Student Writing Competitions
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American Inns of Court Warren E. Burger Prize Writing Competition
Deadline: Friday, 6/1/2012
Award: 1st Prize $5,000; and publication in the South Carolina Law Review
Website: www.innsofcourt.org/burgerprize
SPONSOR: American Inns of Court. Chief Justice Burger was a lifelong advocate of legal ethics and civility and a “founding father” of the American Inns of Court movement. The American Inns of Court is a national association of judges, lawyers and professors of law and their students who endeavor to maintain the highest standards of the legal profession.
TOPIC: Authors should address one or more aspects of excellence in legal skills, civility, ethics or professionalism within the legal profession. The selected issue(s) should be of contemporary significance with clear relevance to the legal community at large.
FORMAT: (1) Entries should be on 8 1/2 x 11 white paper, double-spaced, 1" margins; (2) Use footnotes, not endnotes; (3) The body and footnotes will be of the same font - Times New Roman (or equivalent), 12-point font; (4) Only the first page of the paper will contain the name of the article. It shall be in bold face, centered in the first line of the paper; (5) The author's name or other identifying marks or references must not appear anywhere in the body of the paper; (6) Guidelines for the body of text should generally conform to any good style guide, such as The Chicago Manual of Style; (8) Footnotes and citations should conform to The Bluebook - A Uniform System of Citation.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: (1) Submissions must be original and unpublished works of 10,000 - 25,000 words, including footnotes; (2) Collaborative submissions are allowed; (3) A submission must include a completed cover page (download from website), one original copy of the paper, and 3.5" diskette or CD containing both the cover page information and paper in Microsoft Word or Corel Word Perfect format for PC; (4) Submissions shall not be stapled or bound. A single binder clip should secure the cover page and the article.
SEND SUBMISSIONS TO:
Cindy Dennis
Awards and Scholarships Coordinator
American Inns of Court
1229 King Street, 2nd Floor
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
DIRECT QUESTIONS TO:
Cindy Dennis
(800) 233.3590, ext. 104
E-Mail: cdennis@innsofcourt.org
Competition #21 (Added/Updated: Monday, 1/23/2012)
The University of Connecticut School of Law Student Legal Writing Competition
Deadline: Friday, 6/1/2012
Award: First Prize - $750, Second Prize - $500, Third Prize $250
Website: www.law.uconn.edu/node/9768
SPONSOR: The University of Connecticut School of Law.
TOPIC: Issue(s) affecting persons struggling with homelessness, mental illness, addiction, or substance abuse.
FORMAT: (1) Papers should be a minimum of 15 pages in length and shall not exceed 30 pages, including footnotes; (2) Entries must be typed, double-spaced with 1 inch margins, on 8.5 x 11 inch paper, in 12-point Times New Roman font; (3) All citations and footnotes should conform to 19th edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation and should also be in a 12-point font.
SUBMIT TO: Entries must be submitted in both of the following two formats:
(1) E-mail an electronic version (Microsoft Word or PDF) to: Jennifer.Mailly@law.uconn.edu
(2) Mail four (4) copies (postmarked by June 1) to:
Student Legal Writing Competition
University of Connecticut School of Law
55 Elizabeth Street
Hartford, CT 06105
Attn: Professor Jennifer Mailly
Competition #23 (Added/Updated: Thursday, 2/2/2012)
The American Judges Association 24th Annual Essay Competition
Deadline: Friday, 6/1/2012
Award: First Prize - $3,000; Second Prize - $1,500; Third Prize - $1,000
Website: aja.ncsc.dni.us
SPONSOR: The American Judges Association, an independent organization for all local, state, provincial, and federal judiciary.
TOPIC: "Is it Constitutional for a Legislative Body to Require a DNA Test for All Persons Arrested and Charged with a Felony?"
FORMAT: (1) Papers should be 10-25 double-spaced pages; (2) Extensive footnoting or end noting is discouraged and is included in the paper's length; (3) Citations, footnotes, and endnotes should be in accord with the current edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation.
