Sponsor/Title: ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability/Bert W. Levitt Essay Contest.
Topic: A hypothetical involving standing to bring a fraud action against a lawyer (the complete hypothetical is available at the web site provided below).
Prizes: First place, $5,000.
Deadline: February 18, 2011.
Web site: http://bit.ly/Levit2011
Sponsor/Title: The National Law Review/Law Student Writing Competition.
Topic: The suggested topic is intellectual property law, although entries may address current issues related to other areas of the law.
Prizes: Publication of article.
Deadline: February 25, 2011.
Sponsor/Title: The Bankruptcy Litigation Committee of the American Bankruptcy Institute/ABI Bankruptcy Law Student Writing Competition.
Topic: A current issue regarding bankruptcy jurisdiction, bankruptcy litigation, or evidence in bankruptcy cases or proceedings.
Prizes: First place, $1,000 and publication of paper; second place, $750 and publication of paper; third place, $500 and publication of paper.
Deadline: March 1, 2011.
Sponsor/Title: Michigan State University College of Law/Elliot A. Spoon Business Law Writing Competition.
Topic: Any current topic concerning business or securities law.
Prizes: First place, $500 and publication of paper.
Deadline: March 4, 2011.
Sponsor/Title: Saint Louis University School of Law, Student Legal Writers' Association/2011 Law Student Symposium.
Topic: Any area of law.
Prizes: First place, $500.
Deadline: March 11, 2011.
Sponsor/Title: American Association of Law Libraries, Legal History and Rare Books Section/Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition.
Topic: Any topic related to legal history, rare law books, or legal archives.
Prizes: First place, $500.
Deadline: March 15, 2011.
Web site: http://www.aallnet.org/sis/lhrb/
Sponsor/Title: Willamette University College of Law, Center for Law and Government/National Writing Competition on Federalism and the U.S. Constitution (Peterson Prize).
Topic: Submissions should address one or more issues, historic or contemporary, involving the principles underlying the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution.
Prizes: First place, $5,000; second place, $3,000; third place, $2,000.
Deadline: March 18, 2011.
Sponsor/Title: John Marshall Law School Center, Center for Tax Law and Employee Benefits/Paul Faherty Tax Law Writing Competition.
Topic: Any aspect of tax law.
Prizes: First place, $3,000; two honorable mentions, $1,000 each.
Deadline: April 15, 2011.
Web site: http://jmls.edu/faherty
Sponsor/Title: Notre Dame Law Scool/Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition.
Topic: Any issue within the general category of legal ethics.
Prizes: First place, $2,500.
Deadline: April 29, 2011.
Web site: http://www.nd.edu/~ndlaw/writing_competitions/smith-doheny.pdf
Sponsor/Title: National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees Law Student Writing Competition.
Topic: An issue concerning Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Prizes: First place, $1,000 and publication of the article.
Deadline: April 30, 2011.
Sponsor/Title: The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers/Writing Competition for Law Students.
Topic: Any aspect of public or private sector labor and/or employment law.
Prizes: First place, $1,500 and publication of article; second place, $1,000; third place, $500.
Deadline: May 15, 2011.
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, 2011.