Writing Competitions

Sponsored by the Standing Committee on Lawyer's Professional Liability of the American Bar Association. The LPL Committee sponsors the contest annually to generate interest and ideas among law students and young lawyers on the topics of interest in the area of lawyers' professional liability.

Topic: Concerns Pleading and Proof burdens, in a legal malpractice case, on the issue of collectibility of damages in the underlying case.

Additional information is available in the Law Financial Aid Office or at abanet.org.

Transitional Law & Contemporary Problem, a journal of the University of Iowa College, is pleased to announce the 2009-10 Trandafir International Business Writing Competition. Open to all graduate and law students, the willing student will recieve a cash prize of $2,000 and will be published by the journal.

Additional information is available in the Law Financial Aid Office or at uiowa.edu.

Law students are asked to sumit an essay, article, or comment on an issue concerning chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy code. The winning essay will be published in the NACTT Quarterly.

Additional information is available in the Law Financial Aid Office or at nactt.com.

Current law students are asked to submit a 1,500-4,000 word paper. The paper must pertain to criminal law and/or criminal procedure, with a particular focus on contemporary issues of concern in the State of California.

Additional information is available in the Law Financial Aid Office.

The CSLR is looking for all law students to submit essays in the field of International Law.

Topic: Seccession can never be lawful without the consent of the territorial state. Discuss with reference to Kosovo and South Ossetia.

Additional information is available in the Law Financial Aid Office.

Seeking all full-time law students currently seeking a juris doctor or master of laws at an accredited law school are eligible to submit an unpublished paper concerning federal taxation.

Additional information is available in the Law Financial Aid Office.

Law Students for Reproductive Justice and the Center for Reproductive Rights are looking for fresh student scholarship that focuses on the recognition of reproductive rights as basic human rights that must be promoted and protected.

Additional information is available in the Law Financial Aid Office or at lsrj.org/awards/.

Two winning papers will be selected amongst the submissions by the editorial board for cash rewards. Open to Law Students of Indian and American Universities, Colleges, and Institutions.

Topic: The Varying Treatment of Patentable Subject Matter.

Additional information is available in the Law Financial Aid Office or at lordsfoundation.com/essay.htm.

The American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers is a nonprofit association of attorneys who have made significant contributions to consumer financial services law over an extended period of time. Awards will be given for the best book or book chapter, the best publishable article, or the best student case note or comment on a topic dealing with consumer financial services law.

Additional information is available in the Law Financial Aid Office or at accfsl.org.

The Law Review seeks submissions addressing novel legal issues in the field of Immigration Law including but not limited to immigrant access to healthcare, reformation of the immigration law system, and homosexual and transgender issues affecting immigration status/rights.

Additional information is available in the Law Financial Aid Office.

The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers are holding their third annual writing competition for law students. It is their hope that this will help stimulate interest in this field of law among law students.

Topic: The scope of permissible topics is broad-any aspect of domestic public or private labor or employment law.

Additional information is available in the Law Financial Aid Office or online at laborandemploymentcollege.org.

The Environmental Law Institute, the American Bar Association's Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, and the National Association of Environmental Law Societies sponsor this writing competition to address issues arising at the intersection of constitutional and environmental law.

Topic: Any topic addressing recent developments or trends in U.S. environmental law that have a significant constitutional or "federalism" component.

Additional information is available in the Law Financial Aid Office or online at endangeredlaws.org/writingcomp.htm.

The Cambridge Student Law Review invites students to submit papers in the fields of the Law of Engalnd and Wales, or International, Comparative or European Law.

Additional information is available in the Law Financial Aid Office or online at cslr.org.uk.

Boston College Law School is accepting scholarly papers for the Liberty Mutual Prize. Papers must concern the law related to property and casualty insurance, its regulation and corporate governance.

Additional information is available in the Law Financial Aid Office.