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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Entrants should submit an essay, article, or comment on an issue concerning Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code. Essays will be accepted from students enrolled at any law school during the 2018-2019 school year. The essay must be the law student author's own work and must no have been submitted for publication elsewhere. |
National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees 2019 Annual Law Student Writing Competition |
The author of the first-place essay will receive a $100.00 cash prize. The winning essay will be published in the NACTT Quarterly - The Quarterly Journal of the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees. The winner will also receive free registration and a room for the 2019 NACTT annual seminar in Indianapolis, Indiana. |
04/30/2019 |
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All Students with an interest in legal ethics are invited and encouraged to participate. The competition is open to all law students at U.S. and Canadian law schools. |
Notre Dame Law School Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition |
$2,500 |
04/26/2019 |
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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. Contestants must be J.D. students at ABA-approved law schools who are: |
Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest |
First Place: $1,500 |
04/12/2019 |
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Any topic addressing developments or trends in U.S. environmental law with a significant constitutional, “federalism,” or other cross-cutting component. Students currently enrolled in law school (in the U.S. or abroad) are eligible, including students who will graduate in 2019. Any relevant article, case comment, note, or essay may be submitted, including writing submitted for academic credit. Jointly authored pieces are eligible only if all authors are students and consent to submit. |
2018-2019 ELI Constitutional Environmental Law Writing Competition |
$2000 cash |
04/08/2019 |
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We invite papers on current issues regarding bankruptcy jurisdiction, bankruptcy litigation, or evidence in bankruptcy cases or proceedings. The paper may address business or consumer cases and may include matters such as bankruptcy sales, plan confirmation and other topics that involve jurisdiction, litigation or evidence in the bankruptcy courts.
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Eleventh Annual ABI Bankruptcy Law Student Writing Competition |
First Place: $2,000 |
03/18/2019 |
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All entrants must be law school students currently enrolled in a J.D. or LL.M. program (day or evening) in an accredited law school in the United States. An entry must be directed to any of the following subject areas of intellectual property, i.e., patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair trade practices, antitrust, and data security/privacy issues.
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The William C. Conner Intellectual Property Law Writing Competition |
The Winner will receive a cash award of $1,500.00 |
03/04/2019 |
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02/27/2019 |
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The Competition is open to (i) law students, undergraduate (J.D.) or graduate (LL.M. or S.J.D.) enrolled full- or part-time in a U.S. law school during the 2016-17 academic year; and (ii) other students enrolled during such academic year in a U.S. law school tax course as part of an M.B.A. or other non-law degree program.? Submitted papers must focus primarily upon technical or policy-oriented tax issues relating to any type of existing or proposed U.S. federal or state tax or U.S. federal or state taxation system (including topics relating to tax practice ethical and professional responsibility matters). Each submitted paper must be sponsored by a law school professor. |
The Theodore Tannenwald, Jr. Foundation for Excellence in Tax Scholarship, Inc. |
5000 |
7/6/2018 |
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The Chicago-Kent College of Law/Roy ?C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize is a scholarly writing competition that honors an outstanding article or book on a topic exploring the tension between civil liberties and national security in contemporary American society.? The article or? book must be in draft form or have been published within one year prior to the July 1, 2018, deadline.? As a condition of accepting the award, the winner will present his or her work at Chicago-Kent.? All reasonable expenses will be paid. |
Chicago-Kent College of Law |
10000 |
7/1/2018 |
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Submissions to the Warren E. Burger Prize should be an original, unpublished essay of 10,000-25,000 words on a topic of your choice addressing the issues of excellence in legal skills, civility, ethics, and professionalism. |
American Inns of Court |
$5,000 + publication |
7/1/2018 |
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The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees "the right of people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searchs and seizures."? The one-sentence amendment is vague, and what constitutes reasonableness has been left to the judicial branch for interpretation.? With technological innovation comes the potential for law enforcement to develop new tools to investigate and prosecute crimes.? One such tool is the "cell-site simulator."? Does using a cell-site simulator constitute an "unreasonable" search in Fourth Amendment terms"? If not, why not?? And if yes, why and when? |
American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section |
