Essay and/or YouTube Video entries must be original works created by a single individual, and should address the topic “Gender Diversity: Have we solved the problem? If not, where do we go from here?”

ABA Commission on Women in the Profession

12/31/2008

Entrants must submit their own original article addressing a topic relevant to the aerospace industry. Contact Dawn Holiday for details and more information.

ABA Air and Space Law Section and Rolls Royce

10/02/2009

The UMKC Law Review invites current law students and recent graduates (2006 or later) to submit non-fiction stories about the first year experience to the “One-L Revisited” Law Stories Contest.

University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review

10/23/2009

Papers are solicited on a broad range of topics including teaching non-technical skills to engineers, including legal and regulatory requirements and managing intellectual property. 

IEEE and IBM

11/15/2009

The journal seeks submissions that examine the intersection of gender with one or more other axes of subordination including, but not limited to, race, class, sexual orientation, and disability.

Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice

12/01/2009

All submissions should be on a legal topic, and may be written in English, Irish, French, or German. Book reviews and case notes will also be considered.

Cork Online Law Review

12/19/2009

Students are invited to submit a note or comment written while the author was an enrolled student in an ABA-approved law school during the 2009 calendar year. The paper may not have been previously published, and may be on any topic in the area of immigration law.

University of La Verne Law Review

01/01/2010

Submissions to the Letourneau Award may deal with any aspect of Legal Medicine. Authors may submit their paper to only one of the ACLM competitions.

American College of Legal Medicine

01/11/2010

All full-time law students currently seeking a J.D. or LL.M. may submit an original unpublished paper concerning federal taxation. Students must also sign and return a Warranty and Authorization to Publish, which is available in McDonough 352 or by e-mailing awoolley@fedbar.org.

Federal Bar Association Section on Taxation

01/15/2010

Submissions may be on any topic suggesting ideas for ordinary individuals to strengthen civil and religious freedoms for all.

Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights

01/31/2010

The Freedom Center Journal encourages scholars in every field to contribute interdisciplinary works on the scope and nature of freedom, broadly defined, including issues of race, class, gender, sexuality, and religion. Submit a 200-300 word abstract to uclawfcj@gmail.com.

Freedom Center Journal of the University of Cincinnati College of Law and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

02/19/2010

Articles should address the following topic: What are the most important emerging legal issues for public or private entities that store personally identifiable information, and how should these issues be addressed?

ABA Section of Science and Technology Law

03/01/2010

Submissions may be on any aspect of real estate and land use law.

Center for Real Estate Studies at New York Law School and the Graduate (LL.M.) Program in Real Estate at New York Law School

04/01/2010

Entries to the 13th Annual William Pew Religious Freedom Scholarship Competition shall be scholarly material that advocates a legal position consistent with ADF’s perspectives and mission and that addresses one or more issues in the areas of religious liberty, sanctity of life, and/or family values.

Alliance Defense Fund, Inc.

04/15/2010

Submit a 1000-word summary of your idea for using a legal or law-related action in advancing and/or protecting the rights of nonsmokers, primarily by protecting them from exposure to tobacco smoke pollution. 

National Center for Nonsmokers Rights

05/01/2010

Authors may write on any topic in labor or employment law. Articles may not be accepted for publication elsewhere to be eligible to win.

ABA Journal of Labor & Employment Law

06/15/2010

The theme for the first IJIEL International Student Essay Competition is "TRIPS-plus Obligations and Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with Developing Countries." The competition is open to all students (undergraduate and above) except doctoral and Ph.D. candidates.  Participants must be between 18 and 30 years of age as of 1/1/2010.

The Indian Journal of International Economic Law

06/15/2010

Submit an essay on a current topic dealing with real property, trust and estate law.

ABA Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law

06/18/2010

Note: ASCAP has confirmed that the Burkan competition has been discontinued, beginning with the 2010-2011 academic year. 

Each law school may certify two papers to the Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition. The contest goal is to increase the interest in the law of Copyright and to improve the style of legal writing. Eligible candidates should be third-year students (some second-years may be allowed).  The paper must not exceed 50 pages.

Papers must be sponsored by the law school professor coordinator, Rebecca Tushnet, so be sure to turn in your paper (original plus one copy) to Mariko Cool in JD Academic Services, McDonough 352, no later than May 25, 2010.  ASCAP encourages earlier applications.

Submit to Mariko Cool by: 5/25/2010
Contest deadline: 6/30/2010

American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers

06/30/2010

The Marc Lalonde Prize for Excellence in International Commercial and Investment Arbitration is offered to Canadian law graduates who are pursuing or have recently completed further studies related to international commercial or investment arbitration.  The paper shall be on an issue arising in international commercial or investment arbitration.

Canadian Arbitration Congress

06/30/2010

The FoxKiser Annual Writing Competition encourages multi-disciplinary scholarly writing on topics related to law, science, medicine, policy, technology, business, government, and innovation--particularly in relation to the pharmaceutical, medical device and biologics industries.  The competition is open to all currently enrolled post-graduate or professional degree students, including students graduating in 2010.

