Sponsor/Title: ABA Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice/Gellhorn-Sargentich Law Student Essay Competition.
Topic: A problem or issue relating to presidential control of agency rulemaking.
Prizes: First place, $500.
Deadline: April 30, 2010.
Web site: http://www.abanet.org/adminlaw
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, $2,500.
Deadline: April 30, 2010.
Web site: http://www.nd.edu/~ndlaw/writing_competitions/smith_doheny.pdf
Sponsor/Title: National Association of Women Lawyers/Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition.
Topic: Any issue concerning women's rights or the status of women in the law.
Prizes: First place, $500 and publication of essay.
Deadline: April 30, 2010.
Web site: http://www.nawl.org
Sponsor/Title: National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees/Law Student Writing Competition.
Topic: Any issue concerning Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Prizes: First place, publication of essay.
Deadline: April 30, 2010.
Sponsor/Title: College of Labor and Employment Lawyers Writing Competition.
Topic: Any aspect of domestic public or private labor or employment law.
Prizes: First place, $1,500; second place, $1,000; third place, $500.
Deadline: May 1, 2010 (postmarked) or May 14, 2010 (email).
Sponsor/Title: SmithAmundsen Excellence in Legal Writing Award (for first-year Chicago-Kent students).
Prizes: First place, $5,000.
Deadline: May 3, 2010, 5:00pm.
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.
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 the above 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. The winner of this award will be announced after the end of the Spring semester. The award is non-renewable.
Applications should be submitted electronically or in hard copy and should include: (1) A cover letter addressed to SmithAmundsen describing your personal qualities which contribute to a more diverse environment at Chicago-Kent and in the legal community; (2) One copy of the rewrite of your first-year appellate brief with your name on it and a second copy of the same brief minus your name, if sumitted via hard copy; and (3) A curriculum vitae or resume.
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). If, for some reason, you are unable to submit your application to Alice Curry personally, please send it via email to acurry@kentlaw.edu, after which you will receive confirmation that your applicaiton has been received.
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 14, 2010.
Other information: Submissions must be nominated by a law school faculty member.
Sponsor/Title: International Association of Defense Counsel Legal Writing Contest.
Topic: A 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: May 14, 2010.
Web site: http://www.iadclaw.org/publications/contest.aspx
Sponsor/Title: Customs and International Trade Bar Association and Brooklyn Law School/Andrew P. Vance Memorial Writing Competition.
Topic: A current issue relevant to customs and international trade law.
Prizes: First place, $1,000; second place, $500.
Deadline: May 19, 2010.
Sponsor/Title: The American College of Employee Benefits Counsel Writing Competition.
Topic: Any topic in the field of employee benefits law.
Prizes: First place, $1,500 (two winners).
Deadline: June 1, 2010.
Web site: http://www.acebc.com
Sponsor/Title: American Judges Association Law Student Essay Competition.
Topic: Either: the pluses and minuses of ediscovery; or: the effect of Melendez-Diaz on state statutory schemes for admission of lab results.
Prizes: First place, $3,000; second place, $1,500; third place, $1,000.
Deadline: June 1, 2010.
Web site: http://aja.ncsc.dni.us
Sponsor/Title: American Planning Association, Planning and Law Divisioin/Smith-Babcock-Williams Student Writing Competition.
Topic: A question of significance in either city planning or associated areas of law (e.g., land use, local government or environmental law).
Prizes: First place, $2,500; second place, $1,000; and up to two honorable mention prizes of $250.
Deadline: June 7, 2010.
Sponsor/Title: New York State Bar Association Committee on Animals and the Law Student Writing Competition.
Topic: Any area of animal law..
Prizes: First place, $1,000; second place, $500.
Deadline: June 15, 2010.
Web site: http://nysba.org/animals
Sponsor/Title: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel/Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition.
Topic: One or more legal issues in the area of trusts and estates and related taxation.
Prizes: First place, $5,000; second place, $3,000; third place, $1,000; and a variable amount for honorable mention winners.
Deadline: June 15, 2010.
Web site: http://www.actec.org
Sponsor/Title: American Inns of Court/Warren E. Burger Prize.
Topic: Submissions should address one or more aspects of legal excellence, civility, ethics, or professionalism.
Prizes: First place, $5,000 and publication of paper.
Deadline: June 15, 2010.
Sponsor/Title: Federal Circuit Bar Association/George Hutchinson Writing Competition.
Topic: Any topic that lies within the procedure, substance, or scope of the jurisdiction of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.
Prizes: First place, $3,000; second and third place cash prizes may also be awarded.
Deadline: June 30, 2010.
Web site: http://www.fedcirbar.org/scholarships
Sponsor/Title: Illinois Association of Healtcare Attorneys/Law Student Writing Competition.
Topic: Submissions should address an issue of Illinois or federal health law; all submissions must address Illinois law in some manner.
Prizes: First place, $2,500; second place, $1,500; third place, $500.
Deadline: July 1, 2010.
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-related topic.
Prizes: First place, $5,000; second place, $2,500; third place, $1,500.
Deadline: July 1, 2010.
Web site: http://www.tannenwald.org
Sponsor/Title: University of Alberta Faculty of Law/Holocaust Remembrance Essay Award.
Topic: Any topic, provided that the submission somehow address the relationship between law and the Holocaust.
Prizes: First place, $500 (Canadian).
Deadline: July 1, 2010.
Sponsor/Title: Education Law Association and the Journal of Law and Education/George Jay Joseph Education Law Writing Award.
Topic: One or more legal issues within any of the various contexts of education, including public and private K-12 school sand institutions of higher education, especially current and emerging issues in elementary and secondary public education.
Prizes: The winner will be recognized at the Education Law Association's annual conference, and the winning manuscript will be published in the Journal of Law and Education.
Deadline: July 15, 2010.
Web site: http://www.educationlaw.org
