::Writing Competitions

Monday, February 16, 2004

Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition
Notre Dame Law School sponsors an annual writing competition on the topic of legal ethics.

The competition is open to all law students at U.S. & Canadian law schools.

Entries should concern any issue within the general category of legal ethics.

Entries must be original, unpublished work.

Prize of $1,000 will be awarded for one winning entry.

All entries must be received before 5 p.m., Friday, April 30, 2004.

Posted By: Student Affairs

Monday, February 02, 2004

2003-2004 George Hutchinson Writing Contest
Entries to this contest may discuss any topic that lies within the procedure, substance, or scope of the jurisdiction of the Federal Circuit.

The competition is open to all law students enrolled in ABA accredited law schools. We permit and encourage students to base their entries on papers that they prepared for law school courses and seminars during the 2003/2004 school year.

Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000) will be awarded to the entry deemed by the judges to be the best entry and to merit the award. Second and third place cas prizes may also be awarded at the discretion of the judges. In additon, the winner will receive significant favorable publicity.

Must be postmarked before June 1, 2004.

Posted By: Student Affairs

Monday, January 26, 2004

2004 Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition
The objective of the Competition is to increase the interest in the law of Copyright and to improve the style of legal writing. This is for third-year law students.

At each participating law school, a first and second prize will be awarded to students whose papers are certified by the Dean as the best essays on any aspect of Copyright Law.

Prize money is $600 for first prize and $250 for second prize. All first place local winners will be eligible to participate in a national competition. The entries will be judged by a panel to be selected by, and in the sole discretion of, the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. The judges may award first, second and third natinal prizes, for which ASCAP will give cash prize of $3,000, $2,000 and $1,000 respectively. The national award winners may also be eligible for publication on the Journal of The Copyright Society.

Deadline: June 30, 2004.

Posted By: Student Affairs

American Helath Lawyers Association
2003-2004 Student Writing Competition on Corporate Responsibility in Healthcare Organizations.

Application of new corporate responsibility rules to the healthcare sector, with its extensive regulatory underpinnings and unique mix of investor-owned and non-profit entities, provides students with a wide range of issues on which to focus their papers, including, but not limited to: Oversight duties of board members; Criminal liability for breaches of ethics; Conflicts of interest in board service; Audit committee liability, responsibility, and conflicts; and Disclosure issues.

Deadline: April 1, 2004

Prizes: 1st $500, plus an all-expenses-paid trip (travel, lodging, and registration fees) to Health Lawyers' Annual Meeting; 2nd $350; 3rd $250 (Health Lawyers will also provide the 2nd & 3rd prize winners with complimentary registration for the Association's 2004 Annual Meeting).

Posted By: Student Affairs

Monday, December 15, 2003

2003-2004 Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law
Topic: 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.

Entries must be the law student author's own work and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors must have completed or be currently taking course work in employment or labor law, and must be enrolled in an accreditied law school during the Fall 2003 semester.

Awards: One top honors award of $3,000 and two $1,000 awards will be presented to the top three entries.

Deadline: January 19, 2004.

Posted By: Student Affairs

Foley & Lardner 5th Annual Intellectual Property Writing Competition
Acceptable topics are as broad as a candidate's initiative, creativity, and vision. Representative examples include, but are not limited to: Focus on metrics or other measurements of intellectual asset management performance; Protecing intellectual property rights to maximize competitive opportunites; Extracting untapped value from intellectual property; Auditing patents to determine whether they should be enforced, licensed, donated, or terminated; identifying prospective IP licensees.

Eligiblilty: Individuals who are currently enrolled in their first or second year of a three-year full-time Juris Doctor program.

Prizes: One $5,000 Grand prize to one first year law student. One $5,000 Grand prize to one second year law student; three Honorable Mentin prizes.

Deadline: May 15, 2004 before midnight.

Posted By: Student Affairs

The American Bar Association Section of Business Law
Each law school, acting through its dean, is asked to nominate, by Febrauary 3, 2004, a ppaer considering aspects of business law written in the 2002-2003 or current academic year by a student enrolled in the law school.

The paper may be specifically prepared for this contest; submitted in a class, seminar, or as an independent study; or a proposed law review/journal not, comment or article.

The contest encourage and reward law student writings on business law subject of general and current interest.

Prizes: 1th place $2,500; 2nd place $1,000; 3rd place $500.

"Business Law" is a broad category. Without attempting to define the area precisely, the subject is intended to include matters within law school curricula in courses entitle: Bankruptcy, Business Law, Business Org., Commerical Law, Contracts, Corporate Finance, Corporations, Employment Law, Professional Responsibility, Remedies, Secured Transactions, Securities Regularion.

Posted By: Student Affairs

The American Business Law Journal Writing Contest
Entries should address any area of business law, broadly interpreted, including but not liminted to antitrust, banking, bankruptcy, business organization, contracts, environmental, constitutional, e-commerce, employment, ethics, financial, internatinal, property, securities, and torts.