FoxKiser Firm

06/30/2010

Papers submitted to the Pillsbury Virtual Worlds Writing Competition shall be on a topic within one of these 5 categories:  Agreements and Policies for Virtual Worlds, Virtual Goods, Virtual Currencies, IP Protection Techniques and Strategies for Virtual Worlds, Legal Issues with Mirror Worlds and Augmented Reality.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

06/30/2010

Indigo Productions seeks edgy and original video public service announcements on any health or safety issue that is of importance to the public.  Videos will be judged on concept, creativity, execution, artistic merit, and viral potential.

Indigo Productions

09/15/2010

Articles for the October 2010 Feature should address the topic of Health Care Law and should be no more than 5,500 words, including endnotes.

National Law Review

09/27/2010

Papers should address an issue of interest to the public contract and grant law community.  All authors must be members of the ABA Section of Public Contract Law.  The competition will be conducted in two divisions:  Division I is open to J.D. students; Division II is open to LL.M. candidates and lawyers under 36 years of age or admitted to practice less than 5 years.

ABA Section of Public Contract Law

09/30/2010

The topic for The Modern American’s essay competition is “the status and future of women's bodily freedom in American policy-making and jurisprudence.”

Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia and the Washington College of Law

10/01/2010

Submissions to the 2010 Annual International Law Section Law Student Writing Competition may be on any subject that would be of interest to an international law practitioner.

International Law Section of the State Bar of California

10/15/2010

Articles for the November 2010 Feature should address the topic of Labor and Employment Law and should be no more than 5,500 words, including endnotes.

National Law Review

10/25/2010

The scope of permissible topics is broad, i.e., any aspect of workers' compensation. Students are encouraged to present a public policy issues, a critique of a leading case or doctrine, or a comment on a statute or the need for a statutory modification. Students currently enrolled or who have graduated on or after May 2009 are eligible.

College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers

11/01/2010

In a recent case, a state court imputed notice of Title IX violations to a university after a student consulted with an ombuds with an allegation of sexual harassment. What should ombuds do to ensure that they are not deemed as agents for notice? Should the IOA Standards of Practice be revised in any respect? Articles shall be less than 5,000 words including citations and shall follow the Chicago Manual of Style.

International Ombudsman Association

11/19/2010

Submissions to the NAPW Law Student Writing Competition should address the topic of "Birthing Rights as a Matter of Gender Equality." Current law students and 2010 graduates are eligible to enter.

National Advocates for Pregnant Women

12/15/2010

The  Human Rights Student Scholars Writing Competition invites papers relating to human rights law from J.D., LL.M., and S.J.D. students.

Virginia Journal of International Law and University of Virginia School of Law

01/13/2011

The Santa Clara University School of Law's 2011 Centennial Celebration Student Writing Competition welcomes original unpublished scholarly writing on future ethical challenges lawyers may face practicing in the areas of (i) intellectual property law, (ii) international law or (iii) public interest law. The submission must be written by a student currently enrolled in an ABA-accredited law school and expecting to receive their degree in 2010 or 2011.

Santa Clara University School of Law

01/31/2011

Authors submitting entries to the Liberty Mutual Prize should possess a J.D. degree or its overseas equivalent.  Papers must concern the law related to property and casualty insurance, its regulation and corporate governance.

Boston College Law School

02/01/2011

Graduate students in any field of study born 1981 or later may submit an essay, multimedia presentation, or video in English or German on one of the three topics described on the competition's website: Justice and Power, Rethinking Leadership, or Public Good and Values.  Up to 100 finalists will be invited to participate in the Symposium, May 12-13, 2011.  The most outstanding works will receive the St. Gallen Wings of Excellence Award, which is collectively endowed with a EUR 20,000 prize.

St. Gallen Symposium

02/01/2011

The organizing committee of the 2011 PhD Workshop on Human Rights in University College Dublin School of Law invite proposals for a workshop on the theme of "The Legacy and Future of the ECHR:  Evaluating Sixty Years of the European Human Rights Project." 

University College Dublin School of Law

02/11/2011

The American Constitution Society welcomes all papers furthering and promoting a progressive vision of the Constitution, law, and public policy. Entrants are encouraged to view this topic broadly, and the competition welcomes submissions on a variety of substantive areas.

American Constitution Society for Law and Policy and University of Pennsylvania Law School's American Constitution Society

02/18/2011

Submissions may be on a wide variety of topics at the intersection of law and technology, such as intellectual property, antitrust, First Amendment, entertainment and new media, telecommunications, biotechnology, internet, and cybercrime.

Berkeley Technology Law Journal

02/25/2011

Articles for the March 2011 Feature should address the topic of Intellectual Property Law and should be no more than 5,500 words, including endnotes.

National Law Review

02/25/2011

Write a scholarly position paper in response to the 2011 problem on Embryo Donation and Adoption presented at:
http://www.embryolaw.org/.

All entries received by 2/7/2011 will be eligible for a $500 bonus if selected as a prize winner.

Nightlight Christian Adoptions

03/07/2011

Submissions to the Family Law Writing Competition may be within any area of family law, although topics which focus on international or interdisciplinary subjects of family law are especially encouraged.

Hofstra Law School and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts

03/15/2011

Faculty, LL.M. or J.S.D. students are invited to enter the Peterson Prize Writing Competition. The paper shall address one or more historic or contemporary issues involving the principles underlying the Tenth Amendment. 

