Writing Competitions and Essay Contests

Cross the street & visit the Writing Competition bulletin board at the Legal Writing Dept. in Eaton House, or check out the web links below. There are many opportunities to enter competitions and perhaps with a bit of tweaking, a paper you've already written will suit their requirements. If you've been struggling to pin down the perfect AWR topic, perhaps one of topics listed will give you an idea as well as some additional motivation. Prizes range from $250 to $10,000.

Notre Dame Law School - Smith' Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition
Deadline: Friday, April 25, 2008
For more information please contact:
Smith' Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition
Notre Dame Law School
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556

The College Of Labor And Employment Lawyers 2008 Writing Competition Rules
Deadline: May 15, 2008
For more information please contact:
http://www.laborandemploymentcollege.org/Writing_Contest/writing_contest.html

The Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation
Deadline: May 16th, 2008
For more information please contact:
Kenneth G. Engerrand, Brown Sims, P.C.,
Tenth Floor
117 West Loop South
Houston, TX 77027-9007

American Judges Association / American Judges Foundation Twentieth Annual Law Student Essay Competition
Deadline: June 2, 2008
For more information please contact:
http://aja.ncsc.dni.us

American Inns of Court Warren E. Burger Prize
Deadline: June 15, 2008
For more information please contact:
http://www.innsofcourt.org

The 2008 Tannenwald Writing Competition
Deadline: July 1, 2008
For more information please email: Nancy Abramowitz nabramo@wcl.american.edu

Competition Web Sites

Some law schools have web sites with links to legal writing competitions; a few are below.

University of Richmond
http://www.richmond.edu/

Brooklyn Law School
http://www.brooklaw.edu/writingcompetitions/

Georgia State University
http://www.law.gsu.edu/rwa/writing_competitions.php

Notre Dame
http://law.nd.edu/

ABA Writing contest
http://www.abanet.org/lsd/competitions/writing-contests/home.html

Hieros Gamos
http://www.hg.org/studentwriting.html

Examples of Competitions

There are many more -- intellectual property, gun control, estates, taxes, torts, int'l law, public utility law, disability law....


Please do not hesitate to contact me, should you have any questions!

Randee Rule
Program Coordinator
Legal Writing Department
Housing Officer
Vermont Law School
South Royalton, VT 05068
(802)831-1261
rrule@vermontlaw.edu