Legal Writing Competitions

National Law Review - two contests, two deadlines (February 21) (March 19)

2012-01-24T08:27:00.003-06:00

NLR 2012 Law Student Writing Competition
Rules and Submission Guidelines

The National Law Review (NLR) consolidates practice-oriented legal analysis from a variety of sources for easy access by lawyers, paralegals, law students, business executives, insurance professionals, accountants, compliance officers, human resource managers, and other professionals who wish to better understand specific legal issues relevant to their work.

The NLR Law Student Writing Competition offers law students the opportunity to submit articles for publication consideration on the NLR Web site. No entry fee is required. Applicants can submit an unlimited number of entries each month.

Winning submissions will be published according to specified dates.
Entries will be judged and the top two to four articles chosen will be featured on the NLR homepage for a month. Up to 5 runner-up entries will also be posted in the NLR searchable database each month.
Each winning article will be displayed accompanied by the student’s photo, biography, contact information, law school logo, and any copyright disclosure.
All winning articles will remain in the NLR database for two years (subject to earlier removal upon request of the law school).

In addition, the NLR sends links to targeted articles to specific professional groups via e-mail. The NLR also posts links to selected articles on the “Legal Issues” or “Research” sections of various professional organizations’ Web sites. (NLR, at its sole discretion, maydistribute any winning entry in such a manner, but does not make any such guarantees nor does NLR represent that this is part of the prize package.)

Content Guidelines and Deadlines

Content Guidelines must be followed by all entrants to qualify. It is recommended that articles address the following monthly topic areas:

March Topic Feature: Environmental and Energy, Insurance and Intellectual Property Law
March Submission Deadline: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
April Topic Feature: Tax, Bankruptcy and Restructuring and Healthcare Law
April Submission Deadline: Monday, March 19, 2012

Articles covering current issues related to other areas of the law may also be submitted. Entries must be submitted via email to lawschools@natlawreview.com by 5:00 pm Central Standard Time on the dates indicated above.

Articles will be judged by NLR staff members on the basis of readability, clarity, organization, and timeliness. Tone should be authoritative, but not overly formal. Ideally, articles should be straightforward and practical, containinguseful information of interest to legal and business professionals. Judges reserve the right not to award any prizes if it is determined that no entries merit selection for publication by NLR. All judges’ decisions are final. All submissions are subject to the NLR’s Terms of Use.

More details here: http://www.natlawreview.com/NLR-law-student-writing-competition

Dec. 31 deadline, Construction Law, $2,000 and travel to Las Vegas

2011-10-28T12:17:00.006-05:00

1. The competition is open to law students in good-standing who were enrolled in an ABA accredited law school during calendar year 2011.

2. Papers should address a topical issue of interest to the construction industry.

3. All authors must certify that all work submitted is the author's work product without substantial editing by others.

4. Papers prepared for law school credit are eligible for entry in the competition.

Articles prepared for law review, or publication elsewhere, are eligible for the competition. Joint papers are not acceptable.

5. If the Forum wishes to publish the winning article or articles in its various publications and the article has already been published or is planned for publication, the Forum will publish it as well if the other publication provides its consent.

6. The format of the articles must conform to either of the Forum's two publications, The Construction Lawyer (law journal format) or Under Construction (newsletter format with articles of 1000-2000 words). Format guidelines for The Construction Lawyer are posted on the Forum's website.

7. Articles must be in Microsoft Word format.

8. Article must conform to the Harvard Bluebook citation style.

9. The following information must be presented on the title page: title; author's name; address, telephone number, email address; and law school.

10. Articles must be submitted by e-mail to the following:

- Amanda Raible, American Bar Association, amanda.raible@americanbar.org

- Marilyn Klinger, Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold LLP, marilyn.klinger@sedgwicklaw.com

11. All entries must be emailed by December 31, 2011. Winners will be selected and notified in March 2012.

12. The author of the first place submittal will receive a cash prize of $2,000; travel expenses and registration to attend the 2012 annual meeting of the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry in Las Vegas Nevada, where a first prize plaque will be presented; a one-year membership in the Forum and recognition in the Forum newsletter, Under Construction, and on the Forum's website. One or more authors may be determined a finalist and recognized with a plaque.

13. An impartial panel will judge the entries. Criteria for selection include creativity, clarity and precision of writing, strength of argument, novelty of subject, and quality of research.

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Jan. 6, 2012 Deadline -- Murphy Competition - Global Law & Business -- First Place: $300 and publication

2011-09-21T10:08:00.004-05:00

Fourth Annual Daniel T. Murphy Student Writing Competition 2011-12

“Open for Business?: A Global Survey of Economic Recovery Efforts”

The Daniel T. Murphy Student Writing Competition is open to all law students attending any ABA-accredited law school, and it is intended to foster knowledge and scholarly work by students in the areas of global law and business.

This year’s topic addresses the current state of economic recovery around the globe. It focuses on how various factors – cultural, political, and/or legal – have impacted economic recovery efforts domestically and internationally. Egypt’s economic health, for example, has been affected by the “Arab Spring,” and more specifically, revolution. In contrast, Japan must deal with an aging population and, more immediately, a devastating tsunami. How do these events influence legal solutions to economy recovery?

Indeed, in the wake of the financial crisis, sweeping changes to economic policy have been proposed, and some have begun. This topic encourages students to investigate these efforts, their context, and their impact. Entries focused more generally on areas of global law and business will be considered, but preference will be given to those that address the topic substantively.

This year’s prizes are as follows:

First Place: $300 cash award and publication in the Richmond Journal of Global Law and Business’s Annual Survey

Second Place: $150 cash award

Third Place: $75 cash award

For more info:

Contact Tim Wiseman

tim.wiseman@richmond.edu

Information on the internet will be posted to coincide with the launch of the Journal’s new website later in the fall semester.

Entries most be submitted or postmarked by Friday, January 6, 2012.

Construction Law, $2,000 and travel to Las Vegas

2011-09-15T15:53:00.003-05:00

Subject: 2011 Law Student Writing Competition -ABA Forum on the Construction Industry

I wanted to assure you had information about this Law Student Writing Competition sponsored by the American Bar Association's Construction Industry Forum.

Finalists receive recognition, and the winner receives a cash prize of $2,000; travel expenses and free registration to attend the 2012 annual meeting of the Forum in Las Vegas, a first prize plaque, a one-year membership in the Forum and recognition in its newsletter, its publication, Under Construction, and the Forum's website.

The odds are good, and the opportunity is wonderful.

For More Information

Competition Rules

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Entertainment Law Writing Competition - Workshop Announcements

2011-09-02T20:16:00.001-05:00

Dear Law Students:

The 14^th Annual Entertainment Law Initiative Writing Competition starts NOW!

It’s never too early to begin conceiving your paper for the ELI Writing Competition. We have just released the updated rules for this year’s competition. (see attached) As always we invite you to research and identify a compelling legal issue confronting the music industry and propose a solution.

Competition Awards:

First Place Winner Receives: $5,000

Second Place Winner Receives: $1,500

All Winners Receive:

- One GRAMMY Awards Show Ticket

- Winners featured at GRAMMY Week Scholarship Luncheon

- Round-Trip airfare to the GRAMMY Awards

- Hotel Accommodations

- Ticket to MusiCares Person of the Year Dinner

Upcoming ELI Writing Competition Workshops:

University of Arkansas School of Law

2^nd Floor - E.J. Ball Courtroom

1045 W. Maple St.

Fayetteville, AR 72701

9/8 at 12pm

Philip K. Lyon, Lyon & Phillips, PLLC, Speaker

Southwestern University Law School

Westmoreland building in room 311

3050 Wilshire Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90010

9/27 @ 12:30pm

Speakers:

Zeina Hamzeh, Director, Legal and Business Affairs, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

Loren Fishbein, Senior Coordinator, The GRAMMY Foundation/Entertainment Law Initiative

Texas Wesleyan School of Law

@ The conference center

1515 Commerce Street

Fort Worth, TX 76102

9/27 @ 12pm

Tamera Bennett, The Bennett Law Firm - Speaker

Thomas M. Cooley Law School

2630 Featherstone Rd.

Auburn Hills, MI 48326

10/17 @ 5:00 p.m. - Room 100

Light Refreshments Following in Room 145

Howard Hertz, Hertz Schram, PC - Speaker

UCLA School of Law

Law School Room 1430

385 Charles E Young Drive East

Los Angeles, California 90095

10/19 @ 12:15pm

Speakers:

Corey Field, ELI Writing Competition Winner 2000, and attorney at Ballard Spahr LLP

Loren Fishbein, Senior Coordinator, The GRAMMY Foundation/Entertainment Law Initiative

More dates coming soon!