Only original, previously unpublished papers written by a single author are eligible. They may have been prepared for course credit or for journal submission.

Cash prize: $1,000

Deadline for submissions is March 1, 2004

Posted By: Student Affairs

Paralyzed Veterans of Amercia legal Writing Competition
Topic: Should members of the Board of Veterans' Appeals be required to qualify as administrative law judges?

Entrants should address this question and support the result; PVA hopes to receive articles reaching all possible conclusions. Entrants may wish to address the nature of the judicial function, the various models of adjudication and the history of ALJs.

Prizes of $1,000.00 each will be awarded to the law student entries deemed by the judges to be the best entry on each side of the issue.

Cash prizes of $500.00 each will be awarded to the professional entries deemed by the judges to be the best entry on each side of the issue.

Other cash prizes may also be awarded at the discretion of the judges to papers of particular merit.

In addition, the winner will receive active assistance from PVA in publishing the paper in appropriate professional publications and/or presenting the paper at appropriate professional association gatherings.

Submissions must be received no later than February 17, 2004.

Posted By: Student Affairs

Friday, November 07, 2003

Chief Justice John B. Doolin Writing Competition
The subject matter of the paper may be on any area of the law relating to Native Americans or other indigenous peoples.

Prizes: 1st $500; 2nd $300; 3rd $200

The winning entry will also be published in the 2003 Symposium compendium of materials. Second and third place entries will be published is space permits.

Deadline: March 15, 2004.

Posted By: Student Affairs

Oklahoma Supreme Court - Ed Edmondson Scholarship
Applicants should demonstrate an interest in and dedication to Native American law issues and the need for a scholarship in a letter of application.

A maximum of one hundred, Symposium tuition only scholarships will be offered in his name.

Deadline: May 10, 2004

Posted By: Student Affairs

Oklahoma Supreme Court - Susan J. Ferrell Scholarhsip
Applicants should demonstrate an interest in and contribution to Native American Legal issues by letter of application.

Award: One full (tuition, meals, and travel) scholarship to the Sovereignty Symposium XVI.

Deadline: April 1, 2004

Posted By: Student Affairs

Friday, September 19, 2003

Asian Law Journal Student Writing Competition
Asisan Law Journal is sponsoring a student writing competition to encourage legal scholarship addressing the legal issues affecting Asian Pacific Americans.

Entrants must be students currently enrolled at an accredited law school or recent law school graduates.

Submissions must be original, unplublished works exploring legal issues that impact the Asian Pacific American community. They welcome focused analyses of individual Asian Pacific American ethnic groups, as well as discussions of domestic or international issues affecting, Asian Pacific American in general.

Submissions must be at least twenty-five pages, double-spaced, 12 point font, with one inch margins.

Submissions should include a cover letter with the author's name, current address, current telephone number, and current e-mail address. In addition, authors shouldsend a Microsoft Word versioin of the manuscript either (1) on an IBM formatted 3.5 floppy disk or (2) via e-mail to jjk830@boalthall.berkeley.edu.

Citations must be at the bottom of the page and conform to a A Uniform System of Citation (17th ed.).

Submission Deadline: Postmarked by October 31, 2003.

Winning entry will receive a cash award of $250.

Mail two copies of each submission to:
Asian Law Journal
Attn: John Kim, Senior Notes & Comments Editor
University of California at Berekely School of Law (Boalt Hall)
589 Simon Hall
Berekely, CA 94720

e-mail: asianlj@law.berkeley.edu

Posted By: Student Affairs

NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund
The subject of the contest is "The Right of the Individual to Keep and Bear Arms as a Federally Protected Right."

The contest is open to all individuals who are law students. Papers shuld be double spaced, not exceed 30 pages in length, exclusive of endnotes, of law review quality, and cannot have been previously published. Citations should conform with A Uniform System of Citation, current edition.

Postmarked on or before May 31, 2004. The authors's full name, address, and phone numbers, as well as a brief discourse on the author's legal education, should accompany entries.

Cash prizes: 1st place $5,000; 2nd place $3,000; 3rd place $2,000; and 4th place $1,000.

Posted By: Student Affairs

NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund
Scholarhsips are being awarded to law students who submit articiles on the constitutional right to keep and bear arms of quality suitable for publication in a law review journal.

Students should be in good standing in an accredited law school as a 3rd year law school student as of Fall,2003.

Papers cannot have been previously published.

Citations should conform with AUniform System of Citation, current edition.

Deadline June 1, 2004

Prizes: 1st place $12,500; 2nd place $5,000; 3rd place $2,500.

NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund
Office of General Counsel
11250 Waples Mill Raod
Fairfax, VA 22030

Phone: (703) 267-1250

Posted By: Student Affairs

Entertainment Law Initiative Legal Writing Competition
ELI invites lw students to write a 3,000-word essay on a legal topric facing the music industry today.