Willamette University Center for Law and Government

03/18/2011

Articles for the April 2011 Feature should address the topic of Health and Labor Law and should be no more than 5,500 words, including endnotes.

National Law Review

03/25/2011

Any currently enrolled law student may submit a paper addressing any aspect of tax law. The paper must not be under consideration for any other publication or written as part of paid employment.

John Marshall Law School Center for Tax Law and Employee Benefits

04/15/2011

Articles for the May 2011 Feature should address the topic of Tax Law and should be no more than 5,500 words, including endnotes.

National Law Review

04/25/2011

Currently enrolled students are encouraged to submit an in-depth analysis of a current issue relevant to customs and international trade law.

Customs and International Trade Bar Association and Brooklyn Law School

05/23/2011

Submissions to the Michael Greenberg Student Writing Competition shall address a legal issue affecting the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Intersex community.

The National LGBT Bar Association

05/23/2011

Submissions to the 2011 NAELA Elder Law Writing Competition may address any topic regarding legal issues affecting seniors or people with disabilities.

National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc

05/30/2011

There are two H. Thomas Austern Memorial Writing Competitions:  one for papers with a maximum of 40 pages, and one for papers between 41 and 100 pages. Papers shall provide an in-depth analysis of a current legal issue concerning food, drugs, animal drugs, biologics, cosmetics, diagnostics, dietary supplements, medical devices, or tobacco.  

The Food and Drug Law Institute

05/31/2011

Papers must deal with employee benefits topics.  Up to two cash prizes in the amount of $1,500.00 will be awarded, the Clarin M. Schwartz and Sidney M. Perstadt Memorial Awards.  Questions concerning the competition should be addressed to Peter Kelly, Chair of the ACEBC Writing Competition Committee at peter.kelly@bcbsa.com. 

American College of Employee Benefits Counsel

06/01/2011

Submissions to the Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition should be trial-level or appellate briefs on any aspect of disability law, theory, or practice. Other permissible topics include 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 state statutes or municipal ordinances prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

Mercer University School of Law & ABA Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law

06/01/2011

Submissions to the Alice Paul Feminist Jurisprudence Essay Contest should reflect a creative feminist approach to the law. 

Women and the Law and Legal Rhetoric Programs of American University Washington College of Law

06/01/2011

Entries should address the topic “Should the Board of Veteran's Appeals (BVA) be modified, decentralized, or even abolished and its functions located within the initial claims adjudicators in VA regional offices? Would such a change achieve significant improvement in customer service, cost savings and improved accuracy and timeliness of benefits decisions?”

Students enrolled for the current school year in an ABA accredited law school or any masters degree program in the areas of business, public policy, or public administration are eligible to enter the student division. Graduates of these degree programs are eligible to enter the professional division.

Paralyzed Veterans of America

08/01/2011

Submissions should bear some relationship to the topic for the annual symposium convened by the Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution at the University of Missouri School of Law. This year's symposium topic is "Border Skirmishes: The Intersection Between Litigation and International Commercial Arbitration."

University of Missouri School of Law Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution

08/15/2011

The topic for the Washington Legal Foundation's 2011 Freedom and Justice Legal Writing Competition is "To what extent does the Constitution limit the severity of the civil punishment that may be imposed on those convicted of a misdemeanor under the Park Doctrine?"

Washington Legal Foundation

08/26/2011

Any person enrolled in an accredited U.S. law school during 2011 may enter one of two contests:  Track A participants shall submit an analysis of the legal rights and obligations of futuristic persons. Track B participants shall submit an appellate brief in support of or opposition to the granting of U.S. citizenship to a futuristic person.

Terasem Movement

09/09/2011

Submissions to Whittier Law Review's Intellectual Property Writing Competition should relate to legal issues and challenges that surround Intellectual Property with an emphasis in New Media Topics.

Whittier Law Review

09/09/2011

Topical issues in public contract or grant law. Eligibility: Law students who are members of the ABA Section of Public Contract Law at the time of article submission.

ABA Section of Public Contract Law and the Public Contract Law Journal

09/30/2011

Suggested Topics:

Intellectual Property Law, Tax Law, and Labor/ Employment Law

The NLR Law Student Writing Competition offers law students the opportunity to submit articles for publication consideration on the website.  Applicants can submit an unlimited number of entries each month.

• Winning submissions will initially be published online in November and December 2011.
• In each of these months, entries will be judged and the top two to four articles chosen will be featured on the NLR homepage for a month.  Up to 5 runner-up entries will also be posted in the NLR searchable database each month.
• Each winning article will be displayed accompanied by the student’s photo, biography, contact information, law school logo, and any copyright disclosure.
• All winning articles will remain in the NLR database for two years (subject to earlier removal upon request of the law school).

In addition, the NLR sends links to targeted articles to specific professional groups via e-mail. The NLR also posts links to selected articles on the “Legal Issues” or “Research” sections of various professional organizations’ Web sites.

National Law Review

10/17/2011

The Albert S. Pergam International Law Writing Competition encourages students to write on areas of public or private international law.