If you are interested in arranging for an ELI Workshop at your law school simply reply to loren.fishbein@grammy.com.

The best way to stay informed is by adding the ELI Facebook page if you have not done so already. Simply search “The Entertainment Law Initiative” or go to http://tinyurl.com/entertainmentlawinitiative

Thanks so much and good luck!

Loren Fishbein

Senior Coordinator - The GRAMMY Charities

www.grammyfoundation.com

www.musicares.com

310-392-3777

Get Your Legal Writing Noticed: Write for The HLPR Blog -- Sept. 5, 2011 Application Deadline

2011-08-25T12:50:00.005-05:00

Get Your Legal Writing Noticed: Write for The HLPR Blog

Apply to contribute to the Harvard Law & Policy Review blog and bring your law and policy analysis to approximately 4,000 visitors a month. HLPR Blogt is now accepting entries to its annual writing competition, through which we select contributors for the forthcoming academic year.

Contributors will be expected to contribute one post each week, from September 12, 2011 until September 15, 2012. These posts will generally be short (50 to 250 words), such as summaries of emerging legal issues, commentary with links, or brief analyses of current events. Occasionally, bloggers will write longer posts or series. Contributors should be sharp writers who can provide interesting content and analysis to a progressive audience. Contributors frequently are, but are not required to be, law students or lawyers. In return for their contributions, bloggers will gain experience in an increasingly important media format and exposure to national audience. They will also receive preference when submitting longer articles for publication in the journal.

The Harvard Law & Policy Review is the official journal of the American Constitution Society. Our last issue was distributed to over 6,000 attorneys, scholars, judges, students, and policymakers, as well as selected congressional offices and law libraries. Past contributors to the journal include Senator Tom Udall and Professor Suzette M. Malveaux.

Please submit your application by September 5, 2011. If you have questions, email blog+apply@hlpronline.com. Follow this link for full contest details and live links to examples.

Matt Scarola
Executive Online Editor

Anush Emelianova
President

Dan Berkovits
Editor-in-Chief

Human Rights and the Global Economy - September 15 deadline - $500 and expense paid travel to Boston

2011-07-19T11:11:00.005-05:00

Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE)

Northeastern University School of Law

Annual PHRGE Student Writing Competition

The Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) at Northeastern University School of Law announces the PHRGE Student Writing Competition to be held annually in conjunction with the PHRGE Institute on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

The Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) works closely with scholars, advocates and institutions nationally and internationally to address issues of human rights and economic development. PHRGE is particularly engaged with the national and international movement to promote economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR). As part of these efforts, each year, PHRGE hosts an Institute that brings activists, attorneys and scholars together to address a variety of ESCR issues.

On November 3-4, 2011, PHRGE will host an Institute on “Framing Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for Advocacy and Mobilization: Towards a Strategic Agenda in the U.S.” A successful frame helps organize facts and events to change the terms of the debate on a particular issue. Framing is not just a matter of “marketing” a message to the general public, but instead can and should play an integral role in building and sustaining a grassroots movement. This Institute will examine the strategic roles that distinctive frames can play in advocacy on ESCR before courts, legislatures and the media, as well as in mobilizing people to act on ESCR. The PHRGE Student Writing Competition will be held in conjunction with the PHRGE Institute.

Topic: Papers must address a topic within the broad field of economic, social and cultural rights within the United States.

Eligibility: Current JD students in the United States and 2011 JD graduates in the United States.

Length and Formatting: Submissions must be in English and between 8, 000 and 12,000 words including footnotes. The text of the paper must be in double-spaced 12-point font. Papers must conform to the Bluebook citation format. Submissions must be original work and not have been published anywhere else. Please include your law school and graduation date with your submission. Papers must be submitted electronically as word documents.

Judgment Criteria for Award: Papers will be judged on originality, the quality of writing and analysis, exhaustiveness of research and readiness for publication. All eligible submissions will first be reviewed by NU Law Journal staff members. The final papers from that process will then be reviewed by a panel composed of the PHRGE Directors and the editors of the NU Law Journal.

Deadline: Submissions due September 15^th 2011. Winner announced October 1^st 2011.

Prize: The winner of the writing competition will receive $500, as well as hotel accommodations and reasonable travel expenses (within the continental United States) to attend the ESCR Institute on “Framing Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for Advocacy and Mobilization: Towards a Strategic Agenda in the U.S.” to be held November 3-4, 2011, at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston. The winner will also receive expedited consideration for publication in the Spring 2012 issue of the NU Law Journal, which will be a special symposium issue on the Institute.

For More Information: Contact Gillian MacNaughton, Executive Director, Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy, Northeastern University School of Law, Boston MA

(617) 373-4972 g.macnaughton@neu.edu

Submit Papers To: Jenny Bagnyuk, Program Coordinator, Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy, Northeastern University School of Law, Boston MA j.bagnyuk@neu.edu

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June 1 deadline, 2 $1500 awards Employee Benefits Law

2011-05-21T07:46:00.003-05:00

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AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS COUNSEL

Writing Competition Rules

1. Eligibility/topics. Except as provided in (6) below, applicants must be enrolled full-time or part-time in law school between August 15, 2010 and August 15, 2011 and seeking a J.D. or a graduate law degree (e.g., L.L.M. or S.J.D.). Papers must deal with employee benefits topics. As an illustrative example, a paper might address legal issues involving health benefits, pensions, 401(k) plans, severance, executive compensation, claims, appeals, current or former spouses' or domestic partners' benefits, collectively-bargained benefits, benefits in bankruptcy, ERISA litigation, fiduciary obligations or the tax treatment of benefits/contributions.

a. Papers should not exceed 40 pages (double-spaced, in 12 point type, with an inch margin on each side), not including footnotes. Footnotes should be single spaced endnotes starting on a separate page.

b. Papers must be submitted as email attachments to peter.kelly@bcbsa.com and should be submitted as Word or pdf documents. No information identifying the author or law school should be included in the text, the footnotes or the filename. That information, an address, a telephone number and enrollment status information should be provided in the email message.

c. Submissions may include papers prepared for class assignments, law journals or other purposes, as well as those written especially for the Competition.

d. Student papers submitted for publication in law reviews or other law school journals or periodicals but not yet published are eligible for the Competition, provided that (i) the version submitted for the Competition does not reflect any changes made to the paper after submission of the manuscript to any publication and (ii) the College receives any consents necessary to publish.

2. Selection of winners. Winning papers will be selected by the Writing Competition Committee based on the factors they deem relevant. Among other factors, the Committee will consider: (i) depth and creativity of legal analysis; (ii) thoroughness of legal research; (iii) organization and writing style; (iv) difficulty of subject matter; and (v) consideration of employee benefits policy implications. The determination of the Committee is final. It is anticipated that winners will be notified by August 15, 2011, or shortly thereafter.

3. Publication of winning article(s). The College will use its best efforts to arrange for publication of the winning papers in the BNA Pension and Benefits Reporter, the BNA Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal or other professional publications, subject to receiving any necessary consents from the author and any other journal. In addition, the winning papers will be distributed to the Fellows of the College.

4. Prizes. Cash prizes will be awarded for up to two winning papers. The College may, in its discretion, decide to split prizes, to award additional prizes or to award fewer than two awards.

5. Deadline. Papers must be submitted in the manner described in paragraph 1(b) above and must be received no later than Midnight Central Time on June 1, 2011.