A cash scholarship of $5,000 is awarded to the suthor of the winning paper, and $1,500 is awarded to each of four runners up. Additionally, each winner will receive airfare, hotel accommodations, and a ticket to the GRAMMY Awards telecast on Feb. 23, as well as invitations to other GRAMMY wwek activities.

For more information about ELI and the Recordeing Academy, Please go to www.grammy.com

Posted By: Student Affairs

AAUW Educational Foundation
This is for Women graduate students in designated fields tradiitonally underrepresented by women can receive one-year fellowships from the American Association of University Woment (AAUW) Educational Foundation. The Law fellowship is for women of color.

For applications:
AAUW Educational Foundation
c/o Customer Service Center, Dept 143
2201 N Dodge St.
Iowa City, IA 52243-4030

Phone: 319-337-1716, ext. 143
or visit our website at:
http://www.aauw.org/3000/fdnfelgra/selectprof.html

Deadline:Nov. 15, 2003

Posted By: Student Affairs

Friday, March 21, 2003

APA -20th annual R. Marlin Smith Student Writing Competition
The Competition is open to law student and planning students, writing on a question of significance in planning, planning law, land use law, local government law or environmental law.

Winning entry will be awarded a monetary prize of $1,000 and will be submitted for publication in "The Urban Lawyer".

Deadline:June 6,2003

Posted By: Student Affairs

Wednesday, February 26, 2003

20th annual R. Marlin Smith Student Writing Competition
Entries should demonstrate original thougt on a question of signigicance in either planning or areas of law germane to planning (e.g., land use, local government or environmental law) and will be evaluated based on: (1) originality; (2) contribution to the understanding or development of the fields or planning and law; (3) quality of scholarship; and (4) quality and organization of writing.

Winning entry: $1,000 and will be submitted for publication in "The Urban Lawyer", the law journal of the American Bar Association's Section of State & Local Governmental Law.
May have (2) Honorable Mention of $250

Deadline: June 6, 2003

Posted By: Student Affairs

ABA Real Property, Probate & Trust Law
The contest is designed to encourage and reward law student writings on real property, probate, and trust law subjects of general and current interest.

First Place: $2,000 (together with a one year free membership in the Section & an expense paid trip to the Section's Fall council Meeting in New Orleans, LA in Nov. 2003)
Second Place: $500
Third Place: $250

Deadline: June 15, 2003

Posted By: Student Affairs

Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition
All students with an interest in leagal ethics are invited and encouraged to participate.

Entries should concern any issue within the general category of legal ethics.

Prize $1,000

Deadline: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 before 5 p.m.

Posted By: Student Affairs

Animal Law Review
The Animal Law Review incites all law students interested in animal law to submit papers for our annual writing competition.

Prize $500 and an offer for publication in volume 10 will be awarded to one winning entry.

Deadline: July 31, 2003

Posted By: Student Affairs

Friday, January 10, 2003

Food and Drug Law Institute 2002-2003 Writing Competitions
FDLI sponsors the writing competitions to encourage law students interested in the areas of law that affect foods, drugs, devices, cosmetics, and biologics.

Awards: 1st place $1,500; 2nd place $1,000.

Deadline:May 16, 2003

Posted By: Student Affairs

The American Bar Association Section of Business Law
Submissions will be accepted from students on any topic relating to business law.

Awards: First place $2,500, Second place $1,000, Third place $500.

Deadline: February 3, 2003

Posted By: Student Affairs

Ecology Law Quarterly-University of California
Call for Papers Takings: New Directions, Continuing Debates

We invite interested parties to submit articles and comments addressing the significance and potential import of takings jurisprudence as it develops into the new century.

Deadline: February 15, 2003

Posted By: Student Affairs

2003 Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest Section of Family Law
Students may write on any aspect of family law. The contest is open to second and third year full-time law students of all ABA-approved law schools.

Awards: First place $1,500; Second place $1,000; Third place $500.

Deadline:April 4, 2003

Posted By: Student Affairs

The Federal Bar Association Section of Taxation
All law students currently seeking a juris doctor at an accredited law school are eligible t enter the competition. Students may submit any orginial, unpublished, paper concerning federal income taxation.

$1,000 cash prize

Deadline: February 10, 2003

Posted By: Student Affairs

Americn Judges Association/American Judges Foundation
Papers will be evaluated considering: writing quality and clarity; the interest of the topic and content to a broad segment of the judiciary; analysis and reasoning; timeliness, originality, and creativity, quality and us of research; and compliance with these rules.

Any student regularly enrolled in and attending an accredited law school in the United States or Canada is eligible to enter.

Prizes: First prize $3,000; Second prize $1,500; Third prize $1,000.

Deadline: May 31, 2003

Posted By: Student Affairs

American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers
ACCFSL is pleased to annunce an award to be presented for the best publishable article or case note on a topice related to consumer financial services law.

