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JANUARY
No current competition deadlines have been announced.
Contact the sponsor directly to determine if they will hold the following annual competitions:
American Indian Law Writing Competition
Deadline: January.
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.
Antitrust Law Student Writing Competition
Deadline: January.
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.
Center for Global Trade & Development Writing Contest
Deadline: January.
Topic: Varies annually.
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.
Dukeminier Award
Deadline: January.
Topic: Legal issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender communities.
Prize: Monetary prize (unspecified) + publication.
Length: Not over 40 pages.
Sponsor: Charles R. Williams Project on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at the UCLA School of Law.
EASL Law Student Initiative
Deadline: January.
Topic: Entertainment, arts, or sports law.
Prize: Publication + membership in EASL Section.
Length: Not specified.
Sponsor: Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section of the New York State Bar Association.
Federal Bar Association Section on Taxation Writing Competition
Deadline: January.
Topic: Federal income taxation.
Length: Not over 20 pages.
Prize: 1st place $1,500 + expenses to attend the FBA’s Annual Tax Law Conference + publication; 2d place $750 + publication.
Sponsor: Federal Bar Association Section of Taxation.
Health Law Writing Competition
Deadline: January.
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.
Mendes Hershman Student Writing Contest
Deadline: January. Papers must be nominated through the dean of the law school.
Topic: Aspects of business law.
Prize: 1st place $2,500; 2d place $1,000; 3d place $500.
Length: 20-30 pages preferred; not over 100 pages.
Sponsor: ABA Section of Business Law.
Higginbotham Student Award for Excellence in an Essay
Deadline: January.
Topic: An unmet legal need of children.
Length: Not over 7 pages, excluding endnotes.
Prize: Travel subsidy up to $300 to the ABA Annual Meeting + online publication.
Sponsor: ABA Steering Committee on the Unmet Legal Needs of Children.
Hoffman Bioethics Student Writing Competition
Deadline: January.
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; 2nd place $500; 3rd place $250.
Sponsor: American College of Legal Medicine.
Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essay Contest
Deadline: January.
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.
Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition
Deadline: January.
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.
Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution Competition
Deadline: January.
Topic: Differs every year: see announcement.
Length: Not over 60 pages.
Prize: $500 + publication.
Sponsor: Willamette University College of Law Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution.
Ladas Memorial Award
Deadline: January.
Topic: Trademark law or a matter that directly relates to or affects trademarks.
Prize: $2,000 + expenses to attend an International Trademark Association program.
Length: No page limit.
Sponsor: International Trademark Association and Ladas & Parry LLP.
LatCrit Student Scholar Program
Deadline: January.
Topic: Race, ethnicity, and the law.
Length: Not over 10,000 words.
Prize: Expenses to attend LatCrit Annual Conference + publication.
Sponsor: LatCrit, Inc.
Letourneau Award
Deadline: January.
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.
National Security Law Writing Competition and Call for Papers
Deadline: January.
Topic: Any legal topic related to national security.
Prize: Publication.
Length: 25-40 pages.
Sponsor: William Mitchell Law Review and the William Mitchell National Security Forum.
Nonsmokers' Rights Legal Research and Writing Competition
Deadline for proposal: January.
Topic: Ideas for using legal action to advance nonsmokers’ rights.
Length: Initial proposal of not over 1,000 words. Twenty-five finalists will be invited to write and present full papers in April.
Prize: 1st place $5,000; 2d place $3,000; 3rd place $1,000. Finalists writing full papers receive a $1,000 travel grant + publication on the web.
Sponsor: National Center for Nonsmokers Rights.
NYU Law Environmental Law Essay Contest
Deadline: January.
Topic: Environmental law issues of national or international significance.
Length: Not specified.
Prize: $1,000 + publication.
Sponsor: New York University Center for Environmental and Land Use Law.
Larry M. Simonsmeier Award
Deadline: January.
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.
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FEBRUARY
No current competition deadlines have been announced.