New York State Bar Association

12/02/2011

Submissions must contain legal analysis of a compelling, timely issue relating to criminal law. Articles may discuss any topic in an area of criminal law, and must be 23-50 pages double spaced and footnoted, in Times New Roman size 12 font.

American University Criminal Law Brief

12/18/2011

This global competition is designed to encourage student scholarly inquiry into human rights topics and afford emerging student scholars an opportunity to develop their research and contributions by interacting with Virginia’s preeminent international law faculty.

Human Rights Program of the University of Virginia and the Virginia Journal of International Law

01/13/2012

The scope of permissible topics is broad, i.e., any aspect of workers'compensation law. Students are encouraged to present: a public policy issue; a critique of a leading case or doctrine; or a comment on a statute or the need for a statutory modification.

College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers

01/15/2012

Any topic in the field of law and armed conflict, including but not limited to the use of force in international law, the conduct of hostilities during armed conflicts, protected persons and objects under the rules of armed conflict, the law of weapons, operational law, rules of engagement occupation law, peace operations, counter-terrorist operations, and humanitarian assistance. 

Lieber Society of the American Society of International Law

01/16/2012

Are past legal constructions for the development of other resources effective prologues, or should alternative energy deployment (including renewables) or climate change issues be addressed through sui generis rules?

ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources

03/01/2012

Journal style articles on any current topic concerning business or securities law may be submitted to the Elliot A. Spoon Business Law Writing Competition.

Michigan State University College of Law Journal of Business and Securities Law

03/02/2012

International economic law, from private business matters to international trade conflicts.

Houston Journal of International Law

03/04/2012

"Legislating Stereotypes: Reproductive Rights Rollback in the States."

Center for Reproductive Rights

03/05/2012

The case chosen for the competition is based in part on Sackett v. EPA, currently before the U.S. Supreme Court. Full hypothetical and information packets are available on request from Jeff Augello, Staff Counsel, National Association of Home Builders, at jaugello@nahb.org. Students who wish to participate in the competition may choose to argue on behalf of either the petitioners or the EPA. 

National Association of Home Builders

03/16/2012

The Second Annual Georgetown International Arbitration Society/International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution International Arbitration Writing Contest is open to students currently enrolled in a Georgetown University law program, as well as recent graduates of a law program. Recent graduates must have earned a legal degree at Georgetown in 2011.  Submissions shall be 1,000-3,000 words on any hot topic in international arbitration. The winning entry should be well-written and clearly expressed. It should include a timely discussion of an international arbitration topic of the author's choosing concerning cases, regulation, or other legal developments. It may take the form of an op-ed commentary. The winning entry will be published on the website of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution--The CPR Institute Entries must be sent to cprgeorgetownwritingcontest@cpradr.org

Georgetown International Arbitration Society/International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution

03/31/2012

Submission to the Chief Justice John B. Doolin Writing Competition shall address any area of the law relating to Native Americans or other indigenous peoples.
Papers must be submitted to:    The Sovereignty Symposium, Oklahoma State Capitol, Room 208, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105 OR e-mail kyle.shifflet@oscn.net.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court

03/31/2012

Any topic addressing recent developments or trends in U.S. environmental law that have a significant constitutional or "federalist" component.

The Environmental Law Institute, the ABA, and the National Association for Environmental Law Societies

04/13/2012

Papers may be written in English, Spanish, Portuguese, or French on one of the following topics:  1) Independence of the Justice System as a pillar of democracy; 2) poverty reduction and sustainable development; 3) personal safety and law in Latin American democractic systems; 4) fraud, risk, safety, and education in ICT; 5) cybercrime and electronic commerce; 6) Electronic Government and Citizen's Rights.

Inter-American Bar Association

04/23/2012

Entries should address a procedural or substantive issue in international investment arbitration. 

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes - ICSID Review Foreign Investment Law Journal

05/01/2012

Essays submitted to the 2012 National Association of Counsel for Children Law Student Essay Competition should address topics of national importance and advance the legal interests of children.

National Association of Counsel for Children

05/01/2012

We invite submissions of research, analysis, narrative, theory, and commentary that critically examine the intersection of gender with one or more other axes of subordination, including, but not limited to, race, class, sexual orientation, and disability. Pieces may be geared toward theoretical legal philosophy or pragmatic, on-the-ground lawyering. We welcome interdisciplinary pieces, but there must be a focus on the law.

Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law, and Justice

05/15/2012

Submissions to the K. William Kolbe Law Student Writing Competition should address a current topic of general interest in a legal area covered by the Section.

ABA Section of Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law

06/01/2012

Submissions to the Mary Moers Wenig 2012 Student Writing Competition shall address one or more legal issues in the area of trusts and estates, broadly defined.

American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

06/01/2012

Submissions to the Warren E. Burger Prize should be an  original, unpublished essay of 10,000-25,000 words on a topic of your choice addressing the issues of excellence in legal skills, civility, ethics, and professionalism.

American Inns of Court

06/01/2012

Submissions to the Robert T. Matsui Annual Writing Competition may be on any topic that reasonably relates to Asian Pacific Americans and the law.

