Student Affairs
Writing Competitions
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| International Ombudsman Association | $2,500 case prize and an invitation to attend the OIA conference in April 2010; the winning article may also be published in the Journal of OIA | 11/15/2009 |
| The competition is open to any student in good standing at any law school or graduate program in dispute
resolution and students are invited to submit articles arguing for a statutory privilege for organizational ombudsmen. For additional information, please visit the following link which provides Writing Competition Details. Website: http://www.ombudsassociation.org/ | ||
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| Washington Legal Foundation | A winning essay(s) will be published by WLF and widely distributed to federal and state judges; electronic and print media reporters; state attorneys general; attorneys practicing in the respective field, both in private and corporate practice, as well as influential academics. The winner will be provided with a letter from the Chairman of WLF to your law school Dean. | 11/16/2009 |
| “Would a federal law targeting consumer product advertising
violate the First Amendment?" Proposed legislation (H.R. 2966) would prohibit pharmaceutical companies from deducting advertising costs as an ordinary and necessary business expense. Discuss the merits of the proposal, the policy goals being sought and the constitutional implications of the ban. As part of your constitutional analysis, please include thoughts on the value of commercial speech in free enterprise and its value for speakers and the receivers (i.e. consumers) of the information. Eligibility: All law school students attending ABA accredited schools are invited to compete in this nationwide competition hosted by the Washington Legal Foundation (WLF). Essays should be original work by a single author and no more than 1200 words addressing the question above. Winning Essays will be published in print and online in one of WLF’s well respected formats and distributed to WLF's audience of judges, policy makers, corporate general counsels, partners at prominent law firms and top academics. Deadline: Essays are due by 5:00 PM EST, November 16, 2009 via email to contest@wlf.org. For additional information, please visit http://www.wlf.org/publishing/writing_contest.asp. Website: http://www.wlf.org/publishing/writing_contest.asp | ||
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| Center for Strategic and International Studies Commission on Smart Global Health | $1,000 | 11/20/2009 |
| The CSIS Commission on Smart Global Health is seeking essay submissions that answer the following question in 500-800 words: What is the most important thing the U.S. can do to improve global health over the next 15 years? Website: http://www.smartglobalhealth.org/pages/essay-signup | ||
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| American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers | Cash payments of $2500, $2000, and $1000; a Certificate of Recognition from the College, and travel expenses to attend the Spring 2010 meeting of the College. | 12/1/2009 |
| The American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers is pleased to announce awards to be presented for (a) the best book chapter or book, (b) the best publishable article or substantial book review, and, (c) the best student case note or comment on a topic dealing with consumer financial services law.
The American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers is a nonprofit association of attorneys who have made significant contributions to consumer financial services law over an extended period of time. Its members include academics, present and former federal and state regulatory and enforcement offices, authors in the field, private practitioners, counsel for financial institutions and other service providers, and representatives of consumer protection organizations. Entries for an award may be published or unpublished, and must be submitted to the College before December 1st of each year. Unpublished entries should be typed double-spaced, in law review format. Eight copies of each entry should be submitted to: Michael M. Greenfield, Chair, ACFSL Writing Competition & George Alexander Madill Professor of Contracts and Commercial Law School of Law Washington University in St. Louis Campus Box 1120 One Brookings Dr. St. Louis, MO 63130 | ||
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| University of LaVerne Law Review | The grand prize is $200 and publication in Volume 31. The winner will be announced at the Immigration Symposium, to be held on February 19-20, 2010. The winner will also be invited to present his or her paper to an audience including leading experts in the immigration law field at the Symposium. (Finalists may also be eligible for publication at the discretion of the Editorial Board of the Law Review.) | 1/1/2010 |
The Law Review seeks submissions addressing novel legal issues in the field of Immigration Law. These include, but are not limited to,
Please e-mail your abstracts, manuscripts, and any questions to Phil Stutzman, Chief Articles Editor, at lawrevsubmissions@ulv.edu. Resumes and CVs are appreciated. Thank you for your interest. For information on our Immigration Law live symposium in February 2010, please visit http://law.ulv.edu/academics/lawreview/symposiums.html. | ||
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| The Grammy Foundation: The 12th Annual Entertainment Law Initiative Writing Competition | Grand Prize, $5000 scholarship and four runners up receive $1,500.00. All winners are honored at the Entertainment Law Initiative Luncheon and attend Grammy week events. | 1/4/2010 |
The GRAMMY Foundation® Entertainment Law Initiative (ELI) Writing Competition promotes discussion and debate on the most compelling legal issues facing the music industry today. The contest challenges students to identify and research a compelling legal issue confronting the music industry and propose a resolution. A national panel of legal experts will judge the papers, in a blind process, and select the five finalists. Authors must research and identify a compelling legal issue confronting the music industry, and propose a solution.
