Law Related Writing Competitions

Writing Competition

ABA Section of Science & Technology Law - Law Student Writing Contest April 1 annually

ABA Section of Family Law - Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest

ELI-ABA Endangered Environmental Laws Student Writing Competition

http://www.aallnet.org/sis/lhrb/Cohenessayprocapp.pdf

ABA Criminal Justice Section - William W. Greenhalgh Writing Competition April 24, 2009

http://www.nd.edu/~ndlaw/writing_competitions/smith_doheny.pdf April 24, 2009

National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees Law Student Writing Competition April 30, 2009

International Association of Defense Counsel Legal Writing Contest May 15, 2009

Paralyzed Veterans of America Legal Writing Competition May 15, 2009

College of Labor and Employment Lawyers Writing Competition May 15, 2009

Judge John R. Brown Award for Excellence in Legal Writing May 15, 2009

ABA Commission on Domestic Violence Writing Competition May 31, 2009

State Bar of Texas Student Law Writing Contest May 31, 2009

Pacific Legal Foundation Judicial Awareness Writing Competition May 31, 2009

Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition June 1, 2009

National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys Student Journal Writing Competition June 1, 2009

American Judges Association Law Student Essay Competition June 1, 2009

National Association for Counsel to Children Law Student Writing Competition June 1, 2009

The National Lesbian & Gay Law Association Michael Greenberg Student Writing Competition June 1, 2009

NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund Writing Contests June 1, 2009

Matsui Writing Competition (Asian Pacific American Bar Association Education Fund)
June 1, 2009

Food and Drug Law Institute's H. Thomas Austern Memorial Writing Competitions for Law Students June 12, 2009 (both competitions)

Lawyers' Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation's Student Writing Competition June 12, 2009

James Boskey ADR Writing Competition June 15, 2009

New York State Bar Association Special Committee on Animals and the Law Writing Competition June 15, 2009

ABA Section of Real Property, Probate, and Trust - Quarles & Brady Student Writing Contest
June 19, 2009

ABA Section of Real Property, Probate, and Trust - Quarles & Brady Student Writing Contest
June 19, 2009

The Federal Circuit Bar Association's George Hutchinson Writing Competition June 26, 2009

AIPLA Robert C. Watson Award Competition June 30, 2009

The Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition June 30 annually

http://www.cschs.org/images_features/cschs_competition-2009.pdf June 30, 2009

American Tax Policy Institute - The Tannenwald Writing Competition July 1, 2009

Holocaust Remembrance Essay Award July 1 annually

James E. Beckley Securities Arbitration and Law Student Writing Competition August 17, 2009

ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law - Labor Lawyer Student Writing Contest
August 31 annually

Victoria Fisher Memorial Prize Essay September 30, 2009

American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition
June 1, 2009 for 2009 contest; June 2, 2010 for 2010 contest

ABA Section of Business Law - Mendes Hershman Student Writing Contest
2010 competition details coming this summer

ASECA Securities Law Writing Competition held each fall – check again in summer

ABA Journal's Ross Essay Contest

The Grammy Foundation Entertainment Law Initiative Writing Competition

American Inns of Court Foundation's Warren E. Burger Prize (ethics and professionalism)

Bert W. Levit Essay Contest check back for 2010 info

Embryo Law Student Essay Competition check back in the fall

International Association of Gaming Attorneys – Shannon Scholarship Award No deadline noted
ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Writing Competition check back in fall

All ABA Essays and Writing Competitions

ABA Section of Environment, Energy, & Resources - Student Writing Competition

James Baker Hughes Prize

Inter-American Bar Association Award

Washington Foreign Law Society Ibrahim Shihata Prize

Andrew P. Vance Memorial Writing Competition (customs and international trade law)

American University - Washington College of Law Essay Competition

Akiyu Hatano Student Writing Award

American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers

William Mitchell Journal of the National Security Forum Writing Competition

http://www.nysba.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Section_Awards6&Template=/CustomSource/Award/AwardDisplay.cfm&code=MS_PERGAM
National Native American Law Students Association

William E. Swope Antitrust Writing Competition

National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws William J. Pierce Writing Contest

http://www.law.ucla.edu/williamsinstitute/publications/DAStudent.html

The American College of Legal Medicine's Hoffman Bioethics Student Writing Competition

The American College of Legal Medicine Student Writing Competition

Federal Bar Association Section of Taxation Writing Competition

http://www.itechlaw.org/MLG_Student_Writing_Competition.pdf%20Memorial%20Award

Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law

Health Care and Life Sciences Law Writing Competition

American Indian Law Writing Competition

Trandafir International Business Writing Competition

http://www.itechlaw.org/MLG_Student_Writing_Competition.pdf

American Constitution Society for Law and Policy National Student Writing Competition

http://www.lawtechjournal.com/2009writingcompetition.php

Attorney-CPA Foundation Essay Contest

State Bar of California Competition for Student Papers

http://www.btlj.org/submissions/competition.php

Sarah Weddington Prize for New Student Scholarship in Reproductive Rights

ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Writing Competition

AIPLA Quarterly Journal Publication Staff Competition

Elliot A. Spoon Business Law Writing Competition

http://law.hofstra.edu/pdf/Academics/Journals/FCR/fcr_writing_competition2009.pdf

Chief Justice John B. Doolin Writing Competition

Gellhorn-Sargentich Law Student Essay Competition

American Bankruptcy Institute Law Student Writing Competition

The Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essay Contest