Research, Writing & Advocacy
Writing CompetitionsThe page includes a list of legal writing competitions by practice area. New competitions will be added as they become known. Updated January 23, 2006 Business LawMendes Hershman Student Writing Contest American Business Law Journal -- 10,000 - 15,000 words on any area of business law. Contact Professor Dhooge at ldhooge@pacific.edu. William E. Swope Antitrust Writing Competition -- sponsored by Jones Day. Criminal Law7th Annual William W. Greenhalgh Student Writing Competition Disability LawAdam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition Dispute ResolutionJames B. Boskey Law Student Essay Contest on Dispute Resolution Elder LawNational Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc. Student Journal Writing Competition Deadline: February 27, 20065 Employment and LaborLouis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law Labor Lawyer Writing Contest Environmental Law Environmental Justice Committee Environmental Law Institute "Endangered Environmental Laws" Student Writing Competition --Deadline April 14, 2006 Family LawCommission on Domestic Violence -
2006 Annual Law Student Writing Competition National Association of Counsel for Children Student Essay Competition on the Legal Interests of Children -- Deadline August 1, 2006 Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest Food and Drug LawFood and Drug Law Institute H. Thomas Austern Memorial Writing Competitions Deadline: June 15, 2006 Health LawAmerican College of Legal Medicine Student Writing Competition in Bioethics American College of Legal Medicine Student Writing Competition in Legal Medicine Epstein Becker & Green Annual Health Law Writing Competition HousingForum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law Writing Competition Individual RightsThe National Lesbian & Gay Law Association Intellectual Property ABA-BNA Award for Excellence in the Study of Intellectual Property Law Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition -- any aspect of Copyright Law Richmond Journal of Law & Technology Biennial Writing Competition --"Emerging Topics in Law and Technology: What's Next? -- February 1, 2006 International LawThe Washington Foreign Law Society Immigration LawEdward L. Dubroff Memorial Legal Writing Contest -- web site is outdated; new information is posted on 3rd floor. 2006 deadline is March 13, 2006 Professional Responsibility 2006 Levit Essay Contest on Lawyers' Professional Liability American Inns of Court Warren E. Burger Writing Competition --Deadline June 15, 2006. Property and Land UsePacific Legal Foundation Seventh Annual Program for Judicial Awareness Writing Competition -- topic is Supreme Court's decision in Kehlo v. New London. Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law Student Writing Competition Sexual OrientationThe Dukeminier Awards: Best Sexual Orientation Law Review Articles 2005 Student Writing Competition Deadline: January 6, 2006 Sports and Entertainment LawEntertainment and Sports Industry Forum Committee and the Recording Academy Entertainment Law Initiative (ELI) -- 7th Annual GRAMMY® Foundation Entertainment Law Initiative (ELI) Writing Contest Tax LawAmerican Bar Association Section of Taxation Tort LawTort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) Trusts and EstatesThe American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Mary Moers Wenig 2006 Student Writing Competition Women's StudiesNational Association of Women Lawyers Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition General LawLegal Affairs Writing Contest for Law Students -- launched by Legal Affairs and sponsored by The Marbury Institute of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary LLP. American Judges Association Annual Law Student Essay Competition George Washington University Law School No Smoking Writing Contest
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