The competition is co-sponsored by the American Bar Association and the GRAMMY Foundation.
The 2007 winning article was titled "Dealing With Casual Piracy: Limiting Distribution of Copyrighted Content With Digital Rights Management." Read about the winner here.
The first-place prize included an award of $5,000 and a trip to Los Angeles to attend the GRAMMY Awards, where the winner had a ticket to the ELI luncheon with a guest list of entertainment lawyers and music industry officials, as well as law students.
Last year's deadline was December 20.