SUBMIT ELECTRONICALLY TO: aja@ncsc.org
Competition #10 (Added/Updated: Tuesday, 11/22/2011)
19th Annual Brown Award to Recognize Excellence in Legal Writing
Deadline: Monday, 6/4/2012
Award: $10,000
Website: www.brownsims.com/judgebrownaward.htm
SPONSOR: The Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation.
TOPIC: A legal subject.
FORMAT & OTHER INSTRUCTIONS: 1) Submissions must include a letter of recommendation by a law school faculty member or legal professional other than the author of the paper. Only one paper may be sponsored by any faculty member or legal professional;(2) There is no page limitation or restriction;(3) A separate document should be provided to include: the title of the paper, the author's name, physical address, telephone number and e-mail address of the student, and the name of the faculty member or legal professional who is sponsoring the paper.
SUBMIT FOUR (4) COPIES TO:
The Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation
c/o Kenneth G. Engerrand
Brown Sims, P.C.
1177 West Loop South, 10 Floor
Houston, Texas 77027-9007
Competition #24 (Added/Updated: Thursday, 3/29/2012)
11th Annual Environmental Law Essay Contest
Deadline: Saturday, 6/30/2012
Award: First Place - $2,000; Second Place - $1,000; Third Place - $500
Website: www.michbar.org/environmental/essay.cfm
SPONSOR: The State Bar of Michigan Environmental Law Section.
TOPIC: Any environmental law topic of current interest to Michigan practitioners.
FORMAT: (1) Paper must be between eight and twenty typed double-spaced pages in length including footnotes; (2) Entries must by submitted on 8.5 x 11 inch plain white bond paper, along with a disk or e-mail version in MS Word rich text format; (3) Entries must follow the Michigan Uniform System of Citation; (4) Entry must include a cover letter stating your name, mailing address (both school and permanent), telephone number, name of law school, year of graduation, and a statement that the essay was not written as part of paid employment.
SUBMIT ELECTRONICALLY TO: Christopher J. Dunsky at cdunsky@comcast.net
or
MAIL TO:
Christopher J. Dunsky
28 McKinley Place
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI 48236
Phone: (313) 418.0913
Competition #13 (Added/Updated: Tuesday, 11/22/2011)
The 2012 Tannenwald Writing Competition
Deadline: Tuesday, 7/3/2012
Award: 1st Place: $5,000; 2nd Place: $2,500; 3rd Place: $1,500
Website: www.tannenwald.org
SPONSORS: The Theodore Tannenwald, Jr. Foundation for Excellence in Tax Scholarship and The American College of Tax Counsel.
TOPIC: Submitted papers must focus primarily upon technical or policy-oriented tax issues relating to any type of existing or proposed U.S. federal or state tax or U.S. federal or state taxation system (including topics relating to tax practice ethical and professional responsibility matters).
ELIGIBILITY: The competition is open to law students, undergraduate (J.D.) or graduate (L.L.M. or S.J.D.), enrolled full or part-time in a U.S. law school during the 2009-2010 academic year; and other students enrolled during such academic year in a U.S. law school tax course as part of an MBA or other non-law degree program.
FORMAT: (1) Papers shall be 25 - 50 typewritten pages in length, double-spaced in Times New Roman or Arial typeface, including footnotes and appendices (both of which may be single-spaced). (2) 12 point font size shall be used for text and appendices; 10 point or 12 point font size may be used for footnotes. (3) All margins shall be at least 1" (4) Same-page footnotes are strongly preferred instead of endnotes. (5) Proper citation forms must be used. (6) Papers should be clipped or stapled; do not hole-punch or place in a binder. (7) Papers may not be co-authored.
SUBMISSION: The original of each paper (but no additional copies), along with the signed faculty sponsor communication, should be mailed to the following address:
The Tannenwald Foundation
1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 200
Washington, DC 20004-2415
Attn: Melnie Moore
ADDITIONALLY: Each paper and faculty sponsor communication should be transmitted electronically, in MS Word, to Ms. Moore at: melnie.moore@sutherland.com.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Nancy Abramowitz at 202.274.4164 or nabramo@wcl.american.edu.
Competition #11 (Added/Updated: Tuesday, 11/22/2011)
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