Asian Pacific American Bar Association Educational Fund

06/01/2012

Entrants to the University of Connecticut School of Law's Student Legal Writing Competition should submit a paper on a legal issue affecting persons struggling with homelessness, mental illness, addiction, or substance abuse.

University of Connecticut School of Law

06/01/2012

Submissions to the 2012 Student Writing Competition in Cultural Heritage Law may address any aspect of cultural heritage law, including art, cultural property, historic preservation, indigenous peoples, and intangible heritage (but not intellectual property, except as it relates to cultural heritage).

Lawyers' Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation

06/08/2012

Articles may concern any topic on animal law.

New York State Bar Association Committee on Animals and the Law

06/29/2012

Original, unpublished scholarly writing on any aspect of California legal
history, ranging from the Supreme Court itself, and its justices and decisions, to
local events of legal historical importance—including  biography, significant
cases, independent state interpretation, the California Constitution, and
reorganization of the court system, as well as areas of law such as criminal law,
civil rights, family law, tort liability, environmental law, and taxation—in any time
period from 1846 to the present.
On the leading position and nationwide influence of the California Supreme
Court, see the article on “Followed Rates” by Jake Dear and Edward W. Jessen:
http://lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/issues/41-2_Dear.pdf

California Supreme Court Historical Society

06/30/2012

Submissions to the George Hutchinson Writing Competition may discuss any topic that lies within the procedure, substance, or scope of the jurisdiction of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. 

Federal Circuit Bar Association

06/30/2012

The 2012 Edward F. Langs Writing Award seeks essays which make significant contributions to the knowledge and understanding of information technology law.

State Bar of Michigan Information Technology Section

06/30/2012

The Jacques Leroy International Prize Business and Human Rights Student Competition is open to all law students under the age of 30.  The prize is awarded for a submission which deals with the theme, "The Jurist and the Development of Human Rights in the Business World".

Union Internationale des Avocats

06/30/2012

The Chicago-Kent College of Law Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize is designed to honor an exemplary work of scholarship exploring the tension between civil liberties and national security in contemporary American society. 

Chicago-Kent College of Law

07/01/2012

Essays can be on any topic, and concern any matter, provided only that they somehow address the relationship between law and the Holocaust. Particularly welcome are essays which pursue the continuing significance of the Holocaust to law and human rights generally, and to the legal community and legal education in particular.

Faculty of Law, University of Alberta

07/01/2012

Each law school may certify up to 8 J.D. papers and 8 LL.M. papers. Papers must focus primarily upon technical or policy-oriented tax issues relating to any type of existing or proposed U.S. federal or state tax or taxation system (including topics relating to ethical and professional responsibility matters in tax practice).  Submissions must be sponsored by a faculty member.

All J.D. students who are planning to enter the competition must seek a faculty sponsor and inform JoAnne Rogers in J.D. Academic Services,( McDonough 352, jer78@law.georgetown.edu). All LL.M. students must inform Ellis Duncan in Graduate Programs, Hotung 6000, ged5@law.georgetown.edu.

 Contest deadline: 7/3/2013. 

Theodore Tannenwald, Jr. Foundation for Excellence in Tax Scholarship

07/01/2012

Submissions to the 2012 George Jay Joseph Education Law Writing Award may address one or more legal issues within any of the various contexts of education, including public and private K-12 schools and institutions of higher education, especially current and emerging issues in elementary and secondary public education.

Education Law Association

07/02/2012

Students who attend an ABA accredited law school in a SEAFWA state or who are legal residents of a SEAFWA state may submit papers on their own topic relating to fish and wildlife, habitat or conservation law or choose from the following topics: (1) constitutional issues relating to the state regulation of hunting and fishing, (2) criminal law issues related to the regulation of hunting and fishing, (3) liability of states for damages by wildlife, (4) privatization of fish and wildlife resources, (5) issues arising under the endangered species act, or (6) regulation of exotic wildlife/holding wildlife as pets/exotic wildlife trade and commerce. For a list of the states in SEAFWA, refer to http://www.seafwa.org.

Legal Committee of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

07/31/2012

The assignment for the 2012 Thomas J. Trenta Memorial Law Student Writing Competition is, as a first year law associate, write a research memo on the legal issue and considerations that arise with regard to the use, access, and intergration of Personal Health Records by health care systems. For the complete assignment and submission instructions, please visit the competition website. 

State Bar of Michigan Health Care Law Section

07/31/2012

Papers should discuss the interplay of International and National Law. Papers are judged based on the appeal of the special topic chosen, its argumentation, structure and compliance with formalities. Max. 3000 words

Goettingen Journal of International Law

08/15/2012

ATRIP's Essay Competition for Young Researchers in Intellectual Property Law invites authors no older than 33 as of 12/31/2012 to submit a paper on any topic related to intellectual property law.  Papers should be written in English or French.

International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property

08/31/2012

This competition, held in honor of Benjamin B. Ferencz, addresses the very difficult issue of the relationship between crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression, both as a matter of substantive law and jurisdiction.  In particular, given that the crime of aggression is not currently enforceable in the ICC, the essay should address whether illegal uses of force, interstate or otherwise, resulting in significant loss of life may currently be prosecutable before the ICC as crimes against humanity.

