Category: Writing Competition

The Committee on Animals and the Law of the New York State Bar Association is very pleased to announce the Fourth Annual Student Writing Competition. The deadline for submission is June 30, 2011.

The Committee on Animals and the Law was established to provide information resources for the New York State Bar Association’s members and the public about non-human, animal related humane issues, which arise from and have an effect upon our legal system. This competition seeks to foster legal scholarship among law students in the area of animals and the law. This competition provides law students with an incentive and opportunity to learn more about this area of law.

Law students (which include J.D., L.L.M., Ph.D., and S.J.D. candidates) are invited to submit to the Committee on Animals and the Law an article concerning any area of Animal Law. All submissions will be reviewed by a panel of attorneys and other professionals practicing or otherwise involved in animal law. The winner will be chosen in accordance with the attached rules. The first place winner will receive $1,000 and a certificate of achievement. The second place winner will receive $500 and a certificate of achievement.

RULES

Topic: Any topic on Animal Law.

Eligibility: To be eligible for consideration, the submission must be written by a student currently enrolled (full time or part time) in an ABA-accredited law school. Students expecting to receive their degree in 2011 are eligible for consideration. The submission must be written by one and only one student, i.e., papers jointly written by more than one student or that have been subjected to line editing by professors or advisors shall not be considered. No paper that has been previously published in any form shall be considered.

Deadline: Papers must be postmarked no later than June 30, 2011.

Award Criteria: Written submissions will be judged based on quality, clarity, originality, and organization. All essays must also meet the following criteria:

Length: Type written, double spaced, no less than 12 point Times New Roman font, on 8 ½ inch by 11 inch paper, with 1 inch margins, and no more than 25 pages, including footnotes. Footnotes should be single spaced, and no less than 10 point font.

Format: One hard copy of the written submission and one electronic copy in Microsoft Word format on a disk or CD must be submitted by mail, postmarked no later than June 30, 2011, and addressed to:

Kim Hojohn, Liaison
Committee on Animals and the Law
New York State Bar Association
One Elk Street
Albany, NY 12207

Cover Page: Entrants must submit a cover page indicating the submitter’s name, law school, expected year of graduation, mailing address, email address, and telephone number.

Prizes Awarded:
1st place: $1,000 and a certificate of achievement
2nd place: $500 and a certificate of achievement

The Jackson Lewis law firm and Chicago-Kent College of Law’s Institute for Law and the Workplace will again co-sponsor the Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law. The competition is open to all students who have completed or are currently taking courses in employment or labor law. Papers discussing topics relating to the law governing the workplace are due Tuesday, January 18,2011.

Judges will consider papers on any topic relating to the law governing the workplace, such as employment law, labor law, employee benefits, or employment discrimination.

REQUIREMENTS & ELIGIBILITY

Entries must be the law student author’s own work and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors must have completed or be currently taking course work in employment or labor law, and must be enrolled in an accredited law school during the Fall 2010 semester. Only the first two submissions per law school will be accepted as entries for consideration.

FORMAT

Entries must be suitable for publication in a law review. Citations must conform to current Bluebook style. Papers must be printed on 8.5″ by 11″ white paper and must not exceed 35 pages in length, including footnotes, set in 12 point Times Roman font with double spacing and one inch margins.

An entry consists of three copies of the paper, submitted as a packet with three removable cover sheets indicating the law student author’s name, address, telephone number, email address, law school, paper title, labor and employment law course work history, and a brief paragraph describing the genesis of your interest in the field. Judging will be blind, so the only identification that may appear on the first or subsequent pages of the paper is the paper title.

AWARDS

One top honors award of $3,000 and two $1,000 awards will be presented to the top three entries. In addition to the cash awards, the top three entries will be published on the Institute for Law and the Workplace website. (Electronic versions of winning papers will be required.)

JUDGING

Entries will be blind-judged by an independent panel of law professors from across the United States. The determination of the judges’ panel is final. Neither Jackson Lewis LLP nor the Institute for Law and the Workplace will be involved in judging the competition.

SUBMISSION

The deadline for submission is Tuesday, January 18, 2011. Entries received after the deadline will not be considered.

Entries should be mailed to:

Louis Jackson Writing Competition

c/o Institute for Law and the Workplace

Chicago-Kent College of Law

Illinois Institute of Technology

565 West Adams Street

Chicago, IL 60661-3691

Please contact Professor Martin Malin at 312.906.5056 or mmalin@kentlaw.edu for any other information about the competition or the Institute for Law and the Workplace. You may also visit the competition website at http://www.kentlaw.edu/academics/plel/LouisJacksonNWC.html .

I’m writing to remind you about an opportunity to enter a unique legal research and advocacy contest which requires you to submit only a very brief 1000-word idea outlining your proposal to protect nonsmokers’ rights – something you can fit in even while studying for exams, or immediately after exams.

Entrants compete for a $5,000 First Prize, $3,000 Second Prize, and $1,000 Third Prize, and the 30 finalists will all receive a travel grant to participate in the Seventh World Conference of Nonsmokers’ Rights in Washington, DC on June 12-13, 2010 where they can network with activists in the field. You can get more information from http://nosmokingcontest.org/.

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The Court of Federal Claims Bar Association is pleased to announce its 2009 Law Student Writing Competition. All students enrolled in your school are eligible to participate in this competition. The winning entries will receive cash prizes and an opportunity to be published via the Association’s website. Entries may address any topic that lies within the procedure, substance, or scope of the jurisdiction of the Unites States Court of Federal Claims. Papers prepared for class work may be submitted in accordance with the Competition’s rules.

We request your assistance to ensure that your students receive notice of this competition. To that end, we respectfully request that you post the attached announcement of our 2009 Law Student Writing Competition on your school’s website and distribute this announcement by any other means you deem appropriate. The rules of the contest are posted on the Association’s website at:

www.cfcbar.org/index.php/news

Entry deadline is December 31, 2009. Please contact me if you have any questions; I can be reached at bryant.snee@usdoj.gov.

Sincerely,

Bryant G. Snee
Coordinator
2009 CFC Bar Association Law Student Writing Competition

ELLIOT A. SPOON BUSINESS LAW WRITING COMPETITION

The JOURNAL OF BUSINESS & SECURITIES LAW is now accepting submissions for the Elliot A. Spoon Business Law Writing Competition. Submit a journal style article on any current topic concerning business or securities law.

The Elliot A. Spoon Business Law Writing Competition is designed to encourage business law scholarship by upper-level law students nationwide.

The selected winner will receive a check in the amount of $500.00 by mail, contingent on receipt of a signed publication contract. The winner will be notified by April 7, 2010 via email.

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

The competition is open to any law student of an ABA accredited law school. Submit (1.) an electronic copy of the article in Word or Rich Text format, (2.) a brief abstract or cover letter about your article, and (3.) your curriculum vitae with complete contact information.

Submit all items to jbsl@msu.edu

Prize: $500.00 & article publication

Deadline: March 5, 2010 (11:59p.m. EST)

Journal of Business & Securities Law
Michigan State University
Law College Building
East Lansing, MI 48824
www.msu.edu/~jbsl
jbsl@msu.edu