Previous Writing Competitions
This list of Previous Writing Competitions may be helpful as you make long-range plans. Often, sponsors repeat their contests, and the deadline may fall at the same approximate time of year. If you are interested in a Writing Competition on this list, please verify the topic, prize, and due date with the sponsor. For a list of current Writing Competitions with upcoming deadlines, please click “Currently Active Writing Competitions.”
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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.
Due Date: 1/14/2013 |
ACS welcomes all student papers furthering and promoting a progressive vision of the Constitution, law, and public policy.
Due Date: 02/22/2013 |
Papers submitted to the Shannon Bybee Scholarship Award shall enhance the understanding of gaming law or recommend a beneficial change in gaming law.
Due Date: 9/4/2012 |
Papers must address a topic within the field of economic, social and cultural rights or human rights-based approaches to economic and social justice.
Due Date: 9/1/2012 |
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.
Due Date: 8/31/2012 |
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.
Due Date: 8/31/2012 |
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
Due Date: 8/15/2012 |
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.
Due Date: 7/31/2012 |
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.
Due Date: 7/31/2012 |
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.?
Due Date: 7/1/2012 |
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.
Due Date: 7/1/2012 |
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.
Due Date: 7/1/2012 |
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).
Due Date: 6/8/2012 |
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.
Due Date: 6/30/2012 |
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".
Due Date: 6/30/2012 |
Original, unpublished scholarly writing on any aspect of California legal
Due Date: 6/30/2012 |
The 2012 Edward F. Langs Writing Award seeks essays which make significant contributions to the knowledge and understanding of information technology law.
Due Date: 6/30/2012 |
Articles may concern any topic on animal law.
Due Date: 6/29/2012 |
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.
Due Date: 6/1/2012 |
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.
Due Date: 6/1/2012 |
Submissions to the Robert T. Matsui Annual Writing Competition may be on any topic that reasonably relates to Asian Pacific Americans and the law.
Due Date: 6/1/2012 |
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.
Due Date: 6/1/2012 |
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.
Due Date: 5/15/2012 |
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.
Due Date: 5/1/2012 |
Entries should address a procedural or substantive issue in international investment arbitration.
Due Date: 5/1/2012 |
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