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The 2010 Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition On Regulatory and Administrative Law
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Description:
American Constitution Society for Law and Policy--comp open to all. Related to regulatory or admin law, broadly construed.
First Prize: $1500
Additional Prize(s): The winning paper will receive special recognition at the Summer 2009 ACS National Convention. Potentially also through other means agreed upon by the authors and the ACS.
Deadline: 02/12/2010
Contact Information:
Attn: Cudahy Writing Competition
1333 H St. NW, 11th Floor
Washington, DC
20005
info@acslaw.org
Scribes - The American Society of Legal Writers - Writing Competition
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Description:
Each year, Scribes - The American Society of Legal Writers - sponsors a competition to recognize an outstanding note or comment written by a law student who is associated with a student-edited law review or journal. This award has the dual distinction of being the only award presented at the National Conference of Law Reviews and the only national award for student authors that places no limitation on subject matter.
Additional Prize(s): The winning journal and the author of the winning note or comment will receive a plaque.
Deadline: 04/16/2010
Contact Information:
Normal E. Plate
Thomas M. Cooley Law School, PO Box 13038
Lansing, MI
48901
platen@cooley.edu
ABI Bankruptcy Law Student Writing Competition
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Description:
The Bankruptcy Litigation Committee of the American Bankruptcy Institute ("ABI") is accepting papers on current issues regarding bankruptcy jurisdiction, bankruptcy litigation, or evidence in bankruptcy cases or proceedings.
First Prize: $1000
Second Prize: $750
Third Prize: $500
Additional Prize(s): The first-prize winner will, in addition to receiving a cash award, see his or her paper published in the prestigious ABI Journal and receive a one-year membership to the ABI. The second-prize winner will, in addition to receiving a cash award, see his or her paper published in the ABI Litigation Committee’s quarterly newsletter, and receive a one-year membership to the ABI. The third-prize winner will, in addition to receiving a cash award, see his or her paper published in the ABI Litigation Committee’s quarterly newsletter, and receive a one-year membership to the ABI.
Deadline: 03/01/2010
Contact Information:
ABI Bankruptcy Litigation Committee
44 Canal Center Plaza
Ste. 400
Alexandria, VA
22314
papers@abiworld.org
National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees Law Student Writing Competition
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Description:
Entrants should submit an essay, article, or comment on an issue concerning Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Additional Prize(s): The author of the first-place essay will receive a prize. The winning essay will be published in the NACTT Quarterly (the quarterly journal of the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees). The winner will receive free registration for the NACTT annual seminar to be held at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas on July 14-18, 2010.
Deadline: 04/30/2010
Contact Information:
Debbie Langehennig, Ch. 13 Trustee
NACTT Law Student Writing Competition
National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees
3801 Capital of Texas Hwy. South, Suite 320
Austin, TX
78704
Trustee@Ch13austin.com
"Endangered Environmental Laws" Student Writing Competition
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Description:
The Environmental Law Institute, The American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, and The National Association of Environmental Law Societies are accepting student-authored papers on any topic addressing recent developments or trends in U.S. environmental law that have a significant constitutional or "federalism" component.
First Prize: $2000
Additional Prize(s): The sponsors will, in addition to giving the winning author the monetary award set forth above, extend to him or her an offer to publish the winning paper in the Environmental Law Reporter.
Deadline: 04/12/2010
Contact Information:
Louise Yeung
yeung@eli.org
Bert W. Levit Essay Contest
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Description:
Entrants should submit essays related to a hypothetical presented in the competition materials. The essays will analyze pleading and burdens of proof in legal malpractice cases, focused specifically on the collectability of damages in the underlying hypothetical case.
First Prize: $5000
Additional Prize(s): In addition to the monetary award, above, the winning author will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, DC in April 2010, free admission to the National Legal Malpractice Conference (sponsored by the ABA's Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability (the "Committee")), a seat at the April 16, 2010 Committee dinner as the Committee's guest, and will take the stage for presentation of the prize.
