Student Writing Competitions

Lists from other Institutions:

• ABA Law Student Division List of Writing Competitions
• University of Michigan Law School
• University of Richmond School of Law
• Western New England College School of Law

Writing Competitions by Categories:

Accounting

• AAA-CPA Foundation Essay Contest
  Award: Not available
  Deadline: 06/04/2008

Administrative law

• Gellhorn-Sargentich Law Student Essay Competition
  Award: $500
  Deadline: 03/31/2008

Air and space law

• Law Student Writing Competition
  Award: $5,000
  Deadline: 03/31/2008

Civil law

• International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) Legal Writing Contest
  Award: $2,000
  Deadline: 05/16/2008

Civil law and procedure

• James William Moore Federal Practice Award
  Award: $1,000
  Deadline: 06/02/2008

Civil rights and discrimination/Constitutional law

• NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund - Law Student Essay
  Award: $5,000
  Deadline: 06/01/2008

Constitutional law

• Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition/ Mercer
  Award: $1000 - best brief
  Deadline: 06/01/2008
• The Ninth Annual Program for Judicial Awareness Writing Competition
  Award: $5,000
  Deadline: 05/30/2008

Courts

• George Hutchinson Writing Competition
  Award: $3,000
  Deadline: 06/30/2008

Criminal law & procedure

• William W. Greenhalgh Writing Competition
  Award: $2,000
  Deadline: 04/11/2008

Dispute resolution

• James Boskey ADR Writing Competition
  Award: $1,000
  Deadline: 06/15/2008

Domestic relations

• Fifth Annual Law Student Writing Competition: Domestic Violence and the Law
  Award: $750 & publication
  Deadline: 03/28/2008

Elder law

• Third Annual NAELA Student Journal
  Award: $1,500
  Deadline: 05/01/2008
• NAELA Student Journal Writing Competition
  Award: $1,500
  Deadline: 05/01/2008

Elder law/Juveniles/Social welfare

• Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition 2008 Competition
  Award: $1,000
  Deadline: 06/01/2008

Employment practice

• American College of Employee Benefits Counsel
  Award: $1,500
  Deadline: 05/31/2008
• The Labor Lawyer Student Writing Contest
  Award: Not available
  Deadline: 08/31/2008

Environmental law

• Endangered Environmental Laws Student Writing Competition
  Award: $2,000
  Deadline: 04/04/2008
• ELI-ABA-NAELS Endangered Environmental Laws Writing Competition
  Award: $2,000
  Deadline: 04/04/2008

Estates and trusts

• The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
  Award: $5,000
  Deadline: 05/01/2008

Family law

• NACC Law Student Essay Competition
  Award: $1,000
  Deadline: 06/01/2008
• Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay
  Award: ABA Family Law Membership
  Deadline: 05/15/2008

Food and drug law

• H. Thomas Austern Memorial Writing Competition
  Award: $1,500
  Deadline: 06/13/2008

Health law and policy

• Paralyzed Veterans of America Legal Writing Competition
  Award: $3,000
  Deadline: 04/30/2008

Health law and policy/Women and the law

• Elaine Osborne Jacobson Award
  Award: $3,000
  Deadline: 04/15/2008

Human rights law

• Holocaust Remembrance Essay Award
  Award: $500 Canadian
  Deadline: 07/01/2008

Intellectual property law

• 2008 Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition
  Award: $600
  Deadline: 06/30/2008
• Robert C. Watson Award
  Award: $2,000
  Deadline: 06/30/2008

International law

• Andrew P. Vance Memorial Writing Competition
  Award: $1,000
  Deadline: 05/16/2008
• International Association of Gaming Advisors (IAGA) - Shannon Bybee Scholarship Award
  Award: $2,500
  Deadline: 06/30/2008

Judges

• American Judges Association Twentieth Annual Law Student Essay Competition
  Award: $3,000 and publication
  Deadline: 06/02/2008

Labor law

• The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
  Award: $1,500
  Deadline: 05/15/2008

Land use law

• Planning & Law Div. American Planning Assoc.
  Award: $2,500 & publication in Urban Lawyer
  Deadline: 06/09/2008

Land use planning

• Smith-Babcock-Williams Student Writing Competition
  Award: $2,500
  Deadline: 06/09/2008

Law - general

• Judge John R. Brown Award for Excellence in Legal Writing
  Award: $10,000
  Deadline: 05/01/2008

Professional ethics

• Notre Dame Law School Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition
  Award: $1,000
  Deadline: 04/25/2008

Professional responsibility

• Warren E. Burger Writing Competition
  Award: $5,000 & publication
  Deadline: 06/15/2008

Securities law

• Elliot Spoon Business Law Writing Competition
  Award: $500 & publication
  Deadline: 03/14/2008

Sexuality and the law

• National Lesbian & Gay Law Association / Michael Greenberg Student Writing Competition
  Award: $3,000 and publication
  Deadline: 06/01/2008

Taxation - federal income

• 2008 Tannenwald Writing Competition
  Award: $3,500
  Deadline: 07/01/2008

Trusts and estates

• American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Mary Moers Wenig 2008 Student Writing Competition
  Award: $5,000 and publication
  Deadline: 05/01/2008

Women and law

• ABA Commission on Domestic Violence Law Student Writing Competition
  Award: $750 & publication on website
  Deadline: 03/28/2008
• The Alice Paul Feminist Jurisprudence Essay Contest
  Award: $1,000
  Deadline: 06/01/2008
• 3rd Annual Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition
  Award: $500 and publication
  Deadline: 04/30/2008