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Writing Competitions

The page includes a list of legal writing competitions by practice area. New competitions will be added as they become known.

Updated January 23, 2006

Business Law

Mendes Hershman Student Writing Contest
Award: $2,500, travel and lodging to attend the ABA Annual Meeting, possibly published in The Business Lawyer, one free ABA book of choice
Entry deadline: February 4, 2006

American Business Law Journal -- 10,000 - 15,000 words on any area of business law. Contact Professor Dhooge at ldhooge@pacific.edu.

William E. Swope Antitrust Writing Competition -- sponsored by Jones Day.

Criminal Law

7th Annual William W. Greenhalgh Student Writing Competition
Award: $2,000, publication of winning essay in Criminal Justice magazine, and expense-paid trip to ABA Annual Meeting
Entry deadline: March 31, 2006

Deadline: February 27, 20065

Employment and Labor

Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law

Labor Lawyer Writing Contest
Award: $500
Postmarked entry deadline: August 31, 2006

Environmental Law

Environmental Justice Committee
4th Annual Environmental Justice Essay Competition

Environmental Law Institute "Endangered Environmental Laws" Student Writing Competition --Deadline April 14, 2006

Family Law

Commission on Domestic Violence - 2006 Annual Law Student Writing Competition
Entry deadline: March 31, 2006

National Association of Counsel for Children Student Essay Competition on the Legal Interests of Children -- Deadline August 1, 2006

Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest
Award: $1,500 and possible publication in Family Law Quarterly
Postmarked entry deadline: about April 2, 2006

Food and Drug Law

Food and Drug Law Institute H. Thomas Austern Memorial Writing Competitions

Deadline: June 15, 2006

Health Law

American College of Legal Medicine Student Writing Competition in Bioethics

American College of Legal Medicine Student Writing Competition in Legal Medicine

Epstein Becker & Green Annual Health Law Writing Competition

Housing

Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law Writing Competition
Award: $1,000 plus possible publication in the Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law
Entry deadline: March 1, 2006

Individual Rights

The National Lesbian & Gay Law Association
Michael Greenberg Student Writing Competition
Award: $1,000, possible publication in the Journal of Law and Sexuality at Tulane University Law School, Partial expenses to Lavender Law 2006
Entry Deadline: June 15, 2006

Intellectual Property

ABA-BNA Award for Excellence in the Study of Intellectual Property Law
Deadline for entry: Ongoing--winners chosen by participating schools

Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition -- any aspect of Copyright Law

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology Biennial Writing Competition --"Emerging Topics in Law and Technology: What's Next? -- February 1, 2006

International Law

The Washington Foreign Law Society
Justice Robert H. Jackson Award for Outstanding Student Writing in International Law
Award: $2,500. The winner will be an honored guest at the WFLS Annual Dinner Gala
Entry Deadline: March 31, 2006

Immigration Law

Edward L. Dubroff Memorial Legal Writing Contest -- web site is outdated; new information is posted on 3rd floor. 2006 deadline is March 13, 2006

Professional Responsibility

2006 Levit Essay Contest on Lawyers' Professional Liability
Award: $5,000 plus travel and lodging to attend the National Legal Malpractice Conference (Boston/April 20-22, 2006)
Postmark entry deadline: February 17, 2006
More information contact Edna Driver

American Inns of Court Warren E. Burger Writing Competition --Deadline June 15, 2006.

Property and Land Use

Pacific Legal Foundation Seventh Annual Program for Judicial Awareness Writing Competition -- topic is Supreme Court's decision in Kehlo v. New London.

Public Utility, Communications and Transportation

Law Student Writing Competition
Award: $2,500, travel and lodging to Section's Fall Council Group Meeting, notice of winning in Infrastructure newsletter.
Entry Deadline: June 1, 2006

Sexual Orientation

The Dukeminier Awards: Best Sexual Orientation Law Review Articles 2005 Student Writing Competition

Deadline: January 6, 2006

Sports and Entertainment Law

Entertainment and Sports Industry Forum Committee and the Recording Academy Entertainment Law Initiative (ELI) -- 7th Annual GRAMMY® Foundation Entertainment Law Initiative (ELI) Writing Contest
Award: $5,000, all expenses to Grammy Awards, published by the Grammy Foundation, Cardozo Art and Entertainment Law Journal, and the ABA Forum on Entertainment and Sports Industries.
For additional information, please contact Cole Sternberg, ELI Project Coordinator.
Submission deadline: January 7, 2006

Tax Law

American Bar Association Section of Taxation
Young Lawyers Forum/Law Student Tax Challenge

Tort Law

Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS)
2006 Law Student Writing Competition
First Place Award: $1,500, airfare and lodging to ABA Annual Meeting, possible publication in Tort Trial & Insurance Law Journal
Second Place Award: $500
Third Place: Announcement in Section' magazine
All winners will be announced in the Section's magazine, The Brief.
Entry deadline: March 6, 2006

Trusts and Estates

The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Mary Moers Wenig 2006 Student Writing Competition

Women's Studies

National Association of Women Lawyers Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition

General Law

Legal Affairs Writing Contest for Law Students -- launched by Legal Affairs and sponsored by The Marbury Institute of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary LLP.

American Judges Association Annual Law Student Essay Competition

George Washington University Law School No Smoking Writing Contest

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