New listings added for the current week, if
any, 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.
Congratulations to John New (class of 2007)
for winning the William J. Pierce Writing Contest, sponsored
by the National Council of Commissioners on Uniform State
Laws.
The SmithAmundsen Excellence in Legal
Writing Award
(for first-year Chicago-Kent students)
Eligibility: This award
is available to first-year students at Chicago-Kent whose
personal or family background, life, or cultural and/or
ethnic experience contributes to a more diverse environment
at Chicago-Kent and in the legal community.
Prizes: First place, $5,000.
Deadline: May 7, 2007, 5:00
pm.
Other Information: A committee of faculty
members from the Chicago-Kent Legal Writing department will
select up to five appellate briefs submitted by first-year
students who fit these criteria. Authorship of the briefs
will not be known to committee members during the initial
round of review. Student curriculum vitae, including work
history, community service and extracurricular involvement
and leadership, will be considered when selecting the winning
applicant. Representatives from SmithAmundsen will choose
the winning applicant with input from Dean Krent.
Applications should be submitted in hard copy and include:
(1) A cover letter describing your personal qualities which
contribute to a more diverse environment at Chicago-Kent
and in the legal community; (2) Two copies of the rewrite
of your first-year appellate brief; and (3) Curriculum vitae.
Applications should be submitted in hard copy to: Alice
Curry, Administrative Associate, Department of Legal Research
and Writing, Suite 803 (located outside Prof. Greenberg's
office). There will be a box available for application delivery.
If you do not submit your application to Alice Curry personally,
please send an email message to acurry@kentlaw.edu, after
which you will receive confirmation that your applicaiton
has been received.
Sponsor/Title: International
Association of Defense Counsel Legal Writing Contest.
Topic: Any subject of practical concern
to lawyers engaged in the defense or management of the defense
of civil litigation, such as relevant aspects of tort law,
insurance law, civil procedure, evidence, damages, alternative
dispute resolution procedures, and professional ethics.
Prizes: First place, $2,000; second
place, $1,000; third place, $500.
Deadline: April 27, 2007.
Web site: http://www.iadclaw.org
Sponsor/Title: Notre Dame Law School/Smith-Doheny
Legal Ethics Writing Competition.
Topic: Any issue within the general category
of legal ethics.
Prizes: First place, $1,000.
Deadline: April 27, 2007.
Sponsor/Title: Paralyzed Veterans of America
Legal Writing Competition.
Topic: Should Congress create a specialized
court with jurisdiction over claims appealed from federal
agency disability and benefits programs such as the Department
of Veterans Affairs and the Social Security Administration?
Prizes: First place, $3,000; second
place, $1,500.
Deadline: April 30, 2007.
Web site: http://www.pva.org
Sponsor/Title: ABA Section
of Family Law/Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest.
Topic: Any aspect of family law.
Prizes: First place, consideration
for publication in Family Law Quarterly and on ABA Section
of Family Law website.
Deadline: May 1, 2007.
Web site: http://www.abanet.org/family/lawstudents/schwab.shtml
Sponsor/Title: National Academy
of Elder Law Attorneys/NAELA Student Journal Writing Competition.
Topic: Any topic related to the intersection
of law and aging, elder or disability planning.
Prizes: First place, $1,500; second
place, $1,000; third place, $500.
Deadline: May 1, 2007.
Web site: http://www.naela.org
Sponsor/Title: The Judge
John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation/Brown Award for Excellence
in Legal Writing.
Topic: No limitation on topic except
that the submission must be on a legal subject.
Prizes: First place, $10,000.
Deadline: May 1, 2007.
Other information: Submissions must be nominated
by a law school faculty member.
Sponsor/Title: American College
of Trust and Estate Counsel/Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing
Competition.
Topic: Submissions should address one
or more legal issues in the area of trusts and estates and
related taxation.
Prizes: First place, $1,000.
Deadline: May 1, 2007.