Contact the sponsor directly to determine if they will hold the following annual competitions:
American Business Law Journal Student Writing Contest
Deadline: February.
Topic: Any area of business law, broadly interpreted.
Prize: $1,000 + publication. Up to 3 Honorable Mention winners may also receive publication offers.
Length: 10,000–15,000 words.
Sponsor: Academy of Legal Studies in Business.
American Constitution Society National Student Writing Competition
Deadline: February.
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.
Berkeley Technology Law Journal Writing Competition
Deadline: February.
Topic: Law and technology topics, including intellectual property, antitrust, First Amendment, entertainment and new media, telecommunications, biotechnology, internet, and cybercrime.
Prize: 1st place $2,000 + publication; 2d place $750, 3rd place $500.
Length: Not over 50 pages.
Sponsor: Berkeley Technology Law Journal.
Favil D. Berns Memorial Jewish Legal Writing Competition
Deadline: February.
Topic: (1) Accommodation of religion in the workplace, or (2) Voucher programs benefiting private and parochial institutions, or (3) Government funding of faith-based social service programs.
Prize: $1,000 + online publication.
Length: Not over 5,000 words.
Sponsor: Decalogue Society of Lawyers.
Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition
Deadline: February.
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.
Mark Gordon Memorial Technology Law Writing Competition
Deadline: February.
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).
Heyman Center Writing Competition
Deadline: February.
Topic: Corporate governance.
Prize: 1st place $3,000 + possible publication; 2 runners-up $1,000 each.
Length: Not over 30 pages.
Sponsor: The Heyman Center of Cardozo School of Law.
Intellectual Property Law Section Writing Competition
Deadline: February.
Topic: Topics relating to intellectual property law, such as copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, privacy, and right of publicity.
Prize: 1st place $5,000 + publication + expenses to attend Intellectual Property Section's Annual Meeting; 2d place $3,000; honorable mention $2,000.
Eligibility: Law students either attending law school in California, or who are domiciled in California.
Length: Not over 25 pages.
Sponsor: Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar of California.
Law and Society Association Graduate Student Paper Prize
Deadline: February.
Topic: Outstanding research on law and society.
Prize: Up to $500.
Eligibility: Graduate students and law students. Joint papers are accepted. Papers must be nominated by a non-student member of the Law and Society Association.
Length: Not over 18,000 words.
Sponsor: Law and Society Associaton.
Bert W. Levit Essay Contest
Deadline: February.
Topic: 2008 hypothetical relates to legal standards controlling legal malpractice claims brought by persons convicted of crimes.
Prize: $5,000 + expenses to attend National Legal Malpractice Conference.
Length: Not over 3,000 words.
Sponsor: ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability and Long & Levit, LLP.
PIPLA Intellectual Property Law Writing Award
Deadline: February.
Topic: Intellectual property.
Prize: $1,000.
Eligibility: Law students either attending law school in Pittsburgh area, or who have been domiciled in Pittsburgh area within the past ten years. Joint papers are eligible.
Length: 10-25 pages.
Sponsor: Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association.
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology Writing Competition
Deadline: February. Contest offered in even-numbered years.
Topic: Law and technology topics, including but not limited to biotechnology, intellectual property, patents and trademark, and the Internet.
Prize: 1st place $1,200 + publication; 2d place $600; 3d place $100.
Length: 20-35 pages.
Sponsor: Richmond Journal of Law & Technology.
Elliot A. Spoon Business Law Writing Competition
Deadline: February.
Topic: Business and securities law.
Prize: $500 + publication.
Length: None specified.
Sponsor: Journal of Business & Securities Law.
John T. Stewart, Jr. Scholarship Writing Competition
Deadline: February.
Topic: Any topic relating to transportation or transportation security law.
Prize: $2,500 + possible publication.
Length: Not over 30 pages.
Sponsor: Transportation & Transportation Security Law Section of the Federal Bar Association and the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association.
Trandafir International Business Writing Competition
Deadline: February.
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.
Virginia State Bar Intellectual Property Law Student Writing Competition
Deadline: February.