6. Disclaimer. The College disclaims responsibility for any failure to give due consideration to any submission due to any email or other electronic transmission, storage or archival errors, regardless of the cause. However, the Committee may waive the eligibility requirements applicable to any student whose properly submitted paper was not afforded due consideration on account of such an error in a prior year's contest.

Questions concerning the Competition should be directed to Peter Kelly, Chair of the ACEBC Writing Competition Committee at peter.kelly@bcbsa.com.

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Finals, Mind and Body

2011-05-01T07:22:00.003-05:00

A Finals Post.

1. You are where you are, and the people near you are part of that location. The people who are in your location, who are family, will be there when you come up for air. Be good to them.

2. Within your available time, make the most of it. If you share space with other people, they will affect the amount of your available time. Accept that, and move forward with that insight.

3. Be good to you: a) Sleep; b) Eat; c) Exercise.

4. Move forward: a) Name the impediment that stops you from moving forward; b) live in the moment – your purpose in life through the end of the finals period is clarified; c) give yourself at least one full minute to begin a task; that minute should inspire you to be fully engaged, and you're off.

5. To keep you moving forward, a) consider clocking yourself with a kitchen timer, to help you use at least 6 hours of concentrated effort each day, in increments of 20, 30, 45 minutes -- whatever works for you; b) keep a bag of sunflower seeds handy for bits of good nourishment and a source for letting off steam while keeping the focus on the study; c) drink plenty of water -- to keep oxygen flowing to your brain and other things afloat.

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Two helpful web sites:

Top Ten Happy Foods

Finals Coming Up: Your Body Needs Good Nutrition

AEF Robert T. Matsui Annual Writing Competition: June 1, 2011 deadline

2011-04-27T19:57:00.003-05:00

AEF Robert T. Matsui Annual Writing Competition. The Competition is open to all law students and recent graduates nationwide. Additional information can also be found on our website at www.aefdc.org. The winner receives $1,500 and publication in the UCLA Asian Pacific American Law Journal.

The deadline for submission is June 1, 2011.

Customs & Trade Law $1,000 (1st); $500 (2d); May 23, 2011 deadline

2011-04-17T06:27:00.002-05:00

The Thirteenth Annual Andrew P. Vance Memorial Writing Competition
Sponsored by the Customs and International Trade Bar Association and Brooklyn Law School

The Competition
The Customs and International Trade Bar Association (CITBA) and Brooklyn Law School (BLS) are sponsoring this Writing Competition to encourage law students who are interested in careers in customs and international trade law. Winning papers will be considered for publication in the Brooklyn Journal of International Law.

Eligibility
Entrants must be currently enrolled in a J.D. or L.L.M. program at any of the nation’s law schools.

Paper Requirements
Submissions should be typewritten, double-spaced on 8 ½ x 11 inch paper. The paper shall not exceed 40 pages in length, including footnotes. Papers must include footnotes, not endnotes. Papers should be in 12pt. Times Roman font and have one-inch margins (right, left, top, and bottom). Noncompliance with these requirements may affect evaluation or result in disqualification. Please include the following on the cover sheet of your paper:

* Full name, address and telephone number
* Law school and year
* Date of submission of paper

Papers must be electronically submitted to Professor Steven Dean at steven.dean@brooklaw.edu, no later than May 23, 2011.

Judges
A committee of practicing attorneys and professors with relevant expertise will judge the papers. The following factors will be considered:

* Legal analysis
* Thoroughness and depth of topic
* Evaluation of judicial precedents, statutes, and regulations
* Writing style
* Form and quality of citations
* Conformity with rules of competition

Two prizes will be awarded:
$1,000.00 first prize
$500.00 second prize

Awards will be presented at the CITBA's semi-annual dinner in the fall.

Topics
An in-depth analysis of a current issue relevant to customs and international trade law.

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May 20, 2011 deadline -- 12,000 words -- $2,000 - $1,000 - $500 - tort and insurance law

2011-04-11T10:48:00.006-05:00

International Association of Defense Counsel

May 20, 2011 deadline -- 12,000 words.

About Legal Writing Contest

All J.D. candidates currently enrolled in accredited law schools are eligible to participate in the IADC Legal Writing Contest. Entrants must write on subjects in the fields of tort law, insurance law, civil procedure, evidence or other areas of the law of practical concern to lawyers engaged in the defense or management of the defense of civil litigation. The contest is judged by a committee of the IADC.

Prizes
First Place US$2,000 and plaque
Second Place US$1,000 and plaque
Third Place US$500 and plaque
Honorable Mention Plaque

Winning and honorable mention entries are considered for publication in the IADC's quarterly academic publication, the Defense Counsel Journal. The judges also may award honorable mentions. All entrants receive a one-year subscription to the Defense Counsel Journal.

Past experience has shown that teachers of litigation-related subjects are in an ideal position to stimulate student interest in legal writing and to encourage participation in the IADC Legal Writing Contest. Each year a number of the entries appear to have been prepared initially for various courses or seminars, and the caliber of the papers has been high. These faculty members are in an excellent position to encourage their students to enter the IADC contest.

Deans, professors and law review editors are urged to publicize the IADC contest and to encourage participation in it.

Contest Rules

Eligibility. The International Association of Defense Counsel 2011 Legal Writing Contest is open to students who, at the time of submission of their entries, are enrolled as J.D. candidates in accredited law schools.
Subject Matter. Entries must be submitted in the English language on a subject of practical concern to lawyers engaged in the defense or management of the defense of civil litigation, such as relevant aspects of tort law, insurance law, civil procedure, evidence, damages, alternative dispute resolution procedures, and professional ethics.

Authorship and Publication. Entries must be certified by the entrant on the IADC entry form to be the original and sole work of the entrant. At the time of submission, the entry must not have been published or accepted for publication, and the author must be free to execute the assignment of copyright to IADC referred to in Rule 7.

Judging. The contest will be judged by a committee of the IADC, whose decisions will be final. In addition to the monetary award winners, the judges may designate entries worthy of honorable mention.

Judging Standards. Articles will be judged on the following factors: (1) the choice of subject matter, as measured by its significance, international or national relevance, and timeliness; (2) the amount of work and effort, as measured by the entry's comprehensiveness and analysis; (3) the quality of the legal analysis, as measured by its objectivity and balance; and (4) the writing quality, as measured by clarity of expression, brevity, and literary construction. Entrants also should consider the points made in the contest guidelines.

Monetary Awards. Monetary awards will be made as follows: US$2,000 to first place, US$1,000 to second place, and US$500 to third place. Honorary mentions receive no monetary awards.

Plaques and Publication. Authors of monetary award articles and of those awarded honorable mention will receive commemorative plaques, and their articles will be made available for publication in Defense Counsel Journal, IADC's quarterly law review. At the time of submission, entrants must execute the assignment of copyright in the entry certificate. IADC will copyright articles published in Defense Counsel Journal, but release the copyright assignment back to entrants whose works are not published. Acceptance for publication in any publication other than Defense Counsel Journal prior to notice to the author of an award in this contest will disqualify the entry. Entrants are expected to notify IADC promptly of such prior acceptance by another publication.

Subscription. A year's subscription to Defense Counsel Journal will be given to all contestants who meet the qualifications for entry in this contest.
Deadline for 2011 Entries. Entries must be received on or before Friday, May 20, 2011.

Directions for Transmission. Entries, together with the completed entry form, must be sent to the International Association of Defense Counsel, via electronic mail to Mary Dannevik at mdannevik@iadclaw.org.

Contest Guidelines

Substance

Choice of Subject. Rule 2 allows for a broad range of topics, provided it is one of practical concern to lawyers engaged in the defense or management of the defense of civil litigation. Unusual subjects are desirable if of sufficiently widespread interest beyond the borders of any state or province.

Balance. Entries should be of law review type and quality, not briefs. Authors' opinions should reflect consideration of both sides of the issues.

Original Work. Compliance with this requirement of Rule 2 permits borrowing from the writings of others, provided due attribution is given. An article must not parallel its sources too closely in form or content, and direct quotations must always be shown as such.