The award will include a cash payment of $3,000 and a Certificate of Recognition from the College, plus travel expenses to attend the Spring 2003 meeting of the College to receive the award.

Deadline: is January 15, 2003

Posted By: Student Affairs

Foley & Lardner's Fourth Annual Intellectual Property Writing Competition
Papers addressing intellectual property topics, such as patents, copyrights, domain names, trademarks, computer law and trade scret law. Acceptable topics are as broad as a candidate's initiative, creativity, and vision.

Eligibility: Students currently enrolled in their first or second year.

Prizes: One $5,000 Grand Prize to one First-year law student; One $5,000 Grand Prize to one Second-year law student; Three Honorable mention prizes.

Deadline:May 15, 2003

Posted By: Student Affairs

Tuesday, November 19, 2002

2003 William Pew Religious Freedom Scholarship Competition
The Issue: Do publicly funded state law school placement offices violate the First Amendment rights of law students and prospective religious legal employers by requiring such employers to certify that they do not discriminate on the basis of religion, marital status, sexual orientation, and other grounds?

Prizes: First $5,000; Second $2,000; Third $500

Deadline: Aril 1, 2003

Posted By: Student Affairs

Monday, November 18, 2002

Fellowships for Women in Selected Professions
Women graduate students in designated fields traditionally underrepresented by women are invited t apply for a one-year fellowship from the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation.

Fellowships for the final year of study in the following fields are available only to women of color.

Special consideration is given to appliants who show professional promise in innovative or reglected areas of reserch or who practice in areas of public interest.

Award: $5,000-$12,000

Applications Avaiilable: Aug 1-Dec 20, 2002

Postmark Deadline: January 10, 2003

Posted By: Student Affairs

University of California t Berkeley School of Law - Boalt Hall
Coalitions at the Crossroads: All law students are invited to submit papers on any topic related the impacts or coalitions on law, society and policy.

Prize $500 awarded at the enod the day to the best student paper on the topic. Coalitions at the Crossroads will provide the winner with lodging & airfare from within the continental US.

Deadline: January 5, 2003

Posted By: Student Affairs

Thursday, October 31, 2002

Annual Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition
Subject Matter: Any aspect of Copyright Law.

Award: 1st place $600; 2nd place $250

Deadline: June 30, 2003

Posted By: Student Affairs

The Roscoe Hogan Environmnetal Law Essay Contest
Topic: Brother, Can you Spare a Dime? Countering Corporate Evasion of Environmental Accountability Through Bankruptcy

The intent to enter form deadline date is February 7, 2003

The Deadline of the essay is March 28, 2003.

Prize: $5,000 cash, all expensrs paid trip to San Francisco to receive the award at the annual Pound Fellows Dinner; publication of the winning paper in Res Communes.

Posted By: Student Affairs

2003 Elaine Osborne Jacobson Award for Women Working in Health Car Law
The candidate shall be a woman currently enrolled in an accredited law school on a full or part time basis who through her law school academic and clinical work and other related activities demonstrates her aptitude for and a long-term commitment to a legal carrer of advocacy on behalf 9of the health care needs of children, women, the elderly or the disabled.

Deadline: January 24, 2003

Award: $3,000, plus all-expenses paid trip to San Francisco to receive the award in person at the Pound Fellows' Dinner.

Posted By: Student Affairs

American Business Law Journal
Entries should address any area of business law, broadly interpreted, including but not limited to antitrust, banking, bankruptcy, business organization, contracts, environmental, constitutional, e-commerce, employment, ethics, financial, international, property, securities, and torts. For students in good standing in their third year.

Deadline: December 14, 2002

Prize: cash prize of $1,000 and an offer to publish the paper in the American Buiness Law Journal.

Posted By: Student Affairs

Health Law Writing Competition
The competition is designed to encourage the preparation of scholarly papers on current topics of interest relating to health law.

Deadline: January 18, 2003

Prizes: 1st -$4,00; 2nd - $2,000; 3rd - $500

Posted By: Student Affairs

Wednesday, August 21, 2002

NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund
Scholarships are being awarded to law students who submit articles on the constitutional right to keep and bear arms of quality suitable for publicaiton in a law review journal. Papers cannot have been previously published.

Deadline: July 1, 2003

First place: $12,500; Second place: $5,000; Third place: $2,500.

Posted By: Student Affairs

Monday, March 25, 2002

Food & Drug Law Institute 2001-2002 Writing Competition
Topics: Papers should provide an in-depth analysis of a current issue relevant to the food and drug field (e.g., a review of relevant case law, legislative history, and other legal authorities involving the Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Agruculture, the Federal Trade Commission, or the Environmental Protection Agency).

Prizes: 1st place $1,500, 2nd place $1,000, 3rd place $500

Deadline: May 17, 2002

Posted By: Student Affairs

ABA Real Property, Probate & Trust Law
To enter, submit as essay on a current topic dealing with real property, probate, or trust law.

