Sponsor/Title: St. Louis University School of Law/Law Student Symposium.
Topic: Any paper written for a law school seminar or directed research may be submitted; preference given to hot topics in law.
Prizes: First place, $500.
Deadline: March 3, 2014.
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Sponsor/Title: Journal of Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems/Trandafir Writing Competition.
Topic: Any topic of contemporary international business or economic concern with a legal nexus.
Prizes: First place, $2,000.
Deadline: March 21, 2014.
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Sponsor/Title: Law School Admissions Council Diversity Committee Writing Competition.
Topic: What techniques, resources and strategies should law schools utilize to recruit and retain students of color and other students who are from groups underrepresented in law schools and the legal profession?
Prizes: First place, $5,000 in each of three categories (1L, 2L, and 3L students).
Deadline: May 1, 2014.
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Sponsor/Title: IT-Lex Technology Law Writing Contest.
Topic: Any technology law topic.
Prizes: First place, $6,000; second place, $2,000; third place, $1,000.
Deadline: May 2, 2014.
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Sponsor/Title: American College of Employee Benefits Counsel/Employee Benefits Writing Competition.
Topic: Any topic in the field of employee benefits law.
Prizes: Two $1,500 awards.
Deadline: June 3, 2014.
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Sponsor/Title: The Theodore Tannenwald, Jr. Foundation for Excellence in Tax Scholarship Writing Competition.
Topic: Submissions must focus primarily upon technical or policy-oriented tax issues relating to any type of existing or proposed U.S. federal or state tax or U.S. federal or state taxation system(including topics relating to tax practice ethical and professional responsibilities).
Prizes: First place, $5,000; first runner-up, $2,500; second runner-up, $1,500.
Deadline: July 1, 2014.
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Other: Submissions must be sponsored by a law school professor.