Washington University Law

08/31/2012

The candidate must be a Ph.D. student or starting researcher.  The article may be written in Dutch, English, German, or French on a subject which falls within the material scope encompassed by the objectives of the Ius Commune Research School. 

Ius Commune Research School

09/01/2012

Papers must address a topic within the field of economic, social and cultural rights or human rights-based approaches to economic and social justice.

Northeastern University School of Law

09/01/2012

Papers submitted to the Shannon Bybee Scholarship Award shall enhance the understanding of gaming law or recommend a beneficial change in gaming law.

International Association of Gaming Advisors

09/04/2012

Submissions to the James E. Beckley Securities Arbitration and Law Writing Competition may address any aspect of Securities law; Securities arbitration; The Federal Arbitration Act, Title 9, US Code, Section 1-14; or FINRA Code of Arbitration, effective April 16, 2007 and any changes or proposed changes to that Code. 

Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association

09/10/2012

For the 2012 Competition, submissions must address the following topic: Under what standard should a court subject an employee's non-business personal computing activities (e.g., social media, documents stored on a personal computer, and/or personal email accounts) to civil discovery involving her or his employer?

Redgrave LLP and Dish Network LLC

10/13/2012

1. Immigration Law and 
2. Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform (ex. Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 50 (2010))

National Law Review

10/15/2012

The topic may be any subject in the field of securities law.

Association of Securities and Exchange Commission Alumni, Inc.

11/15/2012

The topic may be any subject in the field of securities law.

ASECA Alumni

11/16/2012

1. Healthcare Law and
2. Social Media Legislation in Relation to Labor and Employment Law

National Law Review

11/19/2012

Any student-authored paper on a pro-life topic that is published, scheduled, or accepted for publication in a law journal between January 1, 2012 and November 30, 2012 may be submitted. For the purposes of this competition, a law journal includes 1) any official law review or journal at an ABA-accredited law school or 2) publication of the American Bar Association that is available on the Westlaw and LexisNexis legal research databases.

Mass Citizens for Life

11/30/2012

An essay may be submitted to the Victoria Fisher Memorial Prize by any person regardless of qualifications provided the candidate has never had work published in a learned journal or in or as a non-fiction book.  The essay may be on any topic relating to Women and the Law.

University of Leicester, United Kingdom

11/30/2012

Eligible entries will discuss some aspect of consumer financial services law. Ordinarily such matters as securities regulation, insurance, and the safety and soundness aspects of banking regulation are not eligible, but works on subjects within these (or other) areas will be considered if they bear directly on consumer financial services.

American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers

12/01/2012

Accepting submissions regarding any timely, compelling aspect of labor and employment law.

New York State Bar Association

12/03/2012

Students are encouraged to submit substantive papers which advance and serve the interests and understanding of health law on any emerging topic.

ABA Health Law Section

12/07/2012

Law students are invited to submit publishable papers on subjects relating to the protection of intellectual property not published elsewhere, scheduled for publication, or awarded another prize. Students not enrolled in a law school in New York may submit papers so long as they are members of the New York State Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section.

New York State Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section

12/07/2012

The CAP Essay Contest is intended to foster debate, analysis and examination of state alcohol regulation and its implications for citizens across the United States. The prompt for this year's contest is "If a country were starting alcohol regulation from scratch, what regulatory framework would you advise it to create and why?"

Center for Alcohol Policy

12/14/2012

Each law school may nominate papers to the Mendes Hershman Student Writing Competition.  The paper shall be on a high quality business law topic written in the 2011-2012 or current academic year by a student currently enrolled in the law school’s J.D. program.  Papers must be sponsored by a law school professor or Dean, so be sure to seek a professor or Dean's approval no later than December 17th to allow them time to approve.

If you need help in gaining this approval, please turn in your paper (hard copy plus Word file) to JoAnne Rogers in J.D. Academic Services, McDonough 352, no later than December 21st, 2012. 

Deadlines:
Submit to JoAnne Rogers or get a nomination from a professor by:
12/21/2012
Contest deadline:
1/18/2013

ABA Section of Business Law

12/21/2012

Papers should address a topical issue of interest to the construction industry.

ABA Forum On The Construction Industry

12/31/2012

This contest is open to JD students currently enrolled.  LLM students are not eligible. Authors must research and identify a compelling legal issue confronting the music industry, and propose a solution.

All Winners receive a free trip to the Grammy Awards show.

Grammy Foundation and ABA Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries

01/03/2013

Submissions to the Hirsch Bioethics Student Writing Competition may deal with any aspect of legal medicine, including medical licensure and regulation of the profession, business aspects of medical practice, physician liability, managed care organizations, pharmaceutical manufacturers, public health law, the physician-patient relationship, care of special patients, food and drug law, medical research, forensic science, and the history of legal medicine.

American College of Legal Medicine

01/04/2013

Any original paper concerning federal taxation between 20-50 double spaced pages is welcome.

Federal Bar Association Section of Taxation

01/07/2013

Entries should demonstrate original thought on a question of legal and/or policy significance relating to the symposium topic of the role of public lands and oceans in America’s energy future. The topic is not confined to any particular type of public land or issue in energy or environmental law or policy. Entries will be evaluated based on: (1) originality; (2) contribution to the understanding or development of the fields of energy, environmental and public land law; (3) quality of scholarship; and (4) quality and organization of writing.

