Writing Contests:
Information provided by Dean Sowle's Office
1998-99 Academic Year

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New listings added for the current week are indicated in italics.  Print copies of the rules and regulations governing the writing contests listed here are available from Denise Lang in Suite 320.  Note:  Additional information on law student writing competitions is available on the University of Memphis Law School website. The University of Memphis site may have information about writing contests not listed here. 


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The CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution is sponsoring a contest for original student article on events or issues in the field of alternative dispute resolution.  Papers must be of law review or business review quality, preferably already accepted for publication in a formal journal.  First prize is $2,000; second prize is $1,000.  Entries must be received no later than November 16, 1998. 

The Foundation of the American College of Trial Lawyers announces its 1998 essay contest devoted to the promotion of professionalism in the practice of law and to stimulating original and provocative thought on current issues of legal ethics.  The subject of this year's essay is courageous advocacy.  A first place prize of $5,000 and a second place prize of $2,500 will be awarded.  Submissions must be received no later than December 1, 1998

The ABA Section of Antitrust Law announces its first annual writing competition to reward student articles in the area of antitrust law and competition policy.  Each law review sponsored by an ABA-accredited law school may nominate an article for consideration.  The article must be written by a currently enrolled student and published in the law review during calendar year 1998.  The winning entrant will receive a prize of $1,000 and an expenses-paid trip to the Section's annual Spring meeting in Washington, D.C. Entries must be postmarked no later than January 4, 1999

Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. announces its 1998-1999 health care law writing competition.   Papers must address an issue of current interest relating to health care law.  A first prize of $3,000 and a second prize of $1,000 will be awarded.  Entries must be received by January 8, 1999

The Alliance Defense Fund announces an essay competition on the issue of "The legal definition of marriage as it exists today, as the union of one man and one woman."  The paper submitted may be published in a law review or similar scholarly journal.  The winner of the competition will receive the William Pew Religious Freedom Scholarship in the amount of $7,500.  Entries must be postmarked no later than March 15, 1999

The Roscoe Pound Foundation announces the 1999 Roscoe Hogan Enviornmental Law Essay Contest on the topic: "What is an environmental expert?  The impact of Daubert and Joiner on the Admissibility of Expert Testimony."  Three prizes will be awarded:  first place $3,000 and a paid trip to San Francisco to receive the award at the annuanl Convention of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America; second place $2,000; third place $1,000.  Each entry must be submitted through a faculty adviser.  Entrants from Fall semester classes must submit an intent-to-enter form by December 11, 1998.  Entrants from Spring semester class must submit an intent-to-enter form by February 12, 1999.  Students participating outside of a class assignment may use either intent-to-enter date.  The essays themselves must be submitted no later than March 31, 1999

The Food and Drug Law Institute announces its 1998-1999 H. Thomas Austern Writing Award Competition.  Winning papers will be considered for publication in the Food and Drug Law Journal.  Papers should be on a current issue relevant to the food and drug field.  Three prizes will be awarded:  first place $3,000; second place $2,000; third place $1,000.  Papers must be received no later than May 14, 1999
 
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