Currently Active Writing Competitions
Students interested in participating in any of the competitions listed below should obtain a complete copy of the competition rules. Competition rules are available at the websites listed below or in the Writing Competition Binder located in the Office of Academic Affairs, Hotung 4300. Also, please visit the ABA’s list of writing competitions.
Annual Writing Competition
Each year The American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers seeks to recognize written contributions to the field of U.S. consumer financial services law. Eligible papers include publishable articles, substantial book reviews, or book chapters; books; and student case note or comment. Official publications of or by government agencies are not eligible. In any year, depending on the quality of the submissions, awards may be made in all, some, or none of these three categories.
Guidelines For 2024
Eligible entries must discuss some aspect of U.S. consumer financial services law. Topics that relate principally to securities regulation, bankruptcy, insurance, or 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 U.S. consumer financial services law.
The deadline for entry is November 1, 2023, and entries are eligible if they have been written or published within the twelve months preceding that date. Eligible entries may be submitted by authors directly or by third parties on behalf of authors. (If submitted by a third party on behalf of an author, the submitter must obtain author consent and provide author contact information.) Unpublished manuscripts should be double-spaced and conform to law review standards. All entries should be submitted in electronic format.
Entries for the 2024 competition should be submitted via email to:
Nessa E. Feddis, Esquire
Writing Competition Chair
American Bankers Association
Please email Nessa E Feddis and Jean Heckhaus
American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers (ACCFSL)
The awards include a cash payment ($5,000 for books, $3,500 for articles, reviews, or book chapters; and $1,500 for student work), a certificate or other token of recognition, and (if applicable) travel expenses to attend the College’s annual dinner (if held, typically in conjunction with the Spring Meeting of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association).
11/01/2023
Irving Pollack Memorial Student Writing Scholarship
The Pollack Scholarship was created to encourage law students at Georgetown, in both the JD and the graduate program to write papers on the subject of ethics and/or integrity in relation to securities law.
All students who have at least one semester remaining to complete their degree after the fall semester of 2023 are eligible to submit papers. Papers written during the spring semester are welcome.
The due date for papers to be considered for the scholarship is December 4, 2023. In light of this early due date, students may submit drafts of papers written in the fall on or before this date even if final versions have not yet been submitted for a course or seminar.
To be eligible, a paper must be on the subject of ethics and/or integrity in relation to the
securities laws and prepared for the student’s course work or extracurricular activities at Georgetown in 2023.
Submissions should be emailed to Professor Donald Langevoort (langevdc@law.georgetown.edu) with “Pollack Scholarship Submission” in the subject line of the email. A committee of members of the faculty will select the winning paper from among those submitted.
The Association of SEC Alumni and the Securities Law Section of the Federal Bar Association
The 2023 scholarship is $5,500, which will be credited against the winner’s tuition for the spring semester.
12/04/2023
ETO Analytic Writing Contest
CSET is excited to announce the ETO Analytic Writing Contest. Open to all Georgetown students, the contest will recognize compelling student work using the Emerging Technology Observatory, CSET’s public platform for insight into the global science and technology landscape.
For more information, visit eto.tech/contest or access the document below in Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rsczDJ8PuzKDpau5OF-PDUqzSrosYJvQ/view?usp=sharing
Entries are due December 22, 2023.
Winners will receive prizes up to $200 and the opportunity to brief their findings to CSET experts. Winning work may also be featured on the ETO website and social media accounts.
12/22/2023