Deadline: 02/19/2010
Contact Information:
Edith Matthai, Chair
ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability
321 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL
60654
ematthai@romalaw.com
Fifth Annual Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition
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Description:
The National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) has established the annual Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition to encourage and reward original law student writing on issues concerning women and the law.
Entrants should submit a paper on an issue concerning women's rights or the status of women in the law.
First Prize: $500
Additional Prize(s): The author of the first-place essay will receive a cash prize of $500. The winning essay will be published in the NAWL Women Lawyers Journal in Summer 2010.
Deadline: 04/30/2010
Contact Information:
National Association of Women Lawyers
American Bar Center, MS 15.2, 321 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL
60654
jsmart07@louisville.edu
The Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition
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Description:
The Legal History and Rare Books Section of the American Association of Law Libraries, in cooperation with Gale Cengage Learning, announces the first annual Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition.
The purpose of the contest is to encourage scholarship in the areas of legal history, rare law books, and legal archives, and to expose students to the American Association of Law Libraries and law librarianship.
Papers may be on any topic related to legal history, rare law books, or legal archives. No paper, or portion of a paper, that has been published or accepted for publication before April 15, 2009 will be eligible for consideration.
First Prize: $500
Additional Prize(s): The winner will receive a $500 prize from Gale Cengage Learning. In addition, the winner will receive up to $1000 to be applied towards expenses associated with attendance at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries. The 2009 Annual Meeting will be held July 25-28 in Washington, D.C. Attendance is encouraged, but not required.
Deadline: 04/15/2010
Contact Information:
Jennie Meade
jmeade@law.gwu.edu
American Judges Association 21st Annual Law Student Essay Competition
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Description:
22nd Annual: The American Judges Association (AJA) annual essay competition is open to all full-time law students enrolled in and attending an accredited law school in the United States or Canada. We gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the National Court Reporters Association.
All essays submitted must be under the category of “The Pluses and Minuses of eDiscovery” or “The Effect of Melendez-Diaz on State Statutory Schemes for Admission of Lab Results.”
First Prize: $3000
Second Prize: $1500
Third Prize: $1000
Additional Prize(s): Prize monies are contributed by the American Judges Foundation.
Deadline: 06/01/2010
Contact Information:
John Rosson, Chairperson, Essay Competition Committee
American Judges Association, Law Student Essay Competition, 300 Newport Avenue
Williamsburg, VA
23185
aja@ncsc.org
2010 American Inns of Court Warren E. Burger Prize
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Description:
Unpublished essay of 10,000-25,000 on topic that addresses issues of legal excellence, civility, ethics, and professionalism.
First Prize: $5000
Additional Prize(s): Published essay in the South Carolina Law Review.
Deadline: 06/15/2010
Contact Information:
Cindy Dennis
Cindy Dennis
American Inns of Court
1229 King Street, Second Floor
Alexandria, VA
22314
Embryo Law Essay Competition
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Description:
Nightlight Christian Adoptions ("NCA") is accepting scholarly position papers on a specific hypothetical problem presented on its website; the problem relates to embryo donation and "adoption."
First Prize: $2500
Second Prize: $1500
Third Prize: $1000
Additional Prize(s): NCA may, in addition to providing the monetary awards set forth above, publish the winning papers.
Deadline: 03/09/2010
Contact Information:
Kimberly Tyson
kimberly@nightlight.org
The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers Writing Competition
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Description:
The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers is accepting papers on "any aspect of domestic public or private labor or employment law." Students are encouraged to: (a) present a public-policy issue; (b) analyze the practical implications of a leading case or doctrine; (c) comment on a statute or the need for a statutory modification; or (d) comment on a common-law doctrine.
