{"id":99538,"date":"2025-11-11T09:47:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T14:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/?p=99538"},"modified":"2025-11-11T09:47:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T14:47:41","slug":"first-amendment-scholars-law-student-essay-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2025\/11\/11\/first-amendment-scholars-law-student-essay-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"First Amendment Scholars \u2013 Law Student Essay Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Scholarship Amount:<\/strong> Over $9,000 in prizes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Application Deadline:<\/strong> January 30, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Overview:<\/strong><br>The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) is hosting its 2026 <em>First Amendment Scholars \u2013 Law Student Essay Competition<\/em> to encourage critical analysis and scholarship on constitutional law and religious freedom. This year\u2019s topic invites law students to examine how the principle of \u201cparental rights\u201d has changed over time. Winners will receive cash prizes and a potential publication opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligibility Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Must be currently enrolled in a North American law school<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eligible if graduating from law school by spring or summer 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Not eligible if beginning law school for the first time in fall 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Past FFRF law student essay winners may not re-enter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Application Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Original essay (maximum 1,500 words) on the assigned topic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Completed application form as provided on the contest webpage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Compliance with all contest rules listed by FFRF<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prize Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1st Place: $4,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2nd Place: $3,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3rd Place: $2,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Honorable Mentions: $500 each (at judges\u2019 discretion)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, visit the website at: <a href=\"https:\/\/ffrf.org\/studentessay\">https:\/\/ffrf.org\/studentessay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scholarship Amount: Over $9,000 in prizes Application Deadline: January 30, 2026 Overview:The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) is hosting its 2026 First Amendment Scholars \u2013 Law Student Essay Competition to encourage critical analysis and scholarship on constitutional law and religious freedom. This year\u2019s topic invites law students to examine how the principle of \u201cparental rights\u201d &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2025\/11\/11\/first-amendment-scholars-law-student-essay-competition\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;First Amendment Scholars \u2013 Law Student Essay Competition&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4846,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4846"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99539,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99538\/revisions\/99539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}