Writing Competitions

The Law School regularly receives notices of writing contests, which Legal Research and Writing posts on the Writing Competitions board (on the 3rd level, just opposite the Habush Habush & Rottier appellate court room). To further publicize these opportunities, we list here current listings with their respective prizes and deadlines. Further information about these contests, including application forms, can be found on the Writing Competitions board.

Intellectual Property Writing Competition

Award: 1st place first-year law student - $5,000

1^st place second-year law student - $5,000

3 Honorable mention prizes

Deadline: May 15, 2008

The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers 2008 Writing Competition

Reward: 1st place - $1,500

2^nd place - $1,000

3^rd place - $500

Deadline: May 15, 2008

Ninth Annual Program for Judicial Awareness

Award: $10,000 awarded to junior faculty writing of distinction

1^st- $5,000

2^nd - $3,000

3^rd - $ 1,500

Deadline: May 30, 2008

Employee Benefits Writing Competition

Award: Clarin M. Shwartz Memorial Award - $1,500

Sidney M. Perlstadt Memorial Award - $1,500

Deadline: May 31, 2008

American Judges Association Law Student Essay Competition

Award: 1^st - $3,000

2^nd - $1,500

3^rd - $1,000

Deadline: June 1, 2008

Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition 2008

Award: $300-$1000 depending on number of winners

Deadline: June 1, 2008

Twentieth Annual Law Student Essay Competition

Award: 1^st - $3,000

2^nd - $1,500

3^rd - $1,000

Deadline: June 2, 2008

25^th Annual Smith-Babcock-Williams Student Writing Competition

Award: 1^st - $2,500

2^nd - $1,000

up to two Honorable Mentions - $250

2008 American Inns of Court Warren E. Burger Prize

Award: $5,000

Deadline: June 15, 2008

Warren E. Burger Writing Competition

Award: $5,000

Deadline: June 15, 2008

Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal Writing Contest

Award: 1^st- $1,500

2^nd- $700

3^rd- $500

Deadline: June 20, 2008

AIPLA’s Robert C. Watson Competition

Award: $2,000

Deadline: June 30, 2008

AIPLA Fellows Award

Award: $2,000

Deadline: June 30, 2008

2008 Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition

Award: Local Competition – 1^st: $600

2^nd: $250

National Competition – 1^st: $3,000

2^nd: $2,000

3^rd: $1,000

Deadline: June 30, 2008

2008 George Hutchinson Writing Competition

Award: 1^st - $3,000

2^nd and 3^rd place cash prizes to be determined by judges

Deadline: June 30, 2008

Marc Lalonde Prize for Excellence in International Commercial and Investment Arbitration

Reward: CAD $5,000

Deadline: June 30, 2008

The 2008 Tannenwald Writing Competition

Award: 1^st - $3,500

2^nd - $2,500

3^rd - $1,500

Deadline: July 1, 2008

Section of Science and Technology Law Writing Contest

Award: publication in The SciTech Lawyer, Recognition at ABA Annual Meeting

Deadline: March 1, 2009

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