Web site: http://www.actec.org
Sponsor/Title: Willamette
Center for Law and Government/National Writing Competition
on the 10th Amendment.
Topic: Submissions should address one
or more issues, historic or contemporary, involving the principles
underlying the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Prizes: First place, $5,000; second
place, $3,000; third place, $2,000.
Deadline: May 15, 2007.
Web site: http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/clg
Sponsor/Title: Foley &
Lardner Intellectual Property Writing Competition.
Topic: Any topic addressing intellectual
property topics such as patents, copyrights, domain names,
trademarks, computer law, and trade secrets law.
Prizes: First place, $5,000 (for
one first-year law student and one second-year law student);
three Honorable Mention prizes.
Deadline: May 15, 2007.
Web site: http://apps.foley.com/students/opportunities/ipwritingcontest/
Sponsor/Title: Pacific Legal
Foundation Program for Judicial Awareness/ Student Writing
Competition.
Topic: Submissions should address one
of the following topics: (1) whether the rationale of Grutter
v. Bollinger, which accepted racial diversity as a compelling
state interest in law school admissions, should be extended
to K-12 public school classrooms; (2) how to resolve the tension
between the rights of private property owners and collective
environmental values; and (3) whether Justice Scalia's plurality
opinion in Rapanos v. United States or Justice Kennedy's concurrence
should guide future interpretations of federal regulatory
authority under the Clean Water Act.
Prizes: First place, $5,000; first
runner-up, $3,000; second runner-up, $1,500.
Deadline: May 31, 2007.
Web site: http://www.pacificlegal.org/?mvcTask=writingCompetition
Sponsor/Title: American Judges
Association/American Judges Foundation Annual Law Student
Essay Competition.
Topic: The rule of law in times of conflict.
Prizes: First place, $3,000; second
place, $1,500; third place, $1,000.
Deadline: June 1, 2007.
Sponsor/Title: National Lesbian
& Gay Law Association/Michael Greenberg Student Writing
Competition.
Topic: A cutting edge legal issue affecting
the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and/or Intersex community.
Prizes: First place, $3,000 scholarship
and publication of article; first runner-up, $2,000 scholarship;
third place, $1,000 scholarship.
Deadline: June 1, 2007.
Web site: http://nlgla.org
Sponsor/Title: American Planning
Association, Planning and Law Division/Smith-Babcock-Williams
Student Writing Competition.
Topic: A question of significance in
either planning or areas of law germane to planning (e.g.,
land use, local government or environmental law).
Prizes: First place, $2,500; second
place, $1,000; Honorable Mention (up to two), $250.
Deadline: June 8, 2007.
Sponsor/Title: American Society of Composers, Authors
& Publishers (ASCAP)/ Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition.
Topic: Any aspect of copyright law.
Prizes: First place $600, second place $250
at each participating law school.
Deadline: June 30, 2007.
Other Information: Two winning papers will be
chosen, and awards given, at each participating law school.
Open to third-year (or, with permission, second-year) law
students. Each school will be responsible for choosing the
winning papers. Any Chicago-Kent student interested in submitting
a paper should contact Dean Sowle well in advance of the June
30 deadline.
Website: http://www.ascap.com
Sponsor/Title: Faculty of Law, University
of Alberta/Holocaust Remembrance Essay Award.
Topic: Any topic addressing the relationship
between law and the Holocaust.
Prizes: First place, $500 (Canadian).
Deadline: July 1, 2007.
Sponsor/Title: The Theodore Tannenwald, Jr.
Foundation for Excellence in Tax Scholarship and the American
College of Tax Counsel/Tannenwald Writing Competition.
Topic: Any federal or state tax topic.
Prizes: First place, $3,500; second
place, $2,500; third place, $1,500.
Deadline: July 2, 2007.
Other Information: Each submitted paper must
be sponsored by a professor at the student's law school.
Website: http://abanet.org/lsd/competitions/writing-contests/home.html
or http://americantaxpolicyinstitute.org
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