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.”
| Competition Name | Topic | Sponsor | Prize | Due Date |
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Papers should address an issue of interest to the public contract and grant law community. All authors must be members of the ABA Section of Public Contract Law. The competition will be conducted in two divisions: Division I is open to J.D. students; Division II is open to LL.M. candidates and lawyers under 36 years of age or admitted to practice less than 5 years. |
ABA Section of Public Contract Law |
1st: $5,000 |
9/30/2010 |
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Articles for the October 2010 Feature should address the topic of Health Care Law and should be no more than 5,500 words, including endnotes. |
National Law Review |
Publication on the NLR website |
9/27/2010 |
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Submit an essay on a current topic dealing with real property, trust and estate law. |
ABA Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law |
1st: $2,500 |
6/18/2010 |
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Submit a 1000-word summary of your idea for using a legal or law-related action in advancing and/or protecting the rights of nonsmokers, primarily by protecting them from exposure to tobacco smoke pollution. |
National Center for Nonsmokers Rights |
1st: $5,000 |
5/1/2010 |
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In a recent case, a state court imputed notice of Title IX violations to a university after a student consulted with an ombuds with an allegation of sexual harassment. What should ombuds do to ensure that they are not deemed as agents for notice? Should the IOA Standards of Practice be revised in any respect? Articles shall be less than 5,000 words including citations and shall follow the Chicago Manual of Style. |
International Ombudsman Association |
2500 |
11/19/2010 |
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The scope of permissible topics is broad, i.e., any aspect of workers' compensation. Students are encouraged to present a public policy issues, a critique of a leading case or doctrine, or a comment on a statute or the need for a statutory modification. Students currently enrolled or who have graduated on or after May 2009 are eligible. |
College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers |
1st: $1,500 |
11/1/2010 |
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Articles for the November 2010 Feature should address the topic of Labor and Employment Law and should be no more than 5,500 words, including endnotes. |
National Law Review |
Publication on the NLR website |
10/25/2010 |
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Submissions to the 2010 Annual International Law Section Law Student Writing Competition may be on any subject that would be of interest to an international law practitioner. |
International Law Section of the State Bar of California |
1st: $2,000 |
10/15/2010 |
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Students are invited to submit a note or comment written while the author was an enrolled student in an ABA-approved law school during the 2009 calendar year. The paper may not have been previously published, and may be on any topic in the area of immigration law. |
University of La Verne Law Review |
200 |
1/1/2010 |
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All submissions should be on a legal topic, and may be written in English, Irish, French, or German. Book reviews and case notes will also be considered. |
Cork Online Law Review |
Publication |
12/19/2009 |
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