2500 |
7/1/2018 |
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Students must be enrolled in an accredited law school. The paper must be on the 4th Amendment implications regarding cell-site simulator technology. |
ABA Criminal Justice Section |
2500 |
7/1/2018 |
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Students must be enrolled in law school and the paper should be 30-40 pages on an intellectual property law topic. |
AIPLA |
Trip to AIPLA Annual Meeting |
6/29/2018 |
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Law students are encouraged to submit an article on an IP topic, written on or before June 29, 2018.? To be eligible for consideration, the article must have been written solely by a student or students either in full-time attendance at a law school (day or evening) or prepared in connection with a law school course.? Judges will consider the merit of the article as a contribution to the knowledge respecting intellectual property and the extent to which it displays original and creative thought or information not previously written or published by the author prior to July 1, 2017.? The winner will receive reasonable expense reimbursement to attend the AIPLA Annual Meeting, October 25-27, 2018, in Washington, DC, to receive their award. |
American Intellectual Property Law Association |
2000 |
6/29/2018 |
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Students must be currently enrolled in an accredited law school. The paper cannot be considered for publication elsewhere, and the topics must be in the area of trusts and estates. |
ACTEC Foundation |
$5,000 + journal publication |
6/15/2018 |
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The Award is in recognition of Excellence in Legal Writing in American Law Schools.? Any law student currently enrolled in an accredited law school in the United States seeking a J.D. or LL.B degree is eligible to submit a paper for the Award. The article must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation from a law school faculty member or legal professional other than the author of the paper. In addition to the first, second and third place awards, there will be two "Finalist" awards of $1,000 each, and $5,000 will go to the Scholarship Fund selected by the Dean of the law school in which the First Place candidate is enrolled. |
The Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation |
10000 |
6/1/2018 |
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Articles must relate to an intellectual property law issue or the practice of intellectual property law.? Preference will be given to topics demonstrating particular relevance to contemporary events, addressing unsettled issues of law, or presenting novel and unique perspectives. |
Virginia State Bar Intellectual Property Law Section |
$5,000 + publication |
5/31/2018 |
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Entrants should submit a paper on an issue concerning women's rights or the status of women in the law. ? |
National Association of Women Lawyers |
500 |
5/1/2018 |
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Any topic addressing developments or trends in U.S. environmental law with a significant constitutional, ?federalism,? or other cross-cutting component. |
The Environmental Law Institute, the ABA, and the National Association for Environmental Law Societies |
$2000, publication, and 1 year membership |
4/9/2018 |
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Entrants should submit an essay, article, or comment on an issue concerning Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code. Essays will be accepted from students enrolled at any law school during the 2017-2018 school year. The essays must be law student author's own work and must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. Notwithstanding the foregoing, students may incorporate feedback as part of a course requirement or supervised writing projects. Essays will be judged based upon content, exhaustiveness of research, originality, writing style, and timeliness. |
National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees |
$1,000 + Publication |
4/30/2018 |
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Students must be a NY?State resident at an accredited law school. Any paper relating to antitrust law is eligible, and shoudl be 20-30 pages. |
NYSBA Section of Antitrust Law |
5000 |
4/30/2018 |
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Submissions to the Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition should concern any issue within the general category of legal ethics. |
Notre Dame Law School |
2500 |
4/27/2018 |
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Essays can be about any issue of Family Law, and students are encourages to write about national issues. Content is open to students in their 2nd or 3rd year at an ABA acredited law school. |
American Bar Association Section of Family Law |
1500 |
4/27/2018 |
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The contest is open to law students and young lawyers who will have enrolled as members of the American Bar Association no later than March 9, 2018.? The contest hypothetical involves the ethical concerns arising where a U.S.-based IP law firm is asked by an existing client to help secure foreign patents and negotiate licensing contracts while also serving as an official licensor of the product. |
ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability |
5000 |
3/9/2018 |
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The competition is open to current students enrolled at an accredited law school. The paper can only be 20 pages and must be about intellectual property. |
The New York Intellectual Property Law Association |
1500 |
3/5/2018 |
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