Prizes: 1st Place $2,000 cash and a 1 year free membership in the Section, plus free round-trip airfare & weekend accommodations to attend the Section's Fall Council Meeting Dinner & will be announced in an upcoming issue of Probate & Property.

2nd Place $500 cash and honorable mention in Probate & Property

3rd Place $250 cash and honorable mention in Probate & Property

Deadline: June 15, 2002

Posted By: Student Affairs

Monday, March 04, 2002

National Association of Home Builders Legal Writing Competiton
Applicants will address the following question: The United States Supreme Court has frequently stated that a taking occurs when governmental action does not substantially advance a legitimate state interest. See, e.g.; "Adins v. City of Tiburon, 447 U.S. 255, 260 (1980). Did the Court confuse the jurisprudence of takings with that of substantive due process and, if so, does it make any difference?

Prizes: 1st place $5,000, 2nd place $2,500, 3rd place $1,250.

Deadline: April 5, 2002.

Posted By: Student Affairs

APA-Planning and Law Divison
Entries should demonstrate original thought on a question of significance in either planning or areas of law germane to planning (e.g., land use, local government or environmental law).

Monetary prize of $1,000 and will be submitted for publiction in "The Urban Lawyer".

The competiton may, in its discretion, select up to two additional entries for Honorable Mention and the award of a monetary prize of $250

Deadline: June 7, 2002

Posted By: Student Affairs

Tuesday, February 12, 2002

2002 Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest - Family Law
Subject Matter: Any aspect of Family Law. The primary focus of each essay should be an issue of law, although some interdisciplinary material may be useful in addressing a legal issue.

Awards: 1st-$700.00; 2nd-$500.00; 3rd-$300.00

Deadline: April 5, 2002

Posted By: Student Affairs

International Association of Defense Counsel
Subject Matter: Entries must be submitted in the English language on a subject of practical concern to lawyers engaged in the defense or management of the defense of civil litigation, susan as, for examples, relevant aspects of tort law, insurance law, civil procedure, evidence, damages, alternative dispute resolution procedures, and professional ethics.

Prizes: 1st-$2,000; 2nd-$1,000; 3rd-$500

Deadline: April 16, 2002

Posted By: Student Affairs

The Alexander Hamilton Second Amendment Student Writing Competition 2002
Paper relating to the contemporary debate over the meaning of the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

The prize for the winning entry is $3,000. The VPC will work to assist the winner in publishing his or her article in an appropriate journal.

Deadline: June 3, 2002

Posted By: Student Affairs

Inter-American Bar Association
Topics: CORRUPTION: 1) Corruption in government, a legal or a moral problem? An analysis of prevention measusres, sanctions and limits of the legal system. The role of the lawyer in the faith against corruption. The analysis should focus on local legislation as well as on other legislation or systems that may be followed as a model law. 2) The creation of governmental agencies (or ethics bureaus) to prevent corruption in government as well as a Code of Ethics for Government employees. The role of the lawyer in the fight against corruption.
DEMOCRACY: 1)The legal system and its support for democracy: Analysis of fundamental laws that ensure the operation and survival of democracy. The analysis should include local as well as foreign legislation that may be followed as a model.

Prizes: 1st-$800.00; 2nd-$600.00; 3rd-$400.00.

Deadline:April 30, 2002

Posted By: Student Affairs

Annual Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition
Subject Matter: Copyright Law

Eligible Students: Third-year students. In the discretion of the dean, second-year students may also complete. However, second-year students who receive awards may not compete in third year.

Awards: 1st place-$600; 2nd place-$250 at each participating law school, to be paid through the dean, upon his or her written certification.

Deadline: June 30, 2002

Posted By: Student Affairs

Sovereignty Symposium XV Tuition Scholarships
Applicants should demonstrate an interest in and dedication to Native American law issues and the need for a scholarship in a letter of application.

Prize: Tuition fee-waiver

Deadline:May 24, 2002

Posted By: Student Affairs

Sovereignty Symposium XV Full Scholarship
Applicants should demonstrate an interest in and contribution to Native American legal issues by letter of application.

Prize: Full Scholarship

Deadline: April 1, 2002

Posted By: Student Affairs

Friday, November 16, 2001

2002 Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest - Family Law
Subject: The subject may be any aspect of Family Law. The primary focus of each essay should be an issue of law, although some interdisciplinary material may be useful in addressing a legal issue. Since winning entries usually are published in the "Family Law Quartrly", entrants are encouraged to write on subjects of national interest.

Awards: 1st place-$700; 2nd place-$500; 3rd place-$300. All winners will also received a certificate for one free book from ABA Publishing

Deadline: April 5, 2002

Posted By: Student Affairs

Wednesday, November 14, 2001

Treatment Advocacy Center Writing Competition
Emerging Issues in Mental Illness and the Law

Topics: 1) The power of courts to order medical treatment for individuals with severe mental illness. 2) The constitutionality of outpatient commitment (assisted outpatient treatment). 3) The constitutionality of a parens patriae-based civil commitment power.