Topic: Intellectual property law issues or practice.
Prize: $4,000 + publication.
Eligibility: Entrants must be Virginia residents attending any law school or students at Virginia law schools.
Length: 3,000-5,000 words.
Sponsor: Intellectual Property Section of the Virginia State Bar.
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MARCH
No current competition deadlines have been announced.
Contact the sponsor directly to determine if they will hold the following annual competitions:
Affordable Housing and Community Development Law Competition
Deadline: March.
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.
ASPL Legal Research Award
Deadline: March.
Topic: Pharmacy law, health law, health policy, drug policy, or similar topics.
Prize: Honorarium + expenses to attend the annual meeting of the American Society for Pharmacy Law.
Length: Not specified.
Sponsor: American Society for Pharmacy Law.
Hon. William C. Conner Intellectual Property Law Writing Competition
Deadline: March.
Topic: Patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair trade practices, or antitrust.
Prize: 1st place $1,500 + possible publication; 2d place $1,000.
Length: Not over 25 pages.
Sponsor: New York Intellectual Property Law Association.
Domestic Violence and the Law Writing Competition
Deadline: March.
Topic: Submissions must further the legal needs of domestic violence victims and their children, or advance efforts to address the incidence, causes, and effects of intimate partner violence.
Prize: 1st place $750 + publication; 2d place $500; 3d place $250.
Length: Not over 7500 words.
Sponsor: ABA Commission on Domestic Violence.
Chief Justice John B. Doolin Writing Competition
Deadline: March.
Topic: Issues relating to Native Americans or other indigenous peoples.
Prize: 1st place $500 + publication; 2nd place $300 + possible publication; 3rd place $200 + possible publication.
Length: 30-50 pages.
Sponsor: Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission, Oklahoma Arts Council, and Sovereignty Symposium Inc.
Edward L. Dubroff Legal Writing Competition
Deadline: March.
Topic: U.S. immigration and nationality law.
Prize: $1,000.
Length: Not over 50 pages.
Sponsor: American Immigration Law Foundation.
Family Law Writing Competition
Deadline: March.
Topic: Any area of family law. Topics which focus on international or interdisciplinary issues of family law are encouraged.
Prize: 1st place $500 + possible publication; honorable mention $250.
Length: Not over 25 pages.
Sponsor: Hofstra Law School and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts.
Gellhorn-Sargentich Law Student Essay Competition
Deadline: March.
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.
Holland & Hart Natural Resources/Environmental Law Writing Contest
Deadline: March.
Topic: Natural resources or environmental law and policy.
Eligibility: Fulltime students at the University of Idaho College of Law.
Prize: $1,000 + publication.
Length: Not specified.
Sponsor: Holland & Hart, LLP.
For more information: Contact Professors Barbara Cosens, Jerry Long, or Dale Goble.
James Baker Hughes Prize
Deadline: March.
Topic: International economic law.
Prize: $500 + publication.
Length: Not over 25 pages.
Sponsor: Houston Journal of International Law.
IDEA Student Intellectual Property Writing Competition
Deadline: March.
Topic: Intellectual property.
Prize: 1st place $500 + publication; 2d place $200.
Length: Not specified. Joint papers are eligible.
Sponsor: IDEA Intellectual Property Law Review.
Prize in International Insolvency Studies
Deadline: March.
Topic: Topics on international insolvency and restructuring issues.
Prize: 1st place $2,000 + expenses to present paper at the Institute's Annual Contest; 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.
International Law Essay Writing Competition
Deadline: March.
Topic: International law.
Prize: 1st place 1000 euros + publication; 2d & 3d place publication of abstracts of paper.
Length: Not over 15,000 words.
Sponsor: Irish Yearbook of International Law.
Essay Contest on Judicial Independence
Deadline: March.
Topic: Judicial independence and the separation of powers doctrine.
Prize: 1st place $10,000; 2nd place $5,000.
Length: Approximately 5,000 words.
Sponsor: American College of Trial Lawyers.
