Category Archives: WRITING AND ADVOCACY COMPETITIONS

Description: The American Judges Association (AJA) announces its annual essay competition, which is open to all full-time law students enrolled in and attending an accredited law school in the United States or Canada.  Essays submitted for the 2012 competition MUST…

Description: Named for the late Tax Court Judge Theodore Tannenwald, Jr., and designed to perpetuate his dedication to legal scholarship of the highest quality, the Tannenwald Writing Competition is open to all full- or part-time law school students, undergraduate or…

Description: The Hogan/Smoger Access to Justice Essay Contest offers law students an opportunity to receive reward and recognition for expounding on whether and how the courts can be used to obtain justice.  The topic for the 2012 contest is: “Are Factory Farms…

Description: For too long, the public debate over the role of the judiciary in American society has been consumed by a battle between two empty slogans: “judicial activism” and “judicial restraint.”  The Institute for Justice’s Center for Judicial Engagement seeks…

Description: The Environmental Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan announces its Eleventh Annual Environmental Law Essay Contest, which provides a great opportunity for law students to investigate an environmental law topic of interest to Michigan lawyers, get a…

Description: The Criminal Law Section of the State Bar of California is pleased to invite the students to participate in our 2012 (Fourth Annual) Competition for Student Papers in the Area of Criminal Law and/or Criminal Procedure.  To be eligible…

Description: The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law are pleased to announce their 2011-2012 writing competition. This competition is open to articles written while the author is a student at an…

Description: The New York State Bar Association has announced the 24th Annual Professor William R. Ginsberg Memorial Essay Contest, which is sponsored by the Environmental Law Section of the NYSBA.  Essays on any topic in environmental law are acceptable, provided…

Source: www.aipla.org Deadline: June 30th, 2011. Details: Author of the best article on a subject relating to the protection of intellectual property written or published. 1st Prize: $2000 cash prize and a trip to Washington, DC. (where reasonable expenses will be…

Source: http://www.endangeredlaws.org/ Deadline: April 11, 2011. Details: The U.S. Constitution has long been interpreted by the courts and understood by most Americans to support comprehensive environmental protections. However, arguments questioning the constitutional legitimacy of environmental law have continued to gain…

Source:http://www.uiowa.edu/~tlcp/trandafir_competition.html Deadline: February 1, 2011 Details: 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. The competition is open…

Source: http://www.planning.org/divisions/planningandlaw/writingcompetition/ Deadline: June 6, 2011 Details: The Planning & Law Division of the American Planning Association announces its 28th Annual Smith-Babcock-Williams Student Writing Competition. The Competition, which honors the memory of three leading figures in American city planning law…

Source: www.culturalheritagelaw.org/competition Deadline: June 11, 2010 Details: The Lawyers’ Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation is pleased to announce its 2010 Student Writing Competition in Cultural Heritage Preservation Law. Suitable papers may address any aspect of cultural heritage law, including art,…

The Source: The Phil Cowan Memorial/BMI Scholarship – NYSBA | Home Deadline: December 10 Description: The Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section of the New York State Bar Association (EASL), in partnership with BMI, the world’s largest music performing rights…

Source: http://www.nysba.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Student_Writing_Competition Deadline: June 30, 2011 Description: The Committee on Animals and the Law was established to provide information resources for the New York State Bar Association’s members and the public about non-human, animal related humane issues, which arise from…

Source: FBA Writing Competition Announcement-2011.pdf Deadline: January 12, 2011 Description The Federal Bar Association Section on Taxation sponsors an annual writing competition and invites law students to participate.  The Section on Taxation has recently named the annual competition the Donald…

Source: http://library.wcl.american.edu/writing/flyers/grammy_2011.pdf Thank you for requesting information about the GRAMMY Foundation® Entertainment Law Initiative (ELI) Writing Competition. In its thirteenth year, ELI promotes discussion and debate on the most compelling legal issues facing the music industry today. The initiative also promotes…

Source: http://www.nysba.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Writing_Competition To be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Intellectual Property Law Section, January 25, 2011, New York, NY to the authors of the best publishable papers on subjects relating to the protection of intellectual property not published…

Source: http://criminallaw.calbar.ca.gov/ The Criminal Law Section of the State Bar of California is pleased to announce its Third Annual Competition for Student Papers in Criminal Law and/or Criminal Procedure PRIZES GRAND PRIZE ♦             $500 cash prize ♦ The Grand…

Source: http://www.secalumni.org/content.asp?contentid=4 The writing competition awards program is held in the fall of each year and is available to students currently enrolled at an accredited degree-granting law school in the United States. Both undergraduate and graduate law students are eligible. The topic…