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| Louis Jackson National Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law, co-sponsored by Jackson Lewis LLP and the Institute for Law and the Workplace | One $3,000 award for top honors; two additional $1,000 awards for the next top finishers. | 1/19/2010 |
| 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. Requirements and Eligibility: 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 accredited law school during the Fall 2009 semester. Only the first two submissions per law school will be accepted as entries for consideration. Format: entries must be suitable for publication in a law review. Citations must conform to current Bluebook style. Papers must be printed on 8.5 by 11 inch white paper and must not exceed 35 pages in length, including footnotes, set in 12 point Times Roman font with double spacing and one inch margins. An entry consists of three copies of the paper, submitted as a packet with a removable cover sheet indicating the law student author’s name, address, telephone number, law school, paper title, labor and employment law course work history, and a brief paragraph describing the genesis of your interest in the field. Judging will be blind, so the only identification that may appear on the first or subsequent pages of the paper is the paper title. Submission: The deadline for submission is Tuesday, January 19, 2010. Entries received after the deadline will not be considered. Entries should be mailed to: Louis Jackson Writing Competition | ||
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| Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems | $2,000 cash prize and publication in Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems, a Journal of the University of Iowa College of Law. | 2/1/2010 |
| 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 to law students and to graduate students in all disciplines from any institution in the world are eligible. For more information and contest rules, please see: http://www.uiowa.edu/~tlcp/html/trandafir_competition.html. All mail entries must be postmarked no later than February 1, 2009. Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems must receive all electronically submitted essays by no later than 5:00 p.m. U.S. Central Standard Time on February 1, 2010. Website: http://www.uiowa.edu/~tlcp/html/trandafir_competition.html | ||
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| American Indian Law Review | 1st place: $1000 and publication of paper in the American Indian Law Review; 2nd place: $500; 3rd place: $250. | 2/1/2010 |
| Papers will be accepted on any issue concerning American Indian Law. Papers will be judged on the basis of originality and timeliness of topic, knowledge and use of applicable legal principles, proper and articulate analysis of the issues, use of authorities and extent of research, logic and reasoning in analysis, ingenuity and ability to argue by analogy, clarity and organization, correctness of format and citation, grammar and writing style, and strength and logic of conclusions. Entries must be a minimum of 20 pages in length and a maximum of 50 pages in length excluding endnotes. All citations should conform to the Uniform System of Citation. The body of the email must contain the author’s name, social security number, school, expected year of graduation, current address, permanent address and email address. Inquiries may be replied to by email. No identifying marks (name, school, etc.) should appear on the paper itself. All entries must have only one author, be previously unpublished and not currently submitted for publication elsewhere. Submissions may be emailed to the American Indian Law Review at mwaters@ou.edu by the competition deadline. Entries may be sent as Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, or PDF documents. If submitting a hard copy entry, mail it to AILR Writing Competition, American Indian Law Review, 3000 Timberdell Road, Norman, OK 73019. Please email mwaters@ou.edu by the deadline to notify the AILR that you are sending a hard copy submission. | ||
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| Embryo Adoption Awareness Campaign | 1st - $2,500 2nd - $1,500 3rd - $1,000 All entries received by February 1, 2010 will be eligible for a $500 bonus award if selected as 1st, 2nd or 3rd. |
3/8/2010 |
| Embryo adoption is a relatively new process in which individuals who have their own frozen embryos agree to release them to the adopting couple. The adopting family may either be known or anonymous to the donors. The intent is that the embryos will be transferred into the womb of the adopting mother so that she and her husband may bear a child and be that child's parents. The number of embryos currently in storage in the United States is approaching 500,000. Of this number, the majority are still being used by the creating parents for their own family building efforts. Many couples with remaining frozen embryos are faced with the difficult decision of what to do with them. Their options include a.) destroy them, b.) donate them for stem cell research, c.) donate them to another family, d.) keep them frozen. By choosing to keep them frozen, the couple risks losing control of the final disposition of the remaining embryos. The challenge is to write a scholarly position paper in response to a problem presented regarding embryo donation and adoption. Website: www.embryolaw.org | ||
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| The Center for Real Estate Studies and Real Estate LLM Program at New York Law School: HYLS Real Estate Law Writing Competition The American College of Tax Counsel |
Cash prizes of $1,000 and $500 The winning entry will also be considered for publication in the New York Law School Review |
4/1/2009 |
| Designed to encourage scholarship on all aspects of real estate and land use law, including transactional practice, financing, housing and mortgage law, zoning, condominiums and common interest communities, sustainable development and building, international and comparative law, ethical issues, and public policy. All submissions must be fully cited in Bluebook format. Submit an electronic copy of your article in Word or Word Perfect format to Marshall.Tracht@nyls.edu. Website: http://www.nyls.edu/CRES/WritingCompetition | ||
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| The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers Writing Competition for Law Students 2009-2010 | 1st prize: $1,500.00 2nd prize: $1,000.00 3rd prize: $500.00 All entries received by February 1, 2010 will be eligible for a $500 bonus award if selected as 1st, 2nd or 3rd. |
5/1/2010 |
| The scope of permissible topics is broad. i.e. any aspect of domestic public or private labor or employment law. Students are encouraged to present a public policy issue, practical implications of a leading case or doctrine, comment on a statue or the need for a statutory modification, or comment on a common law doctrine. In addition to a monetary award, the winner will have his/her article distributed to all Fellows with a future issue of the College newsletter and posted on the College’s website. The ABA Journal of Labor & Employment Law (formerly The Labor Lawyer) has indicated a strong interest in printing the winning entry, if it meets their publication standards, which include relevance and utility to the practicing Bar. The Journal is a publication devoted to ideas and developments in labor and employment law, and published by the ABA and the Section of Labor and Employment Law. Winners will also be invited guests at the Annual Induction Dinner of the College where they will be recognized and honored during the evening program. For additional information, please visit the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers website: www.laborandemploymentcollege.org. | ||
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| Theodore Tannenweld, Jr. Foundation for Excellence in Tax Scholarship and The American College of Tax Counsel | Cash prizes of $5,000, $2,500 and $1,500 for the top three papers. | 7/1/2010 |
| 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 students, undergraduate or graduate. Papers on any federal or state tax-related topic may be submitted in accordance with the Competition Rules found at www.tannenward.org. The deadline for submitting papers is 9 p.m. EST, July 1, 2010. Papers should be mailed to Tannenwald Foundation, Ste. 200, 1275 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20004, attn: Melnie Moore. For additional information, please contact Nancy Abramowitz at 202-274-4164 or nabramo@wcl.american.edu. | ||
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