Award: 1st place-$1,500; 2nd place-$750

Deadline: April 1, 2002

Posted By: Student Affairs

Alliance Defense Fund 2002-5th Annual William pew Religious Freedom Scholarship Competition
Topic: Some legal scholars argue that same sex marriage is a symbolic or expressive resource that should be protected under an expanded analysis of the Frist Amendment of the United States Constitution. Taking into consideration the text of the First Amendment, the context of its adoption, and relevant legal precedent, critique and rebut arguments that would expand First Amendment free speech protections to same sex marriage.

Award: $7,500 scholarship

Deadline: April 16, 2002

Posted By: Student Affairs

IADC-2002 Legal Writing Contest
Subject Matter: must e submitted in the English language on a subject or practical concern of lawyers engaged in the defense or management of the defense of civil litigation, such as, for examples, relevant aspects of tort law, insurance law, civil procedure, evidence, damages, alternative dispute resolution procedures, and professional ethics.

Awards: $2,000-first place, $1,000-2nd place, and $500-3rd place

Deadline:April 16, 2002

Posted By: Student Affairs

Sovereignty Symposium XV-Chief Justice John B. Doolin Writing Competition
Subject Matter: may be on any area of the law relating to Native Americans or other indigenour peoples.

Award: 1st-$500 and will also be published in the 2002 Symposium compendium of materials. 2nd-$300, 3rd-$200.

Deadline: February 1, 2002

Posted By: Student Affairs

2002 Elaine Osborne Jacobson Award For Women Working in Health Care Law
Criteria: The candidate shall be awoman currently erolled in an accredited North American law school on a full or part-time basis who through her law school academic and clinical work and other related activities demonstrates her aptitude for and a long-term commitment to a legal careet of advocacy on behalf of the health care needs of children, women, the elderly or the disabled.

Winner: $3,000 cash award and a all expenses-paid trip to Atlanta, GA to receive the award at the annual Pound Fellows Dinner on Sunday, July 21, 2002; part of the annual Convention of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Deadline: February 1, 2002

Posted By: Student Affairs

The 2002 Roscoe Hogan Environmenal Law Essay Contest
Topic: Exporting Our Diret - Suing Corporations in U.S. Courts for Environmental Wrongs Committed Abroad

Winner $5,000 cash award and an all expenses-paid to Atlanta, GA to receive the award at the annual Pound Fellows Dinner on Sunday, July 21, 2002; part of the annual Convention of the Association of Trial awyers of America.

Deadline: March 29, 2002

Posted By: Student Affairs

The First Annual Heyman Center Writing Contest
The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law: The First Annual Heyman Center Writing Contest

Topic: Anything relating to the field of corporate governance.

Awards: 1st - $3,000, an opportunity to be published in Cardozo Law Review, an all-expense paid round-trip to New York City to accept the prize at the Heyman Center's annual reception
2nd - Runners-up - $1,000 each.

Deadline: January 11, 2002

Posted By: Student Affairs

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

Awards: 1st place - $1,000; 2nd place - $500; 3rd place - $250.

Deadline: January 31, 2002

Posted By: Student Affairs

Foley & Lardner's Third Annual Intellectual Property Competition 2002
Acceptaaable topics are as broad as a candidate's initiative, creativity and vision. Representative examples include, but are not limited to: Focus on metrics or other measurement of intellectual asset management performance; Protecting intellectual property rights to maximize competitive opportunities; Extracting untapped value from intellectual property; Auditing patents to determine whether they should be enforced, licensed, donated or terminated; Identifying prospective IP licensees.

Prizes: One $5,000 Grand Prize to 1st year law student; One $5,000 Grand Prize to 2nd year law student; One $5,000 Grand Prize to 3rd year law student; three Honorable Mention prizes.

Deadline:May 15, 2002

Posted By: Student Affairs

NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund
Subject: The Right of the Idividual to Keep and Bear Arms as a Federally Protected Right.

Prizes: 1st-$5,000;2nd-$3,000;3rd-$2,000;4th-$1,000.

Deadline: March 31, 2002

Posted By: Student Affairs

Annual Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition
Eligible: Third-year students.

Subject: Any aspect of Copyright Law

Prize: 1st Place $600; 2nd Place $250

Deadline: June 30, 2002

Posted By: Student Affairs

Monday, October 01, 2001

Ladas Memorial Award
The subject of the paper is to be trademark law or a matter that directly relates to or affects trademarks, and the paper must be a product of the author's original thought and scholarship.

AWARD: $2,000 and financial supportup to $1,000.

DEADLINE: November 12, 2001

Posted By: Student Affairs

Alliance Defense Fund 2002
Topic: Some legal scholars argue that same sex marriage is a symbolic or expressive resource that should be protected under an expanded analysis of the First Amendment of the United State Consitution. Taking into consideration the text of the First Amendment, the context of its adoption, and relevant legal precedent, critique and rebut arguments that would expand First Amendment free speech protections to same sex marriage.

