Writing Competitions
The LRW program serves as a clearinghouse for student writing competitions.
If you are writing a comprehensive paper or a note this year, we urge you to review the material on this page. You're likely to find a competition that could publish your work and/or provide monetary rewards. Click here for news of one student's successful entry. Updates of students who have won competitions are linked to "UO Students Win Awards" in the right margin.
Many competitions take place annually. So that students can anticipate
upcoming competitions, information on past competitions (whose deadlines
have passed for this year) is located here.
Click here for a very useful Blog of student writing competitions, maintained by Kathryn Sampson at the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville, AR.
Administrative Law
Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition
American Constitution Society for Law and Society
Award - $1500
Topic - Topics in regulatory and administrative law
Deadline - February 12, 2010
Go to http://www.acslaw.org/node/5378 for further information.
Adoption Law
Nightlight Christian Adoptions
Award - First - $2500
Second - $1500
Third - $1000
Topic - Embryo donation and adoption
Deadline - February 1, 2010
See http://www.embryolaw.org/rules.asp for more information.
American Indian Law
American Indian Law Review Writing Competition
Award - First - $1000
Second - $500
Third - $250
Topic - Any area concerning American Indian law
Deadline - February 1, 2010
See http://www.law.ou.edu/lawrevs/ailr for more information.
Business Law
Mendes Hershman Student Writing Contest
American Bar Association Business Law Section
Award - First - $2500
Second - $1000
Third - $500
Topic - Business law
Deadline - January 8, 2010
Visit http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/hershman/ for more information.
Trandafir Writing Competition
Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems journal of the Iowa College of Law
Award - $2000 plus publication
Topic - Any topic in international business or economic law
Deadline - February 1, 2010
Visit http://www.uiowa.edu/~tlcp/html/trandafir_competition.html for more information
Civil Rights
National Student Writing Competition
American Constitution Society for Law and Society and University of Pennsylvania Law School's ACS chapter
Award - First - $3000
Runners-up - $1000
Topic - Progressive vision on the Constitution
Deadline - February 19, 2010
See http://www.acslaw.org/chapters/studentcompetitions/writing for more information.
Copyright Law
Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Award - First - $3000
Second - $2000
Third - $1000
Topic - Any aspect of copyright law
Deadline - June 30, 2010
See http://www.ascap.com/musicbiz/burkan/ for more information.
Constitutional Law
Center for Alcohol Policy
Second Annual Essay Contest
Award - First - $5000
Second - $2500
Third - $1000
Topic - State Regulation of Alcohol is Important Because...
Deadline - November 18, 2009
See http://www.centerforalcoholpolicy.org for more information.
Criminal Procedure
2010 William W. Greenhaigh Student Writing Competition
ABA Criminal Justice Section
Award - $2000
Topic - American criminal constitutional procedure
Deadline - April 23, 2010
Visit http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/cjmag/greenhalgh.pdf for more information.
Damages
Bert W. Levit Essay Contest
ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability and Long & Levit, LLP
Award - $5000
Topic - Hypothetical issue concerning pleading and proof burdens
Deadline - February 19, 2010
See http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/lpl/levit/levitinfo.html for more information.
Employment and Labor Law
Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law
Jackson Lewis LLP and Institute for Law and the Workplace
Award - First - $3000
Second - $1000
Topic - Any topic in employment law
Deadline - January 10, 2010
Visit http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/plel/flyer%202009-10.pdf for more information.
Entertainment Law
The 12th Annual Entertainment Law Initiative Writing Competition
Grammy Foundation and ABA Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries
Award - First - $5000
Second - $1500
Topic - Any legal topic facing the music industry
Deadline - January 4, 2010
Visit http://www.abanet.org/forums/entsports/ for more information.
Environmental Law
The Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essay Contest
Public Justice institute
Award - $5000
Topic - Litigation remedies for coal contamination from mining to combustion to sequestration
Deadline - January 29, 2010
Go to http://www.publicjustice.net/What-We-Do/Awards/Law-School-Essay-Contest/Environmental-Essay-Contest-Rules.aspx for more
information.
The Environmental Law Institute's Fifth Annual "Endangered Environmental Laws" Student Writing Competition
American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, and the National Association of Environmental Law Societies
Award - $2000 and publication
Topic - Any topic in U.S. environmental law with a constitutional or federalism component
Deadline - April 12, 2010
Visit http://www.eli.org/writing_contest.cfm for more information.
Equality and the Law
2010 Southeast/Southwest People of Color Legal Scholarship
University of South Carolina School of Law
Award - First - $1000
Second - $500
Topic - Equality and justice in the Obama era
Deadline - January 15, 2010
See http://www.seswpocc.org/competition.html for more information.