Sole Authorship. Entries must be the work of a single author. An entry does not fail the "single author" test merely because it has been graded by a professor who has offered advice on it. Sole authorship cannot be claimed, however, if, for example, a paper has been rewritten in part by another person, or if another has contributed research to the paper.

Legal Analysis. A major factor is the quality of legal analysis reflected by an article. Clear thinking and expression are key faculties of a good lawyer. While lawyers and judges alike are seldom capable of resolving questions of law solely by the cool light of reason, unclouded by predilections or prejudices, they must justify their conclusions with sound reasoning and pertinent authorities.

Form
Organization. Any well-written article must be organized and presented in a logical and orderly manner. This is best accomplished by initial preparation of an outline that (1) disciplines the author's thought processes; (2) provides a table of contents; (3) supplies headings for quick reference; and (4) eliminates the need for lengthy introductions and conclusions.

Hallmarks of Fine Writing. The three hallmarks of fine legal writing are simplicity, clarity and brevity.

Simplicity. A simple writing style befits legal writing because it is easily understood and does not overtax the reader's powers of concentration. Just as long sentences, laden with dependent clauses, should be avoided, so, too, lengthy
paragraphs should be avoided.

Clarity. Yale Professor John Berdan used to tell his English composition class that a fine writing is like a windowpane: seen through, but never seen.

Brevity. While the IADC Legal Writing Contest imposes no strict word limitation, brevity is to be desired, although it is a mixed virtue. A well-written law entry should include all points necessary to full treatment of the subject. Past experience has shown that most entries are unnecessarily prolix and repetitious. Trim off the fat; leave the bone and sinew.(Suggested word limit: 12,000 words, including footnotes)

Miscellany
Entries must be submitted via e-mail in English in Microsoft Word format to Mary Dannevik at mdannevik@iadclaw.org. Footnotes should appear on the page referenced in the text. Avoid excessive footnotes. Use The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (19th edition) for style.

Cicero's Advice
The winning entries will be those that best heed the 2,000-year-old advice of the Roman orator, Marcus Tullius Cicero: "Be clear, so the audience will understand. Be interesting, so the audience will listen. Be persuasive, so the audience will agree."

$1,000 and publication - May 1, 2011 - 10-15 pages International Investment Arbitration

2011-04-09T00:15:00.004-05:00

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) would like to make sure that you are aware of our Second Annual ICSID Review—Foreign Investment Law Journal Student Writing Competition, which was announced on our website earlier this year. Current law students are invited to submit an article on a procedural or substantive issue in international investment arbitration by May 1, 2011. Please keep in mind that entrants must be enrolled as students at the time of their submissions. Articles may be submitted in English, French or Spanish and must be between 10-15 pages in length. The author of the winning submission will receive a cash prize of US$1000.00 and will have his or her essay published in the Fall 2012 issue of the ICSID Review. Search "ICSID Review Student Writing Competition" for the official announcement, detailed contest rules and article submission guidelines.

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July 1 annually, $10,000 - Palmer Civil Liberties Prize -- tension between national security and civil liberties

2011-04-07T10:44:00.003-05:00

Chicago-Kent College of Law/Roy C. Palmer
Civil Liberties Prize
The Chicago-Kent College of Law/Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize was established in spring 2007 by alumnus Roy C. Palmer ’62 and his wife, Susan M. Palmer, to honor a work of scholarship exploring the tension between civil liberties and national security in contemporary American society.

The $10,000 prize is designed to encourage and reward public debate among scholars on current issues affecting the rights of individuals and the responsibilities of governments throughout the world. (View announcement of 2010 prize winners.)

Roy Palmer, a lawyer and real estate developer, is a 1962 honors graduate of Chicago-Kent and a member of its board of overseers. He and his wife, Susan, active in numerous civic, social and philanthropic organizations, are the recipients of the 1997 Outstanding Individual Philanthropist Award of the National Society of Fundraising Executives.

In 2006, the Palmers pledged a $1 million gift to Chicago-Kent earmarked to support the expansion of the law school’s campus, located in a rapidly developing area of downtown Chicago. The Palmers reside in Sarasota, Florida.

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June 1, 2011, $300-$1,000 -- Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition

2011-04-06T12:57:00.003-05:00

Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition

Sponsored by the Mercer University School of Law and the American Bar Association Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law

About Adam A. Milani
Adam A. Milani – a passionate disability rights activist and accomplished scholar – was well known for his publication of numerous practical books and articles in the field of disability discrimination. He taught legal writing as well as the law of disability discrimination and always encouraged his students to become prolific and outstanding writers.

Purposes of the Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition
The purposes of the competition are to promote greater interest in and understanding of the field of disability law and to encourage excellent legal writing skills in law students.

Topics
The submission may address any aspect of disability law, theory, or practice the contestant chooses. Other permissible topics include issues arising under any of the following statutes: Civil Rights Act of 1964; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; Age Discrimination in Employment Act; Family and Medical Leave Act; or any state statutes or municipal ordinances prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.

Categories and Requirements
Submissions should be trial-level or appellate briefs on one of the topics listed above. The text of a submission must be double-spaced, with twelve-point font and one-inch margins. The Question(s) Presented section, the Statement of the Facts / Statement of the Case section, the Argument section, and the Conclusion together are limited to 20 pages. Briefs may include any other customary component of a similar court document, but those components will not be evaluated.

If the submission covers both a topic among those listed above and a topic not listed above, only the topic listed above will be evaluated. For papers written originally for a legal writing class, only two papers per legal writing professor per year will be considered. If more than two students of a particular professor desire to submit a paper, the professor shall choose which paper(s) will be submitted.

Briefs will not be penalized for arguing a position that would limit rights rather than expand them.

Prizes
First Prize will range between $300 and $1,000, depending on whether multiple awards are given. The name of the winner(s) in each category will be posted online at the Mercer University School of Law website.

Entry information
Entries for the competition must be submitted by mail to the "Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition," Mercer University, School of Law, 1021 Georgia Ave., Macon, GA 31207-0001. Submissions must be postmarked by June 1, 2011, by U.S. mail or a recognized commercial express service. Entries submitted by fax will not be accepted. The contestant's name and other identifying markings such as school name are not to be on any copy of the submitted entry. The staff at Mercer University School of Law will assign a random number to each entry and will record this number on all copies of each submission. Neither the contestant's identity nor his or her academic institution will be known to any Milani Competition Judge. Two copies of the entry must be submitted along with a disk containing an electronic copy of the submission in Word Perfect or Word format. Clear, legible photocopies without changes are acceptable. Each entrant may submit only one entry. Entries must be accompanied by the attached entry form.

Eligibility
The competition is open to all students who attend a law school in the United States. Full-time students who are not law students but who write law-related papers as part of a course at an American law school are also eligible. Employees of Mercer University School of Law (except for students working less than 20 hours per week) are not eligible to enter the competition.

Authorship
The author must have performed all the key tasks of researching, writing, and revising the paper for himself or herself, but may have received a reasonable amount of advice from academicians or practitioners. Except for any discussions or other activities that occur as part of course activities approved by the student's professor, the author must avoid collaboration with other students. If the brief is written as an assignment in a legal writing class and if the student was assigned to produce the brief along with a partner, the student may submit the brief but must identify the portions for which the student was the sole author. Only those parts of the brief will be evaluated. Under no other circumstances may any of the written product be produced by another.

Criteria and Judging
All entries will be judged anonymously by the Milani Competition Judges, who will select the winning submission(s). The Director of the Milani Writing Competition at Mercer University School of Law will notify the award winner(s). The Judges reserve the right not to award any prizes if it is determined that no entries are of sufficient quality to merit selection that year.

Entries will be judged based on the following criteria: quality of research and authority provided; accuracy and clarity of the analysis; compliance with standard conventions of similar court documents; and technical quality of writing, including organization, grammar, syntax, and form.

