Category Archives: Writing Competitions

The Expert Institute’s 3rd Annual Legal Writing Scholarship

By Stacie Dooley | Published February 8, 2016

Clear, effective writing is the cornerstone of an exceptional lawyer, and a vital area of education for aspiring attorneys. While traditional forms of legal writing like case briefs and contracts endure, the internet has given legal professionals a new medium of communication that demands mastery as well. Blog posts are a new way for attorneys to educate and persuade, and to participate in a broader legal discourse with their peers.

In recognition of the importance of online legal writing, The Expert Institute is offering a $2,000 scholarship for the best legal blog post written by a law student on the topic of expert witnesses.To be considered for the scholarship, you must submit a 1,000 to 2,500 word blog-style article on the use of expert witnesses in litigation through the online submission portal at the bottom of this page by December 31, 2016.

If your article wins, you will receive a $2,000 scholarship. In addition, your article will be published on The Expert Institute’s blog and distributed in our weekly newsletter, where it will be read by thousands of practicing attorneys.

The full information on the scholarship can be found on the scholarship page here: https://www.theexpertinstitute.com/writing-contest/

If you have any additional questions please feel free to reach out to Joseph O’Neill, Senior Associate of Marketing at The Expert Institute at joe@theexpertinstitute.com.

www.TheExpertInstitute.com

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Notre Dame Law School Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition

By Stacie Dooley | Published February 1, 2016

CALL FOR PAPERS

Notre Dame Law School sponsors an annual writing competition on the topic of legal ethics. All students with an interest in legal ethics are invited and encouraged to participate. The competition is open to all law students at U.S. and Canadian law schools.

  • Entries should concern any issue within the general category of legal ethics.
  • Entries must be original, unpublished work.
  • Entries must not exceed 50 pages, including notes, on 8.5 x 11 paper, double space, and standard font.
  • Coauthored essays may be submitted.
  • Submissions will be judged by a panel of faculty of the Notre Dame Law School.
  • A prize of $2,500 will be awarded for one winning entry.
  • All entries must be received before 5 p.m., Friday, April 29, 2016.
  • Please include cover letter with contact information and name of current law school.

All entries should be submitted to:

Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition

Notre Dame Law School

P.O. Box 780

Notre Dame, Indiana 46556

(574) 631-6749

Fax: (574) 631-8612

Email: sumption.1@nd.edu

Website: www.nd.edu/~ndlaw/writing_competitions/smith_doheny.pdf

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2016 DISH® “Best in Class” eDiscovery Legal Research and Writing Competition

By Stacie Dooley | Published January 22, 2016

The DISH® 2016 “Best in Class” eDiscovery Legal Research and Writing Competition sponsored by DISH Network L.L.C., in conjunction with Redgrave LLP is now open.  This year the grand prize is $2,500 for the winning student.  The second place prize is $1,000.

The DISH® “Best in Class” eDiscovery Legal Research and Writing Competition encourages law students to develop a thorough understanding of the evolution and practice of Information Governance and Discovery in civil litigation.  The competition is the only one of its kind designed to challenge law students to explore the evolving issues of document management, electronically stored information, and ever-expanding technology—along with their application to the law.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity! This competition is for all eligible law school students who (a) have obtained a baccalaureate degree or equivalent from an accredited institution and (b) are or will be enrolled in an ABA-accredited law program in the United States on the date of submission.  The submission deadline is Monday, April 11, 2016.  Below you will find an information flyer that we hope you will find useful in spreading the word.

Additional contest information can be found on the contest website at: http://www.dishediscovery.com

2016 DISH eDiscovery Legal Research and Writing Competition

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The Reeves Law Group Annual Scholarship Award – 2016 Scholarship Update

By Stacie Dooley | Published January 13, 2016

Reeves Law Group has announced their 2015 scholarship award recipient and their 2016 scholarship guidelines.

This year’s recipient is Alamea Deedee Bitran of Miami, FL. Please read the very touching story of her passion and goals that she has in her field of Public Interest Law.

We truly enjoyed reviewing all of the student’s submissions this year and we have decided once again to increase our award amount. This year our award will be $3,000.

For our fourth annual scholarship contest, we are pleased to support a future lawyer who demonstrates through past, current and expected future deeds a genuine commitment to serve the less-fortunate.

Tell us about such deeds, including contributions you may have made or are currently making to help a non-profit institution, a specific group, your local community, or the public at large. Tell us also how you intend to use your legal training to advance those goals.

The full eligibility details and entry requirements for our annual $3,000 scholarship can be found at http://www.robertreeveslaw.com/scholarship/

Application Deadline: The deadline for this scholarship is December 15th, 2016.

  • Open to: Undergrads in their senior year, and current law school students
  • How to apply: Apply online by email
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1st Annual Criminal Record Policy Essay Competition

By Stacie Dooley | Published December 30, 2015

The Foundation for Continuing Justice and the Law Firm of Higbee & Associates are pleased to announce the first annual law student writing competition with $4,000 in prizes. The competition is designed to increase awareness of the impact of laws governing the retention and dissemination of criminal records by courts and state agencies, as well as the laws governing the public’s use of such records.

This is great opportunity for you to win some money and add an award to your resume! There are seven awards with cash prizes available for the winning essays.

More information about the contest can be found by clicking here.

