Sponsor/Title: Public Justice Foundation Hogan/Smoger Access to Justice Essay Contest.
Topic: Are factory farms hog-tying people's rights?
Prizes: First place, $5,000.
Deadline: Intent-to-enter submission deadline is January 31, 2012; essay submission deadline is March 31, 2012.
Sponsor/Title: The American Indian Law Review Writing Competition.
Topic: Any topic concerning American Indian Law.
Prizes: First place, $1,000 and publication of paper; second place, $500; third place, $250.
Deadline: January 31, 2012.
Sponsor/Title: The ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability/Bert W. Levit Essay Contest.
Topic: For the essay contest hypothetical and rules, go to http://bit.ly/Levit2012.
Prizes: First place, $5,000.
Deadline: February 17, 2012.
Sponsor/Title: Law & Social Inquiry Graduate Student Paper Competition.
Topic: Submissions should be journal-length papers in the field of sociolegal studies.
Prizes: First place, $500 and publication of paper.
Deadline: March 1, 2012.
Sponsor/Title: ELI-ABA-NAELS Constitutional Environmental Law Student Writing Competition.
Topic: Any topic addressing recent developments or trends in U.S. environmental law that have a significant constitutional or federalism component.
Prizes: First place, $2,000 and publication of paper.
Deadline: April 13, 2012.
Sponsor/Title: College of Labor and Empllyment Lawyers and American Bar Association Section of Lbor and Employment Law Annual Law Student Writing Competition.
Topic: Any aspect of public or private labor and/or employment law relevant to the American labor and employment bar.
Prizes: The following prizes may be awarded: First place, $1,500; second place, $1,000; third place, $500.
Deadline: May 15, 2012.