September 2017 2017-2018 Competition Listing #1

LEGAL WRITING COMPETITIONS, 2017-2018

*You can find more information about most of these competitions at the following compendium website: http://law.richmond.edu/students/essay-catalog.html

Name of Competition

Due Date

Award

Eligible Topics

Special Notes

1. Securities Law Writing

Competition

11/10/2017

1st: 2nd: 3rd:

$5,000 $3,000 $2,000

Any subject in the field of securities law

Sponsored by Association of Securities and Exchange Commission Alumni. Questions may be directed to Mitzi Moore, ASECA Executive Director at info@secalumni.org

2. American College of

Consumer Financial Services Lawyers Writing Competition

12/1/2017

$1000

Eligible entries must discuss some aspect of consumer financial services law.

Sponsored by American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers; http://www.accfsl.org/writing-competition

3. Center for Alcohol Policy

Annual Essay Contest

12/1/2017

1st: 2nd: 3rd:

$5,000 $2,500 $1,000

The Supreme Court has recognized “temperance” as a permissible goal of state alcohol regulation. Define temperance as it would apply in today’s alcohol marketplace. Is it still relevant today? Should temperance still be recognized as a permissible goal of alcohol regulation?

Sponsored by Center for Alcohol Policy; http://www.centerforalcoholpolicy.org/essay-contest/

4. Legal Blog Post Writing

Contest

12/31/2017

$2,000

Any topic in litigation involving expert witnesses.

Sponsored by The Expert Institute; https://www.theexpertinstitute.com/writing-contest/

September 2017 2017-2018 Competition Listing #1

Name of Competition

Due Date

Award

Eligible Topics

Special Notes

5. 2017 College of Workers’

Compensation Lawyers Law Student Writing

1/15/2018

1st: 2nd: 3rd:

$2,000 $1,500 $1,000

The scope of permissible topics is broad, i.e.; any aspect of workers’ compensation law. Students are encouraged to present: a public policy issue; a critique of a leading case or doctrine; or a comment on a statute or the need for a statutory modification.

Sponsored by The College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers; http://www.cwclawyers.org/html/writing_contest.html

6. 2018 Human Rights Essay

Award Competition

2/1/2018

A full scholarship (plus travel expenses, housing, and per diem) to the program of Advanced Studies on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law for either the Diploma or Certificate of Attendance Options

The Human Rights Essay Aware is an annual competition sponsored by the Academy and seeks to stimulate the production of scholarly work in international human rights law. Participants have the flexibility to choose any subject related to the assigned topic. The essay has to be a legal article.

Sponsored by the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law; https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/hracademy/initiatives/award/

7. The Richard D. Cudahy

Writing Competition on Regulatory and Administrative Law

2/4/2018

$1,500

Submissions should be related to American regulatory or administrative law, broadly construed.

Sponsored by American Constitution Society for Law and Policy; https://www.acslaw.org/special-projects/richard-d-cudahy-writing-competition