Entry Form

Image source: Mercer Law School

June 1, $5,000, & Publication Warren E. Burger "excellence, civility, ethics and professionalism"

2011-04-05T10:38:00.004-05:00

The Warren E. Burger Prize is a writing competition designed to encourage outstanding scholarship that “promotes the ideals of excellence, civility, ethics and professionalism within the legal profession,” the core mission of the American Inns of Court. The American Inns of Court invites judges, lawyers, professors, students, scholars, and other authors to participate in the competition by submitting an original, unpublished essay of 10,000 to 25,000 words on a topic of their choice addressing issues of legal excellence, civility, ethics and professionalism.

The judges for the competition are Professor Stephen Gillers, Chair, Emily Kempin Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law; Professor Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr., Trustee Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School; Professor Nancy J. Moore, Nancy Barton Scholar and Professor of Law at the Boston University School of Law; and, Professor Robert M. Wilcox, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at the University of South Carolina School of Law.

The author of the winning essay will receive a cash prize of $5,000 and the essay will be published in the South Carolina Law Review. This prixze well be presented to the recipient at the American Inns of Court annual Celebration of Excellence at the Supreme Court of the United States hosted by Associate Justice Sonia Maria Sotomayor on Saturday, November 5, 2011.

The 2011 Warren E. Burger Prize Cover Page and Rules are now available in the “Related Links” panel above.

Send a completed cover page with the required materials no later than June 1 to the American Inns of Court national office. Submissions should be addressed Cindy Dennis, American Inns of Court, 1229 King Street, Second Floor, Alexandria, VA 22314.

For additional information, contact Cindy Dennis at (703) 684-3590, ext. 104, or click from the Inns of Court announcement to email Cindy. The winning essay will be selected by September 1.

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California Legal History; June 30; $2,500 for 6,000 words

2011-02-14T02:33:00.007-06:00

The California Supreme Court Historical Society
2011 Student Writing

DEADLINE: June 30, 2011

AWARD: The winning author will receive a prize of $2,500 and publication in the Society’s journal, California Legal History. Second and third place winners may also be chosen, and all winning papers will be posted on the Society’s website, www.cschs.org.

TOPIC: Original, unpublished scholarly writing on any aspect of California legal history, ranging from the Supreme Court itself, and its justices and decisions, to local events of legal historical importance—including biography, significant cases, independent state interpretation, the California Constitution, and reorganization of the court system, as well as areas of law such as criminal law, civil rights, family law, tort liability, environmental law, and taxation—in any time period from 1846 to the present.

On the leading position and nationwide influence of the California Supreme Court, see the article on “Followed Rates” by Jake Dear and Edward W. Jessen: http://lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/issues/41-2_Dear.pdf

JUDGES: The entries will be judged by a panel of legal historians.

ELIGIBILITY: The submission must be written during the student’s enrollment in a school of law or as a graduate student in history, political science, government,
public policy, or a related field.

GUIDELINES: The maximum length of submissions is 6,000 words, exclusive of footnotes, in 12-point type, double-spaced, with 1" margins. To ensure anonymity, the author’s name should appear only on a separate cover page with mailing address, telephone number, email address, and name of school. Entries should be submitted as an email attachment in electronic format (Word, WordPerfect, or pdf).

SUBMISSIONS and QUESTIONS: Please send to the CSCHS Student Writing Competition Chair at smsth@aol.com

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$7,500 for Brief Writing over Spring Break? April 15 deadline

2011-02-04T15:43:00.006-06:00

APRIL 15th DEADLINE APPROACHING FOR LEGAL BRIEF WRITING CONTEST
$7,500 PRIZE
TUPPER LAKE, NY - On Friday, November 19th 2011, the newly created Tupper Lake Business Community, Inc. announced a writing contest that is being submitted to law schools around the country, seeking students who are interested in preparing a brief concerning the influences that have had a negative effect on the Adirondack economy.

Full details and rules regarding the contest are posted online at http://tlbusiness.org

First prize for the writing contest will be $7,500; second prize $2,000; and third prize $500. All brief submissions must be received by April 15th. The panel of judges will be announced in the near future.

Committee Spokespeople Mark Moeller and Beth Johnson told the group of nearly 50 people, that there has been tremendous attention given to the environment in the Adirondack Park, with little regard to the economy. Moeller noted, "the intent of the contest is to have the law students from around the country review the influences on local businesses as well as on the regulatory agencies within the Adirondack Park, by outside parties and preservationist advocacy groups, and to prepare a brief that will be judged by a panel of experts in order to highlight and quantify the impact those influences have had on the economy and the people of the Adirondacks."

Johnson added, "we believe this group supports the true intent of the Adirondack Park Act, and believes the staff of the Adirondack Park Agency are true professionals that care about the environment and economy of the Park. This effort is not directed at them." Johnson went on to say, "there are groups who have had an undue adverse impact on our economy, and have used tactics that have come at a great cost to the local economies within the Park."

Moeller also clarified the difference between this group and ARISE. "The TLBC group has a very narrow focus with donations going for a specific purpose. ARISE has a more broad approach, and they are not set up for this type of advocacy."

The writing contest will focus specifically on Tupper Lake, knowing that much of the information provided by the students, will have a regional implication.

Attorneys Doug Wright and Kirk Gagnier, have been in contact with top law schools and, gauging the reaction by some of the professors, have reported that there seems to be overwhelming excitement about the project. Gagnier said, "there is a growing trend across the country, that advocacy group influence has come at a quantifiable cost, and this writing contest will offer a legal opinion on the impact felt in Tupper Lake."

Wright added, "there has been no discussion of this leading to a legal suit against any groups or individuals. This is an educational, research based effort that will be reviewed carefully after the submissions are made."

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Tupper Lake Business Community, Inc. is a New York not-for-profit association of businesses, formed to aggressively solicit information and solutions from various groups to advance the business environment in upstate New York, specifically Tupper Lake. More information is available at http://tlbusiness.org.

Image: Wikipedia for Tupper Lake, New York.

Constitutional Law ($3,000, $1,000), 2-18-11 deadline

2010-11-02T06:01:00.003-05:00

2011 ACS National Student Writing Competition Announced

ACS is pleased to announce its seventh annual National Student Writing Competition. This competition is an opportunity to recognize student scholarship that enhances the understanding of progressive legal theories. Papers will be judged on their effective use, analysis, and/or expansion of legal scholarship. The judging committee will include federal judges and leading academics. The student authors of the top three papers will receive special recognition at the 2011 ACS National Convention and a cash prize for their work. The top paper will receive an offer of publication in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law. The deadline is Friday, February 18, 2011.

http://www.acslaw.org/chapters/studentcompetitions/writing

Please contact Jamie Gullen at gullenj@law.upenn.edu with any questions.

$1500, $1000, $500 - Workers Compensation, November 1, 2010 deadline (10-20 pages)

2010-10-30T05:17:00.004-05:00

The College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers
2010 Writing Competition for Law Students

Submissions are now being accepted for the 2010 College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Law Student Writing Competition.

TOPIC: 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.

ELIGIBILITY: All students currently enrolled in accredited law schools in the United States and all those recently graduated from them (graduation on or after May, 2009).

PRIZES:

First prize - $1,500.00

Second prize - $1,000.00

Third prize - $500.00

The winner’s article will also be considered for publication in the Workers’ First Watch, The Workers’ Injury Law and Advocacy Group (WILG) magazine, or in a future issue of an appropriate ABA committee newsletter or journal. The winner will also be invited (expenses paid) to the Annual College Induction Dinner to be honored during the program.

1, Articles must be original from the applicant, and limited to one entry. Articles must not presently be under consideration for any other publication or written as part of paid employment.

2. All articles are to be submitted in the following format:

Submitted by email to cwcl@airmail.net (Please reference “Writing Competition” in the subject line.);
All articles are to be submitted by November 1, 2010;
Double-spaced,on 8 ½ inch by 11 inch paper, 1 inch margins;
Entries should be between 10 and 20 pages in length (including endnotes);
Citations are to conform to “A Uniform System of Citation” (The Bluebook).

3. If published by the College, the articles become the property of the College. No submitted article may be published elsewhere until after announcement of the winners of the competition. Announcement of the winners will be made at least 30 days in advance of the Annual College Induction Dinner, March 2011.

