Announcements

The Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law is now accepting entries for the 2013 Law Student Writing Contest. The contest is designed to encourage and reward law student writing on real property, trust and estate law subjects of general ...

Posted Mar 29, 2013 by Mike Hall

The Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy is pleased to announce the 2013 Bradley Freedom Prize Essay Competition. Students are required to write an essay answering the following question: “Do the wealthiest Americans pay their fair sha ...

Posted Mar 11, 2013 by Mike Hall

The Legal Research & Writing Program is pleased to announce the semi-finalists for Fall 2012 whose appellate briefs qualified them for the 2012-13 Best Brief Competition. The Fall 2012 semi-finalists are: Kelliann Blazek, Anita Boor, Stephen ...

Posted Mar 4, 2013 by Ursula Weigold, Prof.

Students are invited to participate in the 2013 American Inns of Court Warren E. Burger writing competition. To apply, please submit an original, unpublished, essay of 10,000-25,000 words on a topic of your choice addressing the issues of excell ...

Posted Feb 12, 2013 by Mike Hall

National Association of Women Lawyers®2012-13Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing CompetitionThe National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) is a national voluntary legal professional organization whose mission is the advancement of women in ...

Posted Jan 15, 2013 by Mike Hall

Get tips and caveats from a legal writing professor on preparing a writing sample for job and fellowship applications:  Thursday, January 17, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. (r.s.v.p. required to polewski@wisc.edu) or Wednesday, January 23, 2013, at 12: ...

Posted Jan 9, 2013 by Ursula Weigold, Prof.

The Supreme Court of Oklahoma and the Sovereignty Symposium Inc. are sponsoring the Chief Justice John B. Doolin Writing Competition. The subject matter of the paper may be on any area of the law relating to Native Americans or other indigenous ...

Posted Jan 3, 2013 by Mike Hall

   Robert C. Watson Intellectual Property Writing CompetitionAmerican Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)has sponsored Robert C. Watson Competition for many years to encourage interest in intellectual property issues. Studen ...

Posted Nov 27, 2012 by Mike Hall