National Native American Law Students Association Writing Competition
Deadline: March.
Topic: Federal Indian Law.
Length: Not over 50 pages.
Prize: 1st place $2,000 + publication; 2nd place $1,000; 3rd place $500.
Sponsor: National Native American Law Students Association.
Ross Essay Contest
Deadline: March.
Topic: Varies annually.
Prize: $7,500 + publication.
Length: Not over 600 words.
Sponsor: ABA Journal.
Diane R. Royal Administrative Law Essay Contest
Deadline: March.
Topic: Administrative law.
Prize: $750 + publication.
Length: Not over 20 pages.
Sponsor: Administrative Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan.
Science and Technology Law Student Writing Competition
Deadline: March.
Topic: Varies annually.
Prize: Expenses to attend the ABA Annual Convention + possible publication.
Length: Not over 2,500 words.
Sponsor: ABA Section of Science and Technology Law.
Ibrahim Shihata Prize
Deadline: March. Papers must be published to be eligible.
Topic: Islamic jurisprudence and related legal developments in the Muslim world.
Prize: $2,500.
Length: Not specified.
Sponsor: Washington Foreign Law Society.
TTIPS Law Student Writing Competition
Deadline: March.
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.
William Trickel, Jr., Memorial Writing Award
Deadline: March.
Topic: Any subject in the area of federal or Florida health law.
Prize: 1st place $5,000; 2d place $2,500.
Length: Not over 25 pages.
Sponsor: Health Law Section of the Florida Bar.
UCLA JOLT Writing Contest
Deadline: March.
Topic: Law and technology.
Length: 15–20 pages.
Prize: $1,000.
Sponsor: UCLA Journal of Law and Technology.
Withers Bergman Student Writing Contest
Deadline: March.
Topic: Private client law, encompassing tax, wills & trusts, and estate planning.
Prize: $2,000.
Length: 15-40 pages.
Sponsor: Withers Bergman LLP.
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APRIL
Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition
Deadline: April 15, 2009.
Topic: Any topic related to legal history, rare law books, or legal archives.
Prize: $500, + expenses to attend the annual meeting of the AALS in July 2009 in Washington, D.C.
Length:
Sponsor: Legal History and Rare Books Section of the American Association of Law Libraries.
Roundtable Symposium Law Journal Call for Papers
Deadline: To maximize chance of acceptance, submit by April 1. Absolute deadline is June 15.
Topic: Varies annually.
2009 topic: Bankruptcy.
2010 topic: Terrorism and the Law
Prize: None. This is a call for papers only
Length: Not over 25,000 words.
Sponsor: Southern New England Roundtable Symposium Law Journal.
Contact the sponsor directly to determine if they will hold the following annual competitions:
Endangered Environmental Laws Student Writing Competition
Deadline: April.
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.
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.
IABA Law Student Best Paper Award
Deadline: April.
Topic: Varies by year.
Prize: 1st place $800; 2d place $600; 3d place $400.
Length: Not over 20 pages.
Sponsor: Inter-American Bar Association.
Paralyzed Veterans of America Legal Writing Competition
Deadline: April.
Topic: Varies by year.
Prize: 1st place $3,000; 2d place $1,500.
Length: 15-40 pages.
Sponsor: Paralyzed Veterans of America.
Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition
Deadline: April.
Topic: Women’s rights or the status of women in the law.
Prize: $500 + publication.
Length: Not over 15 pages.
Sponsor: National Association of Women Lawyers.
Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition
Deadline: April.
Topic: Legal ethics.
Prize: $1,000.
Length: Not over 50 pages.
Sponsor: Notre Dame Law School.
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MAY
No current competition deadlines have been announced.
Contact the sponsor directly to determine if they will hold the following annual competitions:
Judge John R. Brown Award
Deadline: May.
Papers must be submitted with a letter of recommendation from a law school faculty member or legal professional. See rules for details.
Topic: Any writing on a legal subject.
Prize: $10,000.
Length: No page limit.
Sponsor: Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation.