4. Include a cover letter with your entry stating your name, mailing address and phone number (both school and permanent), name of school and year of graduation.

5. Applicant must be currently enrolled in an accredited law school or submit entry within 60 days of graduation.

Grammy Foundation Contest - Online Tutorial for February Deadline $5,000 grand prize and ticket to Grammy Awards

2010-10-13T13:12:00.003-05:00

Dear Law Students:

Thanks so much as always for your interest in the Entertainment Law Initiative Writing Competition. In an effort to make the content of our Writing Competition Workshops more accessible we have placed one online. The panel was filmed on 9/22 here at the GRAMMY offices in Santa Monica. The program appears in three parts on youtube.com here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctTvPSFcjmQ

Featured Panelists:

· Scott Goldman, Vice President The GRAMMY Charities

· Henry Root, Partner at Lapidus, Root, Franklin, & Sacharow LLP

· Goldie Gabriel, Attorney, Warner/Chappell Music, 2007 ELI Writing Competition Finalist

The workshop is intended provide law students with tips and information on successful approaches for submission to the Entertainment Law Initiative Writing Competition. Additionally the panelists discuss the realities of entering today’s music business as a young lawyer, and some issues the industry is currently facing.

I have attached a copy of the materials that were distributed at the program. Please feel free to distribute the attached link and materials to anyone and everyone you deem appropriate. Should have any questions please don’t hesitate to send me an email and I will do my best to answer.

Thanks so much and good luck!

The ELI Essay Competition invites law students focusing on the entertainment practice to write a 3,000-word paper on a compelling legal topic facing the music industry today. The contest culminates with the winning student authors presenting their essays at the prestigious ELI luncheon on February 11, 2011.

Awards:

First Place Winner Receives $5000

Four Semifinalists Receive $1,500

All Winners receive:

One GRAMMY Awards Show Ticket

Round Trip Airfare to the GRAMMY Awards in Los Angeles

Hotel Accommodations

Ticket to The MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute Dinner

Submission deadline is Jan 3rd 2011 @ 11am PST (2pm EST)

Winners will be announced on February 4, 2011

For a complete listing of competition rules, and ELI Writing Competition Workshops

go to the Entertainment Law Initiative page on Facebook.com.

Simply search for “The Entertainment Law Initiative” or just go to http://tinyurl.com/ELIFacebook.

If you are not a Facebook user simply send an e-mail to eli@grammy.com

Co-Sponsored by

The ABA Forum on the

Entertainment and Sports Industries

The GRAMMY Foundation's Entertainment Law Initiative (ELI) was conceived as a means to recognize and further develop the bond between the legal profession and the recording community with the goal of resolving issues confronting the music industry. One of the premier educational initiatives of ELI is the national legal writing contest and scholarship program, which is co-sponsored by the American Bar Association. Law students from across the country are invited to research, analyze and submit essays regarding important issues facing the industry.

Health Care (Sept. 27) Labor and Employment (Oct. 25)

2010-09-19T06:23:00.002-05:00

The National Law Review (NLR) is pleased to announce we are accepting submissions for the NLR 2010 Law Student Writing Competition. This competition offers law students the opportunity to submit articles for publication consideration on the NLR Web site.

The NLR consolidates practice-oriented legal analysis from a variety of sources for no-cost, easy access by lawyers, law students, business executives, insurance professionals, accountants, human resource managers, and other businesspeople who wish to better understand specific legal issues relevant to their work.

Winning articles will initially be published online in October and November of 2010. In each of these months, the top two articles chosen will be displayed on the NLR home page . Up to 5 runner-up articles will also be posted in the NLR searchable database for each of these months.

Build your resumes and a professional online presence that will help you to stand out to legal industry recruiters in an increasingly competitive job market.

Submission Deadlines:

Month	Featured Topic	Submission Deadline
October, 2010	Health Care Law	September 27, 2010
November, 2010	Labor & Employment Law	October 25, 2010

November 19, 2010 - $2,500 and Portland, OR in April-- 2d Annual International Ombudsman

2010-09-14T13:45:00.004-05:00

"An Ethical Privilege: The Case for a Statutory Privilege for the Organizational Ombuds." Larratt-Smith

IOA Seeks Entries for Second Annual Student Writing Competition

The International Ombudsman Association is again sponsoring a contest to reward scholarship relevant to Organizational Ombuds. In the second IOA-sponsored writing competition, graduate and law students are invited to submit articles on the issue of how organizational ombudsmen can avoid being deemed as agents for notice.

The author of the winning article will receive a cash prize of $2,500 and an invitation to the IOA Annual Conference in April 2011 in Portland, OR to receive the award. IOA will provide registration, airfare and lodging for the conference. The winning article may also be published in the Journal of IOA. Submissions are due November 19, 2010.

The competition is based on a research library that provides several authorities with which to begin the analysis. Full competition information (and citations to the authorities) appears: here (pdf).

The winning paper from the first annual competition was: "An Ethical Privilege: The Case for a Statutory Privilege for the Organizational Ombuds," by Andrew Larratt-Smith, a student at UCLA Law School and the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University. His article appears at this link, at pages 54-64.

Fellowships for Future Law Professors

2010-09-03T15:27:00.005-05:00

TaxLawProfBlog just posted a list of Fellowships for Aspiring Law Professors.

It's comprehensive and all the links (the ones I checked today) are live. As for the title, I figure some of those who aspire are also future....

Enjoy.

June 18, 2010, 2010 Mary C. Lawton Outstanding Government Service Award

2010-04-21T15:36:00.002-05:00

2010 Mary C. Lawton
Outstanding Government Service Award

The nomination should be based on outstanding contributions to the development, implementation, or improvement of administrative law and regulatory practice that reflects sustained excellence in performance.

All government lawyers active in the fields of administrative law and regulatory practice are eligible. While career officials generally will be favored, exceptional political appointees also will be considered. A listing of past recipients of the Award can be found at http://www.abanet.org/adminlaw/awardsprogram/pastMCLawards.html

Nominations are solicited from federal government agency general counsels, state attorneys general, and other officials, as well as from members of the Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.

All nomination packages should provide the name and period of government service of the nominee, the departments or agencies in which he or she has served and is currently serving, and the specific contributions of the nominee that you think warrant his or her selection. Include a MINIMUM of three (3) letters of support for your nomination.

Please submit your nomination package to the ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, 740 15th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20005, email: kiefera@staff.abanet.org, or fax to 202-662-1529. Direct inquiries to Anne Kiefer, Section Director, 202-662-1690.

All nominations must be submitted by June 18, 2010.

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Image source: wikipedia

Looking for a Competition to Match this Image

2010-04-21T15:30:00.003-05:00

Image: Van Gogh, Church at Auvers (1890)

November 1, 2010 deadline -- Worker's Compensation -- $1,500; $1,000; $500

2010-03-23T22:04:00.004-05:00

ANNOUNCING: The College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers 2010 Writing Competition for Law Students

Submissions are now being accepted for the 2010 College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Law Student Writing Competition.

TOPIC: 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.

ELIGIBILITY: All students currently enrolled in accredited law schools in the United States and all those recently graduated from them (graduation on or after May, 2009).

PRIZES:
First prize - $1,500.00
Second prize - $1,000.00
Third prize - $500.00

The winner’s article will also be considered for publication in the Workers’ First Watch, The Workers’ Injury Law and Advocacy Group (WILG) magazine, or in a future issue of an appropriate ABA committee newsletter or journal. The winner will also be invited (expenses paid) to the Annual College Induction Dinner to be honored during the program.

The College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers 2010 Law Student Writing Competition Rules

1. Articles must be original from the applicant, and limited to one entry. Articles must not presently be under consideration for any other publication or written as part of paid employment.

2. All articles are to be submitted in the following format:
· Submitted by email to cwcl@airmail.net (Please reference “Writing Competition” in the subject line.);
· All articles are to be submitted by November 1, 2010;
· Double-spaced,on 8 ½ inch by 11 inch paper, 1 inch margins;
· Entries should be between 10 and 20 pages in length (including endnotes);
· Citations are to conform to “A Uniform System of Citation” (The Bluebook).

