)
Tax
Federal Bar Association Section on Taxation Writing Competition
Hamilton Project Policy Innovation Prize Competition (includes tax topics)
Health Care & Life Sciences Law Writing Competition
Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition (trusts & estates)
Tannenwald Writing Competition
Technology
ABA Science and Technology Law Student Writing Competition
Berkeley Technology Law Journal Writing Competition
Hamilton Project Policy Innovation Prize Competition (includes technology topics)
Futuristic Persons Appellate Brief Writing Contest (nanotechnology)
Futuristic Persons Paper Writing Contest (nanotechnology)
K. William Kolbe Student Writing Competition (public utility, transportation, communications)
Edward F. Langs Writing Award (information technology)
Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law Writing Competition
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology Writing Competition
UCLA JOLT Writing Contest
Torts
IADC Legal Writing Contest (civil litigation)
Letourneau Award for Writing in Legal Medicine
Beverly C. Moore, Jr., Memorial Student Writing Competition (class actions)
TTIPS Law Student Writing Competition
Transportation Law
K. William Kolbe Student Writing Competition (public utility, transportation, communications)
John T. Stewart, Jr. Scholarship Writing Competition
TTIPS Law Student Writing Competition (includes aviation law, automobile law, commercial transportation litigation, maritime law, & space law)
Trial Practice
TTIPS Law Student Writing Competition (includes trial techniques)
Trusts & Estate Planning
RPTE Section (aka Jacques T. Schlenges, aka Quarles and Brady) Contest
Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition
Uniform & Model Acts
William J. Pierce Writing Contest (uniform or model acts)
Water Law
K. William Kolbe Student Writing Competition (public utility, transportation, communications)
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