University of Montana School of Law

01/14/2013

Legal issues affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender communities.

Charles R. Williams Project on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at the UCLA School of Law.

01/18/2013

The Ladas Student Writing Award will be given to the best paper on the subject of trademark law or a matter that directly relates to or affects trademarks.

International Trademark Association and Ladas & Parry LLP

01/18/2013

Judges for the Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employement and Labor Law will consider papers on any topic relating to the law governing the workplace, such as employment law, labor law, employee benefits, or employment discrimination.  Only the first two submissions per law school will be accepted as entries for consideration.

Jackson Lewis LLP and Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Institute for Law and the Workplace

01/22/2013

Judges will consider papers on any topic relating to the law governing the workplace, such as employment law, labor law, employee benefits, or employment discrimination.

Jackson Lewis LLP and IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law's Institute for Law and the Workplace

01/22/2013

 Entrants should take advantage of the fact that health law is a very broad and diverse field, encompassing aspects of almost every area of law. Papers may address any traditional area 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). Entries in the top 20 percent will be considered for publication in the Annals of Health Law, which is published by the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

Epstein Becker & Green, P.C

01/25/2013

Papers will be accepted on any issue concerning American Indian Law. However, topics recently published in the American Law Review will not be favored.

American Indian Law Review

01/31/2013

The Competition seeks submissions of academic papers on the topic of international humanitarian law (IHL) from students currently enrolled in a law degree program in the United States or abroad. The purpose of the Competition is to enhance scholarship and deepen understanding among students in this important area of international law.
 

American Society of International Law and the Washington College of Law

01/31/2013

The 2013 topic is: Is Democracy for Sale?\

Have Citizen United's holdings run amok?
Legal Challenges left to Super Pacs?
Can funding disclosure be required?

Intent to Enter: January 31, 2013
Essay Deadline: March 31, 2013

Public Justice Foundation

01/31/2013

Law students currently enrolled or graduating can write eligible articles of general interest to the antitrust law community, including: Civil and Criminal Antitrust Law, Competition Policy, Consumer Protection, and International CompetitionLaw.

ABA Antitrust Law Section

02/01/2013

In Spring 2013, the US Supreme Court is likely to issue its decision on Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, 621 F. 3d 111 (2d Cir. 2010), cert. granted, 80 U.S.L.W. 3237 (U.S. Oct. 17, 2011) (No. 10-1491), involving a claim under Alien Tort Statute, which allows US courts to recognize cause of action for violation of the law of nations occurring within the territory of a sovereign nation other than the US. Here is your chance to weigh in as an amicus curiae on how the court should rule. 

Associate Justice Antonin Scalia will present the winner(s) at a US Supreme Court evening reception on Friday, April 27, 2013 during the ABA International Section Spring 2013 Meeting

ABA Section of International Law

02/01/2013

Friends of IT-Lex, who are also law students in good standing at an ABA accredited law school, can enter our technology law writing competition.
 
The prizes?  First place will receive $5,000.00 USD, second place $1,000.00 USD, and third place $500.00 USD- plus the prize-winners will be published in the IT-Lex Journal, and will receive invitations to become write-on Members and a part of the IT-Lex Law Review.
 

IT-Lex

02/01/2013

Submissions should be related to regulatory or administrative law, broadly construed. Appropriate subjects include empirical or comparative analyses of the effectiveness of specific regulatory regimes or of deregulation, doctrinal investigations of the development of administrative law rules or principles by courts and administrative agencies and the effects of that development, and normative analyses of how particular regulatory or administrative regimes or deregulation advance or fail to advance values of fairness, participation, and transparency.

American Constitution Society for Law and Policy

02/13/2013

 The article must have a publication date of the previous year even if it actually printed at a later date. The article may have appeared in any publication printed at your law school, including law reviews and journals, and may be a note, a comment, or an article.

The subject of the article can be devoted to any legal topic.

The length of the article is not limited.

Only one article may be submitted on behalf of a law school.

Only deans or their designees may nominate an applicant.

At least one author or coauthor must have been enrolled in the calendar year when the article was published.

Coauthors are permitted. Please provide the name, address, telephone number, fax and email of each contributing author.

This completed nomination form together with a copy of the article should be submitted online at www.burtonawards.com and must be received by February 20, 2013. If mailed, the nomination form must still be filled out online and two hard copies must be sent.

Please note: A 150 word narrative biographical summary written in the third person will be required for each winner together with a color photo. While competition is very keen, for convenience purposes, the bio and photo can be submitted electronically at the time of the application.

Burton Awards

02/20/2013

The 2013 Contest Essay Hypothetical involves questions about a law firm’s potential malpractice exposure when it relied upon a third-party vendor to provide document review services for a client, which ultimately resulted in the release of privileged documents.

ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability

02/22/2013

ACS welcomes all student papers furthering and promoting a progressive vision of the Constitution, law, and public policy.

American Constitution Society for Law and Policy

02/22/2013

We invite papers on current issues regarding bankruptcy jurisdiction, bankruptcy litigation, or evidence in bankruptcy cases or proceedings. The paper may address business or consumer cases and may include matters such as bankruptcy sales, plan confirmation and other topics that involve jurisdiction, litigation or evidence in the bankruptcy courts.