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WINTER 2015-2016 SCHOLARSHIP ESSAY CONTEST: BRAD WOLK MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

By Stacie Dooley | Published December 30, 2015

Orlando, Florida: Appeals Law Group will be holding its annual Winter Essay Writing Competition, open to all current full-time and part-time matriculated students in an ABA accredited law school.  This $500.00 scholarship will be awarded to the law student who presents a 1000 word or less essay on the following topic:

Whether a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole for non-violent marijuana trafficking under Federal law violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment?

All essays must be submitted via email to scholarship@appealslawgroup.com and must be in Word or PDF format.  The deadline for submission is February 1, 2016 at 11:59 p.m.  The winner will be announced on February 4, 2016.

About Appeals Law Group: Appeals Law Group is a firm dedicated to the pursuit of justice, focusing on civil rights litigation, criminal and civil appeals, post-conviction relief, criminal trial defense, and executive remedies including pardons and commutations of sentence.  The attorneys at Appeals Law Group practice in all federal and military courts of appeal across the nation and are licensed in North Carolina, New York, New Jersey, Florida, Texas, Washington DC, Minnesota, Washington State, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 407-255-2165 OR VISIT

www.appealslawgroup.com/scholarship

https://www.facebook.com/appealslawgroup/

 

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Writing Competitions

By Stacie Dooley | Published November 20, 2015

‘Tis the season for writing competitions! Below you will find the name of competitions that are currently open — in deadline order — and the general topics pertinent to each one. Please consult the websites for more detailed information.

American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers

DEADLINE: December 1, 2015

Topic: Topics related to consumer financial services, but not securities regulation, insurance, or the safety-and-soundness aspects of banking regulation.

Mollie and Paul Hill Student Writing Competition in Medical-Legal Interprofessional Collaboration

DEADLINE: January 4, 2016

Topic: Specific question provided on website

Pacific Legal Foundation

DEADLINE: January 15, 2016

Topic: Three options are provided on the website.

Thomas Jefferson School of Law Jameson Crane III Disability and the Law Writing Competition

DEADLINE: January 15, 2016

Topic: Any topic relating to disability law including legal issues arising with respect to employment, government services and programs, public accommodations, education, higher education, housing, and health care.

2015-2016 Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law

DEADLINE: January 19, 2016

Topic: Any topic relating to the law governing the workplace, such as employment law, labor law, employee benefits, or employment discrimination.

American Indian Law Review

DEADLINE: Friday, January 29, 2016

Topic: Any issue concerning American Indian law or indigenous peoples

 

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UPDATE: Common Cause 2016 “Gerrymander Standard” Writing Competition

By Stacie Dooley | Published November 19, 2015

As you might remember from a previous post, Common Cause is sponsoring a writing competition to identify new legal strategies to end gerrymandering in the United States. With exciting developments in cases coming out of Maryland and Wisconsin, we have decided to update the topic to reflect the opportunities these cases present. Please see details below on how we have adjusted the topic and feel free to distribute this information to your faculty and students. Updates, submission requirements, and information about our 2015 winners are also available at www.commoncause.org/gerrymanderstandard.

Papers Due March 27, 2016

In December 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling in Shapiro v. McManus allowing a First Amendment challenge to Maryland’s congressional districts to move forward. Separately, a three-judge federal district court panel rejected a motion to dismiss in Whitford v. Nichol, a case challenging Wisconsin’s state legislative Assembly districts. These cases challenging partisan gerrymanders have potentially significant consequences for fair democratic representation. Either could open the door to a ruling against political gerrymandering that leads to its demise.

The Supreme Court has long suggested there is a limit for what is acceptable partisan gerrymandering, but like obscenity, so far the line is undefined and left to courts to know it when they see it. The Court has said that it is willing to hear constitutional challenges to partisan gerrymandering, but existing legal theories have been insufficient to empower citizens and advocates with the tools they need to overturn partisan gerrymanders in court. Common Cause’s 2016 “Gerrymander Standard” Writing Competition is your chance to change that.

For the second year, we invite legal and social science practitioners, scholars, and students to submit papers proposing a new definition of partisan gerrymandering or further developing an existing standard and pairing that definition with an effective legal theory to challenge unfair redistricting plans in court. Winning papers are selected by a distinguished panel of democracy scholars.

Winning Authors Receive:

  • Prize money: 1st place: $5,000, 2nd place: $3,000, 3rd place: $2,000
  • Publication in a leading academic journal
  • Payment of travel expenses to present papers at a national redistricting reform symposium

See submission requirements here.

If you have any questions, contact Dan Vicuna at (213) 623-1216 or contest@commoncause.org.

 

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Sarah Weddington Writing Prize – Deadline 1/18/16

By Melissa Duncan | Published September 28, 2015

Law Students for Reproductive Justice, in collaboration with the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice at Berkeley Law School, is pleased to announce the Call for Submission for the eleventh annual Sarah Weddington Writing Prize for New Student Scholarship in Reproductive Rights.

This year, the Sarah Weddington Writing Prize’s suggested theme is “Restoring Public Insurance Coverage for Abortion,” with a focus on the Hyde Amendment and Harris v. McRae (1980). However, submissions on other topics will also be accepted. For more information, please download the 2015 Call for Submissions: http://lsrj.org/documents/awardsgrants/16_LSRJ_Writing_Prize_Call_for_Submissions.pdf.

The deadline for submission is Monday, January 18, 2016.

Winning authors will receive cash prizes: $750 (first place), $500 (second place), or $250 (third place). Additionally, each winning author will receive a copy of the newly released casebook, Melissa Murray and Kristin Luker’s Cases on Reproductive Rights and Justice. The first place winner will also have a chance at publication with the NYU Review of Law and Social Change.

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