First Prize: $1500
Second Prize: $1000
Third Prize: $500
Additional Prize(s): The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers will, in addition to giving the winning author a monetary award, mentioned above, publish the winning article in a future issue of the College newsletter and post it on the College's website. The College will also invite the winners to attend the College's Annual Induction Dinner, where it will recognize and honor them. The ABA Journal of Labor & Employment Law has, additionally, expressed a strong desire to publish the winning entry, if it meets normal publication standards.
Deadline: 05/14/2010
Contact Information:
Susan Wan
Executive Director, The College of Labor & Employment Lawyers
1050 Connecticut Ave. NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC
20036
info@laborandemploymentcollege.org
Bert W. Levit Essay Contest
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Description:
Entrants should submit essays related to a hypothetical presented in the competition materials. The essays will analyze pleading and burdens of proof in legal malpractice cases, focused specifically on the collectability of damages in the underlying hypothetical case.
First Prize: $5000
Additional Prize(s): In addition to the monetary award, above, the winning author will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, DC in April 2010, free admission to the National Legal Malpractice Conference (sponsored by the ABA's Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability (the "Committee")), a seat at the April 16, 2010 Committee dinner as the Committee's guest, and will take the stage for presentation of the prize.
Deadline: 02/19/2010
Contact Information:
Edith Matthai, Chair
ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability
321 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL
60654
ematthai@romalaw.com
2010 IADC Legal Writing Contest
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Description:
All J.D. candidates currently enrolled in accredited law schools are eligible to participate in the IADC Legal Writing Contest. Entrants must write on subjects in the fields of tort law, insurance law, civil procedure, evidence or other areas of the law of practical concern to lawyers engaged in the defense or management of the defense of civil litigation. The contest is judged by a committee of the IADC.
First Prize: $2000
Second Prize: $1000
Third Prize: $500
Additional Prize(s): Winning and honorable mention entries are considered for publication in the IADC's quarterly academic publication, the Defense Counsel Journal. All winners will receive a plaque. The judges also may award honorable mentions. All entrants receive a one-year subscription to the Defense Counsel Journal.
Deadline: 05/14/2010
Contact Information:
Mary Dannevik, CLE Program Coordinator
303 W. Madison, Suite 925
Chicago, IL
60606
mdannevik@iadclaw.org
Property, Trust, and Estate Law
NYLS Real Estate Law Writing Competition
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Description:
The Center for Real Estate Studies and Real Estate LL.M. Program at New York Law School (collectively, the "NYLS") are accepting student-authored papers on "all aspects of real estate and land use law, including transactional practice, financing, housing and mortgage law, zoning, condominiums and common interest communities, sustainable development and building, international and comparative law, ethical issues, and public policy."
First Prize: $1000
Second Prize: $500
Additional Prize(s): The NYLS will, in addition to giving the winning authors monetary compensation, as described above, consider the winning entry for publication in the NYLS Law Review.
Deadline: 04/01/2010
Contact Information:
Marshall Tracht, Director
Real Estate LL.M. Program
185 West Broadway
New York, NY
10013
Marshall.Tracht@nyls.edu
Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition
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Description:
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) is accepting submissions on topics involving trusts, estates, and related taxation.
First Prize: $5000
Second Prize: $3000
Third Prize: $1000
Additional Prize(s): ACTEC will, in addition to awarding the prizes listed above, award some Honorable Mention prizes, of varying cash value, and publish the top papers.
Deadline: 06/15/2010
Contact Information:
Ira Mark Bloom
Albany Law School
80 New Scotland Avenue
Albany, NY
12208
ibloo@albanylaw.edu
The Tannenwald Writing Competition
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Description:
The Theodore Tannenwald, Jr. Foundation for Excellence in Tax Scholarship and The American College of Tax Counsel are accepting papers on "any federal or state tax-related topic."
First Prize: $5000
Second Prize: $2500
Third Prize: $1500
Deadline: 07/01/2010
Contact Information:
Melnie Moore
Tannenwald Foundation
1275 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Ste. 200
Washington, DC
20004
nabramo@wcl.american.edu