Sponsor/Title: Association of Securities and Exchange Commission Alumni/ Securities Law Writing Competition.
Topic: Any sugject in the field of securities law.
Prizes: First place, $5,000; second place, $3,000; third place, $2,000.
Deadline: November 13, 2009.
Sponsor/Title: International Ombudsman Association Student Writing Competition.
Topic: Legal and policy issues a legislature should consider in evaluating whether to enact a confidentiality privilege for communications between organizational ombudsmen and those using their services.
Prizes: First place, $2,500 and possible publication of the essay.
Deadline: November 15, 2009.
Sponsor/Title: Center for Alcohol Policy Essay Contest.
Topic: State regulation of alcohol is important because....
Prizes: First place, $5,000; second place, $2,500; third place, $1,000.
Deadline: November 18, 2009.
Web site: http://www.centerforalcoholpolicy.org
Sponsor/Title: American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers Writing Competition.
Topic: Any topic dealing with consumer financial services law.
Prizes: First place, $1,000.
Deadline: December 1, 2009.
Web site: http://www.accfsl.org
Sponsor/Title: Grammy Foundation Entertainment Law Initiative/Legal Writing Competition.
Topic: A compelling legal issue facing the music industry and a proposed solution.
Prizes: First place, $5,000 and publication of paper; second place (four awards given), $1,500 and publication of papers.
Deadline: January 4, 2010.
Web site:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Entertainment-Law-Initiative/78505784535
Sponsor/Title: The American College of Legal Medicine Student Writing Competition in Legal Medicine/Letourneau Award.
Topic: Any aspect of legal medicine, including medical licensure and regulation of the profession, business aspects of medical practice, liability of physicians, hospitals, managed care organizations, and pharmaceutical manufacturers, public health law, the physician-patient relationship, care of spcial patients, food and drug law, medical research, forensic science and the history of legal medicine.
Prizes: First place, $1,000.
Deadline: January 11, 2010.
Web site: http://www.aclm.org
Sponsor/Title: The American College of Legal Medicine Bioethics Student Writing Competition.
Topic: Any aspect of bioethics, that is, any ethical issues arising specifically within the health care arena in the 21st century.
Prizes: First place, $1,000.
Deadline: January 11, 2010.
Web site: http://www.aclm.org
Sponsor/Title: 2009-2010 Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law (co-sponsored by the Institute for Law and the Workplace and the Jackson Lewis law firm).
Topic: Papers may address any topic relating to the law governing the workplace, such as employment law, labor law, employee benefits, or employment discrimination. Only the first two submissions per law school will be accepted as entries for consideration. Submissions must be the law student author's own work and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors must have completed or be currently taking course work in employment or labor law, and must be enrolled in an accredited law school during the Fall 2008 semester. There are formatting guidelines that must be followed. For questions, contact Professor Martin H. Malin by email at mmalin@kentlaw.edu.
Prizes: One top honors award of $3,000 and two $1,000 awards will be presented to the top three entries. In addition to the cash awards, the top three entries will be published on the Institute for Law and the Workplace website. (Electronic versions of winning papers will be required).
Deadline: Submissions are due no later than Tuesday, January 19, 2010.
Sponsor/Title: American Indian Law Review Writing Competition.
Topic: Any issue concerning American Indian Law.
Prizes: First place, $1,000 and publication of paper; second place, $500; third place, $250.
Deadline: February 1, 2010.
Web site: http://www.law.ou.edu/lawrevs/ailr
Sponsor/Title: Embryo Adoption Awareness Center/Embryo Donation and Adoption Law Writing Competition.
Topic: Submissions should address the 2010 Problem specified in the competition rules, available at
http://www.embryolaw.org.
Prizes: First place, $2,500; second place, $1,500; third place, $1,000.
Deadline: March 8, 2010.
Web site: http://www.embryolaw.org