This writing competition (“Competition”) is sponsored by the Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law (“Forum”) of the American Bar Association (“ABA”), 321 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654 (the “Sponsor”).

The goal of the competition is to encourage law students to become involved in the Forum. It is also intended to attract students to the affordable housing, community development or pro bono practice fields, and to encourage scholarship in these fields.

Each entrant must follow the rules of the competition detailed herein.

Eligibility:
Open to all law students who are at the time of entry, (a) enrolled in a law school that is at the time of entry, ABA Accredited, (b) members of the ABA and the Forum, (c) at least 18 years old, and (d) U.S. citizens. Employees of the ABA, its respective affiliates, and immediate family or household members of such employees are not eligible for the Competition.

Topic:
Entries should address any legal issue regarding affordable housing and/or community development law.

Please visit our website that includes detailed information on the 2017 Writing Competition.

Please contact Dawn R. Holiday if you have any questions.

2017 University of Oklahoma College of Law Writing Competition is available for the students who are enrolled in J.D. or graduate law programs at accredited law schools in the United States.

Competition: University Of Oklahoma College of Law Writing Competition

Eligibility: Law students

Application Deadline: January 31, 2017

Award: first, second, third place winners will receive $1,000, $500, and $250 respectively.

Application Link: University Of Oklahoma College of Law Writing Competition

Johnson Kary, Scholarships and Financial Aid Adviser

The American Inns of Court invites judges, lawyers, professors, students, scholars, and other authors to participate in its 2016 Warren E. Burger Prize. Authors should submit an original, unpublished, 10,000–20,000 word essay on a topic that addresses the issues of excellence in legal skills, civility, ethics, and professionalism. The winning essay will be published in the South Carolina Law Review and the author will receive a cash prize of $5,000. The submission deadline for the 2016 Warren E. Burger Prize is July 1, 2016. More information is available on the American Inns of Court website at www.innsofcourt.org/BurgerPrize.

The AAJ Class Action Litigation Group is sponsoring a writing competition for law students.

For more information on AAJ’s website click here.

The prizes we are offering are great: publication, notoriety, and cash! One note: the AAJ website currently indicates that the deadline for submissions is April 30, but that has been extended to May 30.

The mission of the National Association of Women Lawyers is to provide leadership, a collective voice, and essential resources to advance women in the legal profession and advocate for the equality of women under the law. Since 1899, NAWL has been empowering women in the legal profession, cultivating a diverse membership dedicated to equality, mutual support, and collective success. 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.

The rules for the competition are as follows:

Entrants should submit a paper on an issue concerning women’s rights or the status of women in the law.

Essays will be accepted from students enrolled at any law school during the 2015-16 school year. The essays must be the law student author’s own work and must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers written by students for coursework or independent study during the summer, fall, or spring semesters are eligible for submission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, students may incorporate professorial feedback as part of a course requirement or supervised writing project.

FORMAT: Essays must be double-spaced in 12-point, Times New Roman font. All margins must be one inch. Entries must not exceed fifteen (15) pages of text, excluding notes, with footnotes placed as endnotes. Citation style should conform to The Bluebook – A Uniform System of Citation. Essays longer than 15 pages of text, excluding notes, or that are not in the required format will not be read.

JUDGING: NAWL Women Lawyers Journal® designees will judge the competition. Essays will be judged based upon content, exhaustiveness of research, originality, writing style, and timeliness.

QUESTIONS: Questions regarding this competition should be addressed to the chair of the Writing Competition, Professor Jennifer Martin at jmartin@stu.edu.

SUBMISSION AND DEADLINE: Entries must be received by May 1, 2016. Entries received after the deadline will be considered only at the discretion of NAWL. Entries must provide a cover letter providing the title of the essay, school affiliation, email address, phone number, and mailing address. Entries must be submitted in the following format: email an electronic version (in Microsoft Word) to jmartin@stu.edu.

AWARD: The author of the winning essay will receive a cash prize of $500. NAWL will also publish the winning essay in the Women Lawyers Journal. The most recent winning paper was “The Practice of Name Suppression: How the News Media Promotes the Stigmatization of Rape Victims” written by Emily Suran, University of Michigan Law School. Please view paper by clicking here.

The mission of the National Association of Women Lawyers is to provide leadership, a collective voice, and essential resources to advance women in the legal profession and advocate for the equality of women under the law. Since 1899, NAWL has been empowering women in the legal profession, cultivating a diverse membership dedicated to equality, mutual support, and collective success.

To learn more, please visit www.nawl.org

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.

Contest deadline is Friday, May 20, 2016. Copies of contest rules, writing guidelines, and entry forms can be found on the IADC website.

Public Citizen is pleased to announce the 2016 Hogan/Smoger Access to Justice Essay Competition.

This year’s topic is “Class Actions and Environmental Law.”

The prize for best student essay is $5,000.

Essays must be submitted by email no later than 11:59 p.m.on April 30, 2016, to Amanda Fleming at afleming@citizen.org.

For more information, including specific issues essays may cover, please visit http://www.citizen.org/law-school-contest or call Amanda Fleming at 202.588.7734.