Category Archives: WRITING AND ADVOCACY COMPETITIONS

Description:  The James E. Beckley Securities Arbitration and Law Writing Competition is a writing contest for law students interested in Securities Arbitration and Securities Law.  The PIABA Bar Journal Board-of-Editors will publish the first place paper, and may, at their…

 Description: The Association of Securities and Exchange Commission Alumni is pleased to announce their annual student writing competition.  The writing competition awards program is held in the fall of each year and is available to students currently enrolled at an…

Description: The D. M. Harish Foundation is pleased to announce their 14th edition of the D. M. Harish Memorial Government Law College International Moot Court Competition (DMH). The competition will be hosted at the Government Law College in Mumbai, India,…

Description: The Association of Securities and Exchange Commission Alumni presents it’s annual writing competiton, which awards prizes for outstanding papers in the field of securities law. Unpublished papers, papers published in any law journal or other publication during calendar year 2012, and…

Description: The American Judges Association (AJA) is pleased to announce its twenty-fourth annual essay competition open to all full-time law students enrolled in and attending an accredited law school in the United States or Canada. Eligible entries submitted for the…

Description: The Inter-American Bar Association (IABA) is pleased to announce their student writing competition. The IABA award prizes at each of its annual conferences for the three best research monographs presented by law students throughout the Americas. To be eligible…

Description: The Berkeley Technology Law Journal is pleased to announce their annual student writing competition.  The Berkeley Technology Law Journal strives to keep judges, policymakers, practitioners, and the academic community abreast of the dynamic field of technology law.  Eligible entries…

Description: The University of Connecticut School of Law has announced its third annual Student Legal Writing Competition.  The competition encourages and rewards original writing on legal issues facing persons affected by homelessness, mental illness, addiction or substance abuse. Application Deadline:…

Description: The New York State Bar Association Committee on Animals and the Law has announced its fifth annual student writing competition.  Law students (J.D., L.L.M., Ph.D., and S.J.D. candidates) are invited to submit an article to the Committee concerning any…

Description: The Union Internationale des Avocats (International Association of Lawyers – UIA) is organizing a major event for law students for the third time: the Jacques Leroy international prize will reward a law student of less than 30 years for…

Description: The American College of Employee Benefits Counsel announces the Eighth Annual Employee Benefits Writing Competition.  Submitted papers may cover any topic in the field of employee benefits law.  Applicants must be enrolled in law school. Application Deadline: 6/1/2012 1st…

Description: The International Association of Defense Counsel announces its 2012 Legal Writing Contest, which is open to students in accredited law schools in the United States and Canada.  Entries must be the original work of a single author, not previously…

Description: In conjunction with the Sovereignty Symposium XXV, which will be held June 11 and June 12, 2012 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, a scholarly collection of legal and historical writings will be presented to all participants.  The subject matter of…

Description: Each year, Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems, in conjunction with the University of Iowa College of Law International and Comparative Law Program, conducts an annual world affairs student writing competition.  Open to law students and to graduate students in…

Description: Sponsored by the ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability and Long & Levit LLP, this year’s contest hypothetical involves an international law firm and ethics questions concerning how the firm handles engagement letters, office restructuring, and taking on…

Description: The Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law (WCL) and the American Society of International Law’s Lieber Society (ASIL) announce the second International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Student Writing Competition.  This competition aims…

Description: The American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources announces its Energy Law Student Writing Competition, and invites students to submit entries on issues addressing: “Are past legal constructions for the development of other resources effective prologues, or…