Writing Contests
Deadlines usually in January
| Contest Name | Web Site |
| ABA Section of Antitrust Law's Student Writing Competition | http://www.abanet.org/antitrust/at-law-student/at-writing-comp.html |
| ABA Journal Board of Editors Ross Student Writing Contest | http://www.abajournal.com/ross |
| American College of Legal Medicine's Student Writing Competition in Bioethics | http://www.aclm.org |
| American College of Legal Medicine's Letourneau Award Student Writing Competition | http://www.aclm.org |
| Chicago-Kent College of Law's Institute for Law and the Workplace, Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition | http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilw/jackson.html |
| Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., Health Law Writing Competition | http://www.ebglaw.com/article_1189.pdf |
| The Grammy Foundation and MusCares Foundation's Entertainment Law Initiative Writing Competition | http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Entertainment-Law-Initiative/78505784535?v=info |
| National Native American Law Student Association's American Indian Law Review Writing Competition | http://www.law.ou.edu/lawrevs/ailr/competition.html |
| National Center for National Native American Law Students Association's Annual NNALSA Writing Competition | http://www.nationalnalsa.org/wcomp.php |
| National Center for Nonsmokers' Rights and Law Professor John Banzhaf's Non-Smokers' Rights Legal Research and Writing Contest | http://nosmokingcontest.org |
| New York University School of Law's Environmental Law Essay Contest | http://www1.law.nyu.edu/journals/envtllaw/essaycontest.html |
| Pacific Legal Foundation's 7th Annual Program for Judicial Awareness Writing Competition | http://community.pacificlegal.org/Page.aspx?pid=344 |
| University of Oklahoma's American Indian Law Review Writing Competition | http://adams.law.ou.edu/ailr/competition.cfm |
| Willamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution's Writing Competition | http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/journals/wjildr/competition/ |
Deadlines usually in February
| Contest Name | Web Site |
| ABA Section of Business Law's Mendes Hershman Student Writing Contest | http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/hershman/hershman.html |
| ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability, Bert W. Levit Essay Contest | http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/lpl/levit.html |
| Berkeley Technology Law Journal Writing Competition | http://www.btlj.org/submissions/competition.php |
| National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) Student Journal Writing Competition | http://www.naela.org |
| National Conference of Bar Examiners Joe E Covington Prize | http://www.ncbex.org |
Deadlines usually in March
| Contest Name | Web Site |
| ABA Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law Writing Competition | http://www.abanet.org/lsd/competitions/writing-contests/ |
| National Association of Women Lawyers Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition | http://www.nawl.org/home_4.htm |
| Presidential Commission on the Status of Women's, Martha Cooper Journalism Award Contest | http://www.niu.edu/women/pcsw/jounhis.shtml |
| Roscoe Pound Institute's Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essay Contest | http://www.roscoepound.org |
Deadlines usually in April
| Contest Name | Web Site |
| ABA Section of Family Law's Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest | http://www.abanet.org/family/lawstudents/schwab.html |
| American College of Trust and Estate Counsel's Mary Moers Wenig 2006 Student Writing Competition | http://www.actec.org |
| Bohemian Lawyers Association of Chicago Essay Contest | http://www.jmls.edu |
| International Association of Defense Counsel's Defense Counsel Legal Writing Contest | http://www.iadclaw.org |
| Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation's, The Brown Award for Excellence in Legal Writing | http://www.brownsims.com/judgebrownaward.htm |
| Treatment Advocacy Center Essay Competition Mental Illness and the Law | http://www.psychlaws.org |
| National Association of Home Builders Legal Writing Competition | http://www.nahb.org/ |
Deadlines usually in May
| Contest Name | Web Site |
| Customs & International Trade Bar Association's Andrew P. Vance Memorial Writing Competition | http://www.brooklaw.edu/students/journals/bjilvance.php |
| NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund's NRA Essay Contest | http://www.nradefensefund.org/writingcontest.aspx |
| People Advocating Therapeutic Homes, Annual Student Writing Competition | http://www.therapeutichomes.org |
Deadlines usually in June
| Contest Name | Web Site |
| ABA Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Law Student Writing Contest | http://www,abanet.org/rpte/section_info/lawstudents/ WritingContestRules2009.pdf |
| American Inns of Court's Warren E. Burger Prize Writing Competition | http://www.innsofcourt.org |
| American Intellectual Property Law Association's Robert C. Watson Writing Contest | http://www.aipla.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Student_Center/ Competition_and_Awards/Competition_and_Awards.htm |
| American Judges Association's Law Student Essay Contest | http://aja.ncsc.dni.us/essayrules.pdf |
| American Planning Association Planning and Law Division's Smith-Babcock-Williams Student Writing Competition | http://law.richmond.edu/essaycontests/ENVSmith.htm |
| American Planning ABA Section of Dispute Resolution's James Boskey Dispute Resolution Essay Competition | http://www.abanet.org/dispute/essaycomp.html |
| American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition | http://www.ascap.com/burkan/index.html |
| Attorney-CPA Foundation Essay Contest | http://attorney-cpa.com/i4a/pages/Index.cfm?pageID=3389 |
| Food and Drug Law Institute's H. Thomas Austern Memorial Writing Competition | http://www.fdli.org/academic/hthomas.html |
| Foundation for Excellence in Tax Scholarship, Inc., Theodore Tannenwald Writing Competition | http://www.tannenwald.org/competition/ |
| Santa Clara Computer & High Technology Law Journal's Essay Contest | http://www.scu.edu/techlaw/contest.html |
Deadlines usually in September or October
| Contest Name | Web Site |
| ABA Section of Public Contract Law Writing Competition | http://www.abanet.org/contract/operations/lawjournal/ contest.html |
| American Board of Trial Advocates - Illinois Chapter, Seventh Amendment Scholarship Competition | http://www.illabota.org/ |
| Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand's Essay Contest for College Students | http://www.aynrand.org/contests/atlas.html |
Deadlines usually in November or December
| Contest Name | Web Site |
| American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers Writing Competition | http://www.accfsl.org/writing-competition/ |
| Association of Securities and Exchange Commission Alumni, Inc., Annual Securities Writing Competition | http://www.secalumni.org |
| National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, William J. Pierce Writing Contest | http://www.nccusl.org/ |
| The Marbury Institute of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray US LLP, Legal Affairs Writing Contest | http://www.legalaffairs.org |