3. If published by the College, the articles become the property of the College. No submitted article may be published elsewhere until after announcement of the winners of the competition. Announcement of the winners will be made at least 30 days in advance of the Annual College Induction Dinner, March 2011.

4. Include a cover letter with your entry stating your name, mailing address and phone number (both school and permanent), name of school and year of graduation.

5. Applicant must be currently enrolled in an accredited law school or submit entry within 60 days of graduation.

Judging

The evaluation standards will be organization, quality of research, depth, originality of analysis, clarity of style and readability. The College reserves the right not to award and/or to reject any or all submissions.

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Image: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, WAS0771.

Post-Hiatus -- Several Thoughts on Publications

2010-03-23T11:32:00.012-05:00

Dear Readers,

My thanks to those who have written me to ask for follow-up entries! I appreciate it very much. Now that it's spring break after the push of a very busy several months, I have a minute to share some general information, and I'll ease into the routine of posting updates as well.

First, when this blog lacks updates, you should find that the Idaho Writing Competitions website is updated. It's got an impressively comprehensive list of ongoing competitions, and I am humbled by and appreciative of that site.

Second, I share with you an article my colleague Angela Doss found following Legal Writing Law Prof blog:

Allen Rostron & Nancy Levit (University of Missouri and Kansas City (UMKC) School of Law):
Information for Submitting Articles to Law Reviews & Journals.

Third, I share thoughts on "breaking the seal" into a writing habit, and that is through a short publication in your local bar journals which are published monthly and some of which are published online. Check with your state bar association for outlets. I'm linking the state law portal at Washlaw that leads you to an updated compilation of all state resources. It's an amazing resource. (Once at the Washlaw link, find your state bar's materials by choosing your state in the left panel. Once at your state's resource page, go to the very bottom where the practitioner's resources are.)

Fourth, I encourage attorney-readers to consider signing up to teach a continuing legal education hour. Some outlets will pay you for the effort, and in the business side of law, the public speaking experience should go a long way.

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Image: Will Simpson

Reminder: Lewis Jackson Employment Law deadline January 19 : $3,000

2009-12-28T19:05:00.004-06:00

This post advertises a link back to an October notice of the $3,000 employment law award in the Louis Jackson writing competition.

The deadline for submission is January 19, 2010. $3,000 first place.

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Image: wikipedia

$5,000 Property and Casualty Insurance -- February 1, 2010 deadline

2009-12-25T15:37:00.002-06:00

I am happy to announce the establishment of the Liberty Mutual Prize, which Boston College Law School will award annually for an exceptional article written on the law of property and casualty insurance and its regulation and corporate governance. The prize was created through the generosity of Liberty Mutual, the sixth largest property and casualty insurance company in the United States. In 2009, the company endowed the Liberty Mutual Insurance Professorship at Boston College Law School and, to encourage scholarship in the areas of property and casualty insurance law, provided an endowment for the Liberty Mutual Prize as well. The prize winner will receive a $5,000 award and an offer of publication from the Boston College Law Review.

The guidelines for submission are set forth in more detail on the attached Call for Papers. We intend to announce the first winner by March 1, 2010. Authors are encouraged to submit papers throughout the year; in order to allow for thoughtful peer review, and in order to announce the winning paper by the specified deadline, submission must reach us by February 1, 2010.

I encourage you to forward this Call for Papers to the members of your faculty for whom the competition might hold interest. In addition, I ask that you disseminate it more broadly to anyone whose scholarship falls within the competition’s ambit. If you have questions, the CFP contains contact information for inquiries.

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$5,000 Liberty Mutual Prize Call for Scholarly Papers

Boston College Law School announces its annual competition for the Liberty Mutual Prize, awarded for an exceptional article written during the 2009–2010 submission season on the law of property and casualty insurance, its regulation and corporate governance.

Prize: Liberty Mutual Insurance Group created this competition to encourage and recognize legal scholarship in the area of property and casualty insurance law. The winning entrant will receive $5,000 and an offer of publication from the Boston College Law Review.

Eligibility: Authors should possess a J.D. degree or its overseas equivalent. Papers must concern the law related to property and casualty insurance, its regulation and corporate governance. The prize is not intended to advance scholarship in areas such as life, health, employment or employee benefits insurance law.

Judging: Each entry will be judged by a panel of professors and attorneys having particular expertise in the insurance law field, including the eventual holder of the Liberty Mutual Professorship at Boston College Law School. The panel will evaluate submissions on the basis of quality of analysis, originality, thoroughness of research, creativity, and clarity of thought and expression.

Format: Submissions should be no more than 25,000 words in length (the equivalent of 50 law review pages) including text and footnotes, and contain an abstract of roughly 350 words. The article should conform to the Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005). Electronic submissions are preferred (in Word or PDF format, by direct email or through a distribution system such as ExpressO), but hard copies by mail are acceptable.

For electronic submissions:

(Preferred)

LibertyMutualPrize@bc.edu

For mailed submissions:

Boston College Law Review
Attn: Liberty Mutual Competition
885 Centre Street
Newton Centre, MA 02459

Deadline: Papers may be submitted throughout the year, but by no later than February 1, 2010. If an outstanding submission meets the foregoing conditions, the judges will announce a winning entry by March 1, 2010. (This timetable was purposefully chosen in order to allow authors not selected for the prize to submit their articles to other journals during the month of March.)

Presentation: The author of the selected paper will be invited to present it at a special program held at Boston College Law School, at which time a representative of Liberty Mutual will present the prize money.

Inquiries: Contact John Gordon: gordonjo@bc.edu or 617-552-8557.

Boston College Law School ● 885 Centre Street ● Newton Centre, MA ● 02459
Phone: 617-552-8557 ● Fax: 617-552-4098 ● email: LibertyMutualPrize@bc.edu

Grammy Foundation - January 4, 2010 -- $5,000 (first place) and $1,500 (four runners-up)

2009-12-02T07:43:00.009-06:00

The Grammy Foundation has an annual contest; its deadline is January 4. An almost instantaneous response with full competition rules will appear in your email if you send a request to eli@grammy.com

From my response:

Awards will be distributed as follows: $5,000 for first place and $1,500 for each of four runners-¬up. All five finalists receive one GRAMMY Awards ticket, hotel accommodations, round trip airfare, one ticket to the Entertainment Law Initiative Luncheon, one ticket to MusiCares® Person of the Year dinner, and an invitation to the GRAMMY Nominee Reception.

From the Grammy announcment:

GRAMMY Foundation Announces 12th Annual Entertainment Law Initiative Essay Competition
November 23, 2009
The GRAMMY Foundation has launched its 12th Annual Entertainment Law Initiative Essay Competition, co-sponsored by the American Bar Association, a program that will award more than $10,000 in scholarships to promising entertainment law students.

The ELI Essay Competition invites law students to write a 3,000-word paper on a compelling legal topic facing the music industry today. The contest culminates with the winning student authors presenting their essays at the prestigious ELI luncheon during GRAMMY Week on Jan. 29, 2010. Additionally, each winner will receive airfare, hotel accommodations, and a ticket to the MusiCares Person of the Year tribute gala honoring Neil Young on Jan. 29, the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast in Los Angeles on Jan. 31, as well as invitations to other GRAMMY Week activities.

Submissions must be postmarked by Jan. 4, and winners will be announced on Jan.22. For complete contest rules and more information, send an e-mail to eli@grammy.com

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Image: Night Revels; wikipedia: "In the center are three female musicians playing guan, two female musicians playing transverse bamboo flutes (likely hengdi, 横笛), and a male musician playing a wooden clapper called paiban (拍板)."

ABA Writing Competitions -- $100,000 @ year distributed among 100+ awards

2009-11-24T18:59:00.006-06:00

Today, my dean, Cynthia Nance, at the University of Arkansas School of Law, forwarded me the url to the American Bar Associations' many writing competitions. It's a good time to highlight this updated list of excellent competitions.