College of Labor & Employment Lawyers Writing Contest
Deadline: May.
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.
Employee Benefits Writing Competition
Deadline: May.
Topic: Any legal topic involving employee benefits law, including but not limited to health or pension benefits, 401(k) plans, severance, executive compensation, spousal and domestic partner benefits, and fiduciary obligations.
Prize: $1,500.
Length Not over 40 pages.
Sponsor: American College of Employee Benefits Counsel.
Foley & Lardner LLP Intellectual Property Writing Competition
Deadline: May.
Topic: Intellectual property topics such as patents, copyrights, domain names, trademarks, computer law, and trade secret law.
Prize: Two $5,000 prizes.
Length: 10–30 pages. Candidates may submit multiple entries.
Sponsor: Foley & Lardner LLP.
IADC Legal Writing Contest
Deadline: May.
Topic: Practical topics in the defense of civil litigation, including torts, insurance law, civil procedure, evidence, damages, alternative dispute resolution, and professional ethics.
Prize: 1st place $2,000; 2nd place $1,000; 3rd place $500.
Length: Suggested limit of 12,000 words.
Sponsor: International Association of Defense Counsel.
NAELA Student Journal Writing Competition
Deadline: May.
Topic: Law and aging, elder or disability planning.
Prize: 1st place $1,500 + expenses to attend the Fall 2007 NAELA Institute; 2d place $1,000; 3d place $500. The top eight articles will be published.
Length: Not over 35 pages.
Sponsor: National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.
Program for Judicial Awareness Writing Competition
Deadline: May.
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.
Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest
Deadline: May.
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.
Sir John M. Templeton Fellowships Essay Contest (formerly the Olive W. Garvey Fellowship)
Deadline: May.
Topic: Varies annually. Student applicants must be 35 or younger.
Prize: 1st place $2,500; 2d place $1,500; 3d place $1,000.
Length: 1,500-3,000 words.
Sponsor: The Independent Institute.
Andrew P. Vance Memorial Writing Competition
Deadline: May.
Topic: Customs and international trade law.
Prize: 1st place $1,000 + possible publication; 2d place $500.
Length: Not over 40 pages.
Sponsor: The Customs and International Trade Bar Association and Brooklyn Law School.
Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition
Deadline: May.
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.
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JUNE
No current competition deadlines have been announced.
Contact the sponsor directly to determine if they will hold the following annual competitions:
ABA Section of Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law Writing Competition
Deadline: June.
Topic: Issues pertaining to Section's legal areas, including the communications, cable, internet, electricity, gas, oil, aviation, motor carriers, railroad, and water industries.
Prize: $2,500 + expenses to attend Section's Fall Council Group Meeting + online publication.
Length: Not over 50 pages.
Sponsor: ABA Section of Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law.
AIPLA Fellows Award
Deadline: June.
Topic: Issues relative to the protection 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.
Air & Space Law Student Writing Competition
Deadline: June.
Topic: Any topic relevant to the aerospace industry: suggested topics are available on website.
Prize: $5,000.
Length: Not over 4,000 words.
Sponsor: ABA Forum on Air & Space Law.
American Judges Association Law Student Essay Competition
Deadline: June.
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.
Animals and the Law (SCAL) Writing Competition
Deadline: June.
Topic: Any area of animal law.
Prize: $500 + publication.
Length: Not over 25 pages.
Sponsor: New York State Bar Special Committee on Animals and the Law.
Attorney-CPA Foundation Essay Contest
Deadline: June.
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.
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.
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.
James Boskey ADR Writing Competition
Deadline: June.
Topic: Dispute resolution practice, theory, or research.
Prize: $1,000 + publication.
Length: 15-20 pages.
Sponsor: ABA Section of Dispute Resolution and the Institute for Arbitration Law and Practice, Penn State Dickinson School of Law.
Warren E. Burger Writing Competition
Deadline: June.
Topic: Legal excellence, civility, ethics, or professionalism.
Prize: $5,000 + publication.
Length: 10,000–25,000 words.
Sponsor: American Inns of Court.
Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition
Deadline: June.
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.
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.
California Supreme Court Historical Society Student Writing Competition
Deadline: June.
Topic: History of the California Supreme Court including, but not limited to, justices, cases, and judicial administration.
Prize: $2,500 + publication. 2d and 3d place winners may also be chosen.
Length: Not over 6,000 words.
Sponsor: California Supreme Court Historical Society.
Cultural Heritage Preservation Competition
Deadline: June.
Topic: Cultural property, including archeological and historic resources, art, indigenous and ethnological items, commemorative works, and intangible cultural heritage. Papers must be nominated by law school faculty.
Prize: 1st place $1,000; 2d place $500.
Length: Not specified.
Sponsor: Lawyers Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation.
Environmental Law Essay Contest
Deadline: June.
Topic: Environmental law topics of current interest to Michigan practitioners.
Prize: 1st place $2,000 + possible publication; 2d place $1,000 + possible publication; 3d place $500 + possible publication.
Length: 8–20 pages.
Sponsor: Environmental Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan.
Michael Greenberg Student Writing Competition
Deadline: June.
Topic: Issues confronting the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex communities.
Prize: 1st place $3,000 scholarship + publication + expenses to attend Lavender Law; 2d place $2,000 scholarship + expenses to attend Lavender Law; 3d place $1,000 scholarship + expenses to attend Lavender Law.
Length: Not over 25 pages.
Sponsor: National Lesbian & Gay Law Association.
George Hutchinson Writing Competition
Deadline: June.
Topic: Topics within the substance, procedure, or scope of the jurisdiction of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, which includes patent and trademark decisions, government contract claims, International Trade Commission, Merit System appeals, and Veterans' appeals.
Prize: $3,000.
Length: 20-50 pages.
Sponsor: Federal Circuit Bar Association.
Edward F. Langs Writing Award
Deadline: June.
Topic: Computer or Internet law.
Prize: 1st place $500; 2d place $300; 3d Place $200.
Length: Unspecified.
Sponsor: Computer Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan.
Legal Assistance (LAMP) Essay Contest
Deadline: June.
Topic: "What should be the future of military legal assistance?"
Prize: 1st place $1,000; 2d place $500.
Length: Up to 3,000 words.
Sponsor: ABA Standing Committee on Legal Assistance for Military Personnel.
AEF Robert T. Matsui Annual Writing Competition
Deadline: June.
Topic: Topics of relevance to racial and ethnic minorities and the law.
Prize: $1,500 + publication.
Length: Not over 10,000 words.
Sponsor: Asian Pacific American Bar Association Educational Fund.
Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition
Deadline: June.
Topic: Disability law, theory, or practice, or issues arising under any of the following statutes: Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, or any statute statutes or municipal ordinance prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Prize: $300-$1,000 + publication + online posting.
Length: 20 pages. Submissions should be trial-level or appellate briefs.
Sponsor: Mercer University School of Law.
Beverly C. Moore, Jr., Memorial Student Writing Competition
Deadline: June.
Topic: Class action law.
Prize: Publication.
Length: Not over 25 pages.
Sponsor: Class Action Reports, Inc.
James William Moore Federal Practice Award
Deadline: June. 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.
NACC Law Student Essay Competition
Deadline: June.
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.
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.
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.
Alice Paul Feminist Jurisprudence Writing Competition
Deadline: June.
Topic: Feminist jurisprudence.
Prize: $1,000.
Length: Not over 50 pages.
Sponsor: American University Washington College of Law.
William Pew Religious Freedom Scholarship Competition
Deadline: June.
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.
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.
Smith-Babcock-Williams Writing Competition
Deadline: June.
Topic: Planning, land use, local government, or environmental law.
Prize: 1st place $2,500 + publication in The Urban Lawyer; 2d place $1,000; up to 2 honorable mentions of $250.
Length: Not over 45 pages.
Sponsor: American Planning Association.
Robert C. Watson Award
Deadline: June.
Topic: Protection of intellectual proper |