PRIZE: $7,500 scholarship

DEADLINE: April 16, 2001

Posted By: Student Affairs

Berkeley Women's Law Journal
BWLJ publishes pieces that address the lives and struggles of underrepresented women. In particular, we seek 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.

AWARD: $250 and will be published in Spring 2002

DEADLINE: November 1, 2001

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ALJ - Asian Law Journal
SUBJECT: focused analyses of individual Asian Pacific American ethnic groups, as well as discussions of domestic or international issues affecting Asian Pacific American in general. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: Asian Pacific American political empowerment, the use of "cultural defenses" in riminal law, racial profiling", Asisan Pacific Americans and affirmative action.

PRIZE: Cash prize of $250

DEADLINE: October 15, 2001

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The Federal Circuit Bar Association
Entries to the contest may discuss any topic that lies within the procedure, substance, or scope of the jurisdiction of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.

PRIZE:$3,000 for best entry & merit award.
Second & Thrid place cash prizes may also be awarded at the discretion of the judges.

DEADLINE: June 1, 2002

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Wednesday, August 08, 2001

NCBE 2001 Joe E. Covington Prize for Scholarship in Bar Admission Topics
Topic: Is There a Need to Reevaluate the Standards for Determining Minimum Competence to Practice Law?

Paper should reflects careful research, in-depth analysis, and clarity of expression.

DEADLINE: November 30, 2001

AWARD: $5,000

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Monday, June 25, 2001

Student Scholarship Award in Aging
Appropriate projects include research studies, scholarly reviews, or essays that deal with any topic related to late life, aging, and older citizens.

Deadline: September 17, 2001

Prize: for Graduate & Professional category $1200; for Undergraduate category $600.

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Tuesday, April 17, 2001

ABA Section of Real Property, Probate & Trust Law
To enter, submit an essay on a current topic with real property, probate or trust law.

Prizes: 1st place $2,000; 2nd place $500; 3rd place $250.

Deadline: June 15, 2001

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SW/SE Law Faculty of Color Regional Conference
Call for Papers:
Preparing the Profession for a Changing Society. Looking at what changes law school education will require to train lawyers who can handle the challenges of a very different looking and thinking society and world. How can we improve their capability?

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Annual Survey of American Law
Topic: A Current American Legal Issue

1st Prize: Publication + $250

Deadline: June 1, 2001

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H. Thomas Austern Memorial Writing Competition
Papers should provide an in-depth analysis of a current issue relevant to the food and drug field.

Prizes: 1st place $1,500; 2nd place $1,000; 3rd place $500

Deadline: May 18, 2001

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Monday, February 19, 2001

Journal of Russian Law & Public Policy
Call for Papers: Submissions addressing contemporary issues of Russian Law, economics and public policy, as well as submissions addressing law and public policy reform in the post-Soviet republics will be considered for publication.

Deadline: June 1, 2001

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Berekely Technology Law Journal
The Journal will accept all submissions that address some aspect of the law which implicates technology in any degree.

1st prize - $1,000; 2nd prize - $750; 3rd prize - $500

Deadline: March 15, 2001

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Thursday, February 01, 2001

PLF-2nd Program for Judicial Awareness Writing Competition
Choose among the three topics provided, each dealing with a public policy issue that has an important legal dimension.

Award: 1st place %5,000;
1st runner-up $3,000
2nd runner-up $1,500

Deadline: May 31, 2001

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Thursday, January 18, 2001

International Association of Defense Counsel Legal Writing Contest
Must be a subject of practical concern to lawyers engaged in the defense or management of the defense of civil litigation.

Awards: 1st-$2,000; 2nd-$1,000; 3rd-$500

Deadline: April 18, 2001

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Federal Circuit Bar Association
Title: George Hutchinson Writing Contest

Entries to the contest my discuss any topic that lies within the procedure, substance, or scope of the Jurisdiction of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.

Cash prize of at least $3,000.00, Second and Third place cash prizes may be awarded in the Judges' discretion.

Deadline: June 1, 2001

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Berkeley Technology Law Journal
Topic: The Journal will accept all submissions that address some aspect of the law that implicates technology in any degree.

Awards:1st-$1,000; 2nd-$750; 3rd-$500

Deadline: March 15, 2001

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Annual Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition
Eligible Students: 3rd Year

Subject: Any aspect of Copyright Law

Awards: 1st - $600; 2nd - $250

Deadline: Winning paper no late than June 30, 2001.

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Thursday, November 30, 2000

Fifteenth Annual Entertainment Law Writing Competition
Your article may concentrate on any area of entertainment law.

Prize: 1st $1,000, 2nd $500, 3rd $250

Deadline: July 1, 2001

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American Judges Association
All papers shall be the original, unpublished work of an individual student, but may have been prepared as a course assignment.