Finance Law
American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers
Award - $1000 and expenses to ABA Business Law Section spring meeting
Topic - Any topic in consumer financial services law
Deadline - December 1, 2009
See http://www.accfsl.org/writing-competition/ for more information.
Government and the Law
2010 Sir John M. Templeton Fellowships Essay Contest
Award - First - $2500
Second - $1500
Third - $1000
Topic - Reforms to make people better aware that government wants to live at their expense
Deadline - May 3, 2010
Go to http://www.independent.org/students/essay/guidelines.asp for more information.
Health Law
American College of Legal Medicine
Award - $1000
Topic - Any topic relating to the medical industry, bioethics, or medical care
Deadline - January 11, 2010
See http://www.aclm.org/resources/swc/pdfs/swc%202010.pdf for more information.
Twelfth Annual Health Law Writing Competition
Epstein Becker & Green
Award - First - $4000
Second - $2000
Third - $500
Topic - Any topic relating to health law
Deadline - January 22, 2010
Go to http://www.ebglaw.com/othercontent.aspx?show=5064 for more information.
International Law
Albert S. Pergam International Law Writing Competition
New York State Bar Association
Award - $2000 plus possible publication
Topic - any topic about public or private international law
Deadline - December 4, 2009
Visit http://www.nysba.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Section_Awards6&Template=/CustomSource/Award/AwardDisplay.cfm&code=MS_PERGAM for more information.
Rona R. Mears Student Writing Competition & Scholarship Awards
ABA Section of International Law
Award - $1000
Topic - The scope and application of universal jurisdiction
Deadline - January 15, 2010
Go to http://www.abanet.org/intlaw/students/2010%20Competition%20Information%20Page.pdf for more information.
Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems
University of Iowa College of Law
Award - $2000 plus publication
Topic - Any topic in international law
Deadline - February 1, 2010
See http://www.uiowa.edu/~tlcp/html/trandafir_competition.html for more information.
Labor Law
The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
2009-2010 Writing Competition for Law Students
Award - First - $1500
Second - $1000
Third - $500
Topic - Any domestic aspect of public or private labor or employment law
Deadline - May 14, 2010
See http://www.laborandemploymentcollege.org/products/Writing%20Competition.aspx for more information.
National Security Law
William Mitchell College of Law
Journal of the National Security Forum Writing Competition
Award - publication
Topic - any topic related to national security
Deadline - January 15, 2010
Visit http://www.wmitchell.edu/national-security-forum/?page=201 for more information.
Nonsmokers' Rights Law
The National Center for Nonsmokers' Rights
Award - First - $5000
Second - $3000
First - $1000
Topic - New ideas to advance or protecting the rights of nonsmokers
Deadline - May 1, 2010
See http://nosmokingcontest.org/ for more information.
Product Liability Law
Product Liability Section of the Oregon State Bar
Product Liability Publication Contest
Award - $2000
Topic - Product liability law that applies to current Oregon law
Deadline - June 15, 2010
Visit http://osbproductsliability.homestead.com/Publication-Contest-Rules.html for more information.
Religious Freedom and the Law
13th Annual William Pew Religious Freedom Scholarship Competition
Alliance Defense Fund, Inc.
Award - $2500
Topic - Any topic addressing religious liberty, sanctity of life, or family values
Deadline - April 15, 2010
Go to http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/userdocs/2010_Pew_Rules.pdf for more information.
Reproductive Rights Law
Sarah Weddington Prize for New Student Scholarship in Reproductive Rights
Center for Reproductive Rights
Award - First - $750
Second - $500
Third - $250
Topic - Any topic that addresses a human rights framework to reproductive justice issues
Deadline - March 1, 2010
Go to http://lsrj.org/documents/Writing_Prize_call_for_sub_09.pdf for more information.
Tax Law
Federal Bar Association
Section on Taxation writing contest
Award - First - $2000
Second - $1000
Deadline - January 15, 2010
Visit http://law.richmond.edu/essaycontests/view.php?record=152 for more information.
2010 Tannenwald Writing Competition
The Theodore Tannenwald, Jr. Foundation for Excellence in Tax Scholarship and the American College of Tax Counsel
Award - First - $5000
Second - $2500
Third - $1500
Topic - Any federal or state tax-related topic
Deadline - July 1, 2010
Check http://www.tannenwald.org/competition/ for more information.
Women and the Law
University of California Berkeley Law
Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law, and Justice writing competition
Award - $500 plus publication
Topic - intersection of gender with an axes of subordination
Deadline - December 1, 2009
See http://www.boalt.org/bglj/writingaward.html for more information.
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