American Bankruptcy Institute

03/01/2013

Submissions to the Trandafir Writing Competition may address any topic of contemporary international business or economic concern with a legal nexus.

Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems and University of Iowa College of Law

03/01/2013

Papers should address any legal issue regarding affordable housing and/or community development law.

ABA Affordable Housing and Community Development Forum Committee

03/08/2013

The topic for this year's writing competition is:
 
The Evolving Tension between Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Religion, and Hate Speech and Blasphemy Laws
 
There is growing tension, both domestically and internationally, between freedom of expression, freedom of religion, and the judicial or legislative restrictions on those freedoms. Many state and national constitutions provide for the protection of speech and religion, as do many international treaties. However, the scope of these freedoms has been the subject of increasing debate and limitation, with such limitations often being couched in terms of "hate speech" and "blasphemy" laws.
 
Scholars are invited to address this growing tension in a manner that best expresses the depth and scope of this continually evolving issue.
 

Trinity Law School

03/25/2013

Members of the ABA’s Law School Division may submit papers addressing a current topic in a legal area covered by one of the substantive law committees of the ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section.

ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section

04/01/2013

Any hot topic in international arbitration. 

International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution

04/01/2013

SOCIAL MEDIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR CRIMINAL LAW, PRACTICE, AND PROCEDURE. Any timely and important topic relating to developments in criminal law or procedure influenced by or related to social media. Such topics might include the Fourth Amendment implications of social media in criminal matters, privacy interests, the role or impact of social media on other substantive legal issues or investigative practices and the ethical implications relating to the same, the use of social media evidence in investigations and trials, and the impact and influence of social media on jurors.

ABA Criminal Justice Section

04/10/2013

Submissions to the Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest may be on any aspect of family law.

ABA Family Law Section

04/12/2013

Submissions to the ELI-ABA-NAELS “Endangered Environmental Laws” writing competition may address recent developments or trends in U.S. environmental law that have a significant constitutional or “federalism” component. Students may choose one of the sample topics or develop their own constitutional environmental law topic.

The Environmental Law Institute; The ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources; and The National Association of Environmental Law Societies

04/12/2013

Entrants should submit an essay on the topic below:
There have been a number of recent legislative proposals that concern our right to vote, ranging from redistricting for purposes of Congressional voting
districts to laws affecting voter eligibility. Please identify one or more examples of such proposed or actual laws from anywhere in the country and discuss
whether these laws unconstitutionally infringe on the right to vote. You may want to consider any manner in which these laws affect the right to vote,
either by strengthening or weakening our republic. For example, you might want to consider whether these examples are modern day poll taxes, efforts to
suppress the vote or needed improvements to avoid voter fraud. Essays must be no longer than seven 8 ½ x 11” pages.
Essays must be submitted on or before the deadline of April 16. Emails will be accepted until midnight April 16. However, entries sent by mail or hand
delivered must be received in the office by April 16, 2010. at 5:00 p.m. Finalists will be scheduled for interviews. Entries will be judged by a panel of
attorneys and/or judges, and will be scored on the basis of both substance and form.
Should you have questions or desire any additional information, please contact Attorney Gloria Johnson at 301-390-2222. Submissions will not be
accepted by facsimile.
How to apply- Email to: GJLaw75@aol.com or Mail to Gloria Johnson 1300 Mercantile Lane, Suite 139 Largo, Maryland 20774

Washington Bar Association

04/16/2013

Submissions to the Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition should concern any issue within the general category of legal ethics.

Notre Dame Law School

04/26/2013

Entrants should submit an essay, article, or comment on an issue concerning Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code.

National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees

04/30/2013

Papers may discuss any topic relating to administrative law.The competition is open to currently enrolled students of ABA-accredited law schools who are also members of the ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice. Submissions can include papers submitted for a law school course, law review notes and comments, or pieces written specifically for the competition. Essays must be the work of the submitting student without substantial editorial input from others. Co-authored papers are ineligible. Only one essay may be submitted per entrant.
 

ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice

05/01/2013

Entrants to the Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition should submit a paper on an issue concerning women’s rights or the status of women in the law.

National Association of Women Lawyers

05/01/2013

Entries may address any aspect of public or private sector labor and/or employment law relevant to the American labor and employment bar. Articles may address U.S. law, international law of relevance to U.S. labor and employment attorneys, or how a legal topic is treated in states across the country, but papers limited to the law of a single state will not be considered.  Students are encouraged to discuss a public policy issue, practical implications of a leading case or doctrine, a statute or the need for statutory modification, or a common law doctrine.  Submissions must be submitted by 6:00 p.m. (EDST) on 5/15/2013 to swan@laborandemploymentcollege.org using the subject line, "Writing Competition".

College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, Inc.

05/15/2013

Entries must be submitted on a subject of practical concern to lawyers engaged in the defense or management of the defense of civil litigation, such as relevant aspects of tort law, insurance law, civil procedure, evidence, damages, alternative dispute resolution procedures, and professional ethics.

International Association of Defense Counsel

05/17/2013