Prizes: 1st $3,000, 2nd $1,250, 3rd $1,000

Deadline: June 30, 2001

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Asian Law Journal Student Writing Competition
Topic is to address the legal issues affecting Asian Pacific Americans.

Winning receive a cash award of $250.00 and the paper published in the May 2001 issue of Asian Law Journal

Deadline: December 15, 2000

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Friday, November 03, 2000

Entertainment Law Initiative Legal Writing Competition
A 3,000 word essay on a compelling legal issue facing the music industry.

For complete contest rules, send an e-mail to ELI@GRAMMY.com

Dealines: November 15, 2000 deadline to enter the contest
January 2, 2001 paper submission deadline

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American Academy of Adoptin Attorneys
The subject matter of the article must be germane to adoption law and practice.

Deadline: February 1, 2001

Prizes: 1st place $1,000, 2nd place $500

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American Indian Law Review Writing Competition
Papers will be accepted on any issue concerning American Indian Law.

Deadline: January 31, 2001

Awards: 1st place $1,000, 2nd place $500, 3rd place $250.

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Elaine Osborne Jacobson Award for Women in Health Care Law
The candidate shall be a woman currently enrolled in an accredited American law school on a full or part time basis who through her law school academic and clinical work and other related activities demonstrates her aptitude for and a long-term commitment to all legal career of advocacy on behalf of the health care needs of children, women, the elderly or the disabled.

Deadline: February 2, 2001

Award: $3,000

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Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essay Contest
TOPIC: Whose Backyard is Polluted? Remedies for Environmental Racism

Deadline: March 30, 2001

Winner: $5,00 cash award and an all expenses-paid trip to Montreal.

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NAHB Legal Writing Competition
Applicants will address the following question: Should the Consitution require just compensation for a landowner who has been barred from developing land that was purchased prior to the enactment of federal environmental statutes on the basis that she should have been aware that a growing sensitivity toward environmental issues would eventually change the regulatory climate and bar development of her property? Or, put another way, does the U.S. Constitution demand that land purchasers anticipate future laws that Congress may enact that could have a potential impact on the ability to use a specific piece of property?

Deadline: February 9, 2001
Prizes: 1st place $5,000; 2nd place $2,500; 3rd place $1,250

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American Bar Association of Business Law
A paper considering aspects of business law written in the 1999-2000 or current academic year by a student enrolled in the law school.

Deadline: February 1, 2001
Awards: 1st place $2,500 and all expenses will be paid by the Section for the winner to attend the Annual Meeting.
2nd place $1,000; 3rd place $500.

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Wednesday, October 04, 2000

2000 Ladas Memorial Award
The subject of the paper is to be trademark law or a matter that directly related to or affects trademarks, and the paper must be a product of the author's original thought and scholarhip.

Deadline: November 13, 2000

Prize: $2,000 cash award and financial support up $1,000 for the student's attendance at an educational program sponsored by the Brand Names Education Foundation or the International Trademark Association.

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Alliance Defense Fund - 2001 Pew Scholarship Competition
Topic: "Sexual Identity: Objective Reality or Sexual Illusion."

Deadline: April 16, 2001

Prize: Winner $7,500

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Pacific Legal Foundation - Judicial Awareness Student Writing Competition
Students are asked to choose among the three topics provided, each dealing with a public policy issue that has an important legal dimension.

Deadline: May 31, 2001

Prizes: 1st Place $5,000
1st Runner-up $3,000
2nd Runner-up $1,500

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ABA Section of Antitrust Law 2000 Student Writing Competition
Articles may address any antitrust-related topic of general and current interest to the antitrust law community, including (but not limited) topics relating to civil and criminal antitrust law. competition policy, consumer protection and international competition law.

Deadline: January 5, 2001
Award: cash prize of $1,000, free registration, air fare and accommodations at the Spring Meeting in March 2001.
The winning entry will be placed in the Antitrust Magazine.

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Wednesday, September 20, 2000

2000-2001 Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law
Topic: 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.

You must be taking or completed course work in employment or labor law.

Deadline: January 12, 2001.

Awards: 1 award of $3,000, 2 award of $1,000, in addition to the cash awards, the top three entries will be published by the Chicago-Kent Law Review.

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American Business Law Journal
The ABLJ is sponsoring a competition for all students in good standing who, at the time of submission, are in their third year at an accredited law school. The purpose of the competition is to encourage interest in business law topics and to reward good legal writing.

Deadline: December 15, 2000

The first place winner will receive a Writing Competion Winner Certificate, an offer to publish the paper in the ABLj and a cash prize of $1000.

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Tuesday, July 11, 2000

Paul Guggenheim Prize
Topic: Monograph of major importance in the field of Public International Law (except european law).

Deadline: February 1, 2001

Prize: Amounting to Swiss Francs 12000

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