From the ABA's writing competition web site:

Did you know the ABA presents over 100 awards and distributes over $100,000 in awards and grants each year? Over 20 of these awards and grants have been specifically designed for law schools or law students, including writing competitions and fellowships. Don’t miss the opportunity to gain recognition for your accomplishments, that of your law school or student organization.

Image: wikipedia, Van Gogh's irises

Law of the World Trade Organization; January 8, 2010 -- $500 and publication, $200, $100

2009-11-17T14:15:00.004-06:00

The Richmond Journal of Global Law and Business
is proud to announce the Second Annual
Daniel T. Murphy Student Writing Competition

The Daniel T. Murphy Student Writing Competition is open to any J.D. candidate student at an ABA accredited law school and is intended to foster knowledge and scholarly work by students on specific areas of the Law of the WTO. The competition is named for Professor Daniel T. Murphy who has been with the University of Richmond School of Law since 1976. As the cornerstone of international law at Richmond, the Richmond Journal of Global Law and Business chose to name this competition after him to honor the years of extraordinary work and dedication he has put forth to the students, the school, and our Journal.

The topic of this year’s competition is WTO Treatment of Developed and Developing Countries.
All entries must pertain to timely legal issues concerning developed and/or developing countries and the WTO. Authors are expected to strongly include and analyze the topic material within their written work. Entries deemed to be lacking topical substance will not be considered.

Prizes
1st place: $500.00 Cash award and publication in the Richmond Journal of Global Law and Business’s Annual Survey of the Law of the WTO
2nd place: $200.00 Cash award
3rd place: $100.00 Cash award

Submission Procedure
1) All interested students must email RJGLBAnnualSurvey@richmond.edu by Monday, January 4, 2010 to request an anonymous submission number.
Please place "Anonymous Number Request" in the email subject line.

2) Students must mail two (2) copies of their submission to:
Richmond Journal of Global Law and Business Annual Survey
University of Richmond School of Law--Office 318
28 Westhampton Way
University of Richmond, VA 23173

3) Students who attend the University of Richmond School of Law may choose to physically submit their work to a drop box which will be located outside the Richmond Journal of Global Law and Business office (Room 318) for the week leading up to the due date. Any submission prior to that may be placed in the DU Folder of Lindsay Jefferies (3L). All other submission procedures must be followed.

4) Each submission must contain a cover page containing the anonymous number of the author. The Anonymous number must also be included on each page of the submission.

DO NOT place your name or school anywhere on the submission.

5) Entries must be postmarked by Friday, January 8th, 2010.

All submitted entries will be required to adhere to the following guidelines:
1) All law students of an ABA accredited law school are eligible. Students must be pursuing a J.D. degree; LL.M. applicants will not be considered.
2) Entries which have been submitted to a class are acceptable; however, any such entry must not have been edited by a professor or other teaching assistant.
3) Co-authorship is acceptable. All authors must be jointly identified when requesting an anonymous number. Any alteration to the authorship must be given to the Managing Editor.
4) All entries must be between 20 and 30 pages in length (including citations), double spaced, and must be the original, unpublished academic work of the person submitting the entry.

5) All entries must be in 12 point Times New Roman font and must have default 1 inch margins all around.
6) Pages must be numbered.
7) Citations must be in footnote format and be in accordance with the rules of The Bluebook, A Uniform System of Citation, Eighteenth Edition.
8) The Richmond Journal of Global Law and Business reserves the right to decline to publish any submitted entry, and also reserves the right to publish more than one submitted entry.
9) Entries postmarked/submitted after Friday, January 8th, 2010 will not be considered.

This information can also be viewed on the Annual Survey webpage
Lindsay Jefferies
Managing Editor
Richmond Journal of Global Law and Business
T.C. Williams School of Law
RJGLBAnnualSurvey@richmond.edu

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2010 Levit Essay Contest - Legal Ethics Hypothetical - $5,000 - February 19, 2010

2009-11-16T10:11:00.005-06:00

2010 Levit Essay Contest - Legal Ethics Hypothetical - $5,000 - February 19, 2010

Essay contest hypothetical and contest rules: here

Transnational Economic Law; $2,000 and publication; February 1, 2010

2009-11-08T08:41:00.011-06:00

Transnational Economic Law; $2,000; February 1, 2010

Competition Rules: here

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General Electric tops the 2009 Forbes Global 2000 list of multinational corporations.

The Trandafir International Business Writing Competition is open to all graduate and law students who write on "any topic of contemporary international business or economic concern with a legal nexus." Essays may not exceed 50 double-spaced pages and are due on February 1, 2010, 5:00 p.m. U.S. Central Standard Time. Electronic submissions to law-trandafir@iowa.uiowa.edu

The winning essay will be published in the University of Iowa Journal of Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems. This journal focuses on a range of public and private international law issues. See the range of topics: here.

Federal Tax Law 20-30 pages; January 15, 2010 deadline; $2,000 plus travel to D.C. in March 2010

2009-11-03T20:41:00.010-06:00

Federal Tax Law 20-30 pages; January 15, 2010 deadline; $2,000 plus travel to D.C. in March 2010

From the pdf flyer sent to law school deans (images of the pdf flyer appear at the bottom of this post):

Papers must be a minimum of twenty pages and a maximum of thirty pages (double spaced, twelvepoint font, and one-inch margins) and must be postmarked or e-mailed by January 15, 2010. Additionally, each student must sign and return the attached warranty (a .pdf copy by e-mail is acceptable). If mailing submissions, please use the following address:

Federal Bar Association
Section on Taxation
Attn: Writing Competition
1220 N. Fillmore Street, Suite 444
Arlington, VA 22201

If e-mailing submissions, please e-mail to Adrienne Woolley at awoolley@fedbar.org, with the subject line “Writing Competition.”

Two winning papers will be selected by the Officers of the Federal Bar Association Section on Taxation.

The 2009 winners are posted on the Federal Bar Association's Section on Taxation's web site. Below appears the information about the honorable mention from 2009:

Tax Writing Contest

2009 Writing Competition Results
The FBA Section on Taxation is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 Writing Competition. This year there were three papers of very high quality, and the judges added an Honorable Mention category.

Honorable Mention is awarded to William Joseph Mills, a third-year student at the University of Illinois in Champaign. Mr. Mill's paper entitled, "Inspiring Green Car Sales: What Deserves the Credit" provides an insightful look at whether tax credits for green cars have a positive impact on sales. He concludes that other factors, such as gas prices and car quality, have a larger impact than tax credits. Mr. Mills will receive a $350 prize and a commemorative plaque.
Honorable Mention winning paper

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Tort & Insurance Law; March 1, 2010; $1,500 and travel to San Francisco

2009-10-31T17:06:00.005-05:00

Essays, not exceeding 35 pages of double-spaced typed text, including footnotes, must be submitted by e-mail to lmwiley@staff.abanet.org

Essays "must be created by the entrant[s]," and must "have never been published in any other medium other than a law school publication" and must have been written after January 1, 2009.

The first-place winner will receive $1,500 cash, free round-trip airfare and weekend accommodations to attend the ABA Annual Meeting [ABA Annual Meeting. 2010 – San Francisco, California August 5-10]. The first-place winner’s essay will be considered for publication in the Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal. The first-place winner will be announced in an upcoming issue of The Brief, the Section’s magazine. In addition, the second-place winner will receive $500 cash and honorable mention in The Brief and the third-place winner will receive an honorable mention in The Brief.

For more information: click this url (pdf)
Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section
Law Student Writing Competition
American Bar Association
321 N Clark St
Chicago, IL 60654

Hat tip: UIdaho Writing Competitions Page

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July 1, 2010; Tax Law; $5,000; $2,500; $1,500

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July 1, 2010; Tax Law; $5,000; $2,500; $1,500

http://www.tannenwald.org

December 1, 2010 -- $2,500; $2,000; $1,000 plus travel to Denver in April -- American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers

2009-10-24T20:40:00.005-05:00

By December 1, 2010, submit

a) the best book or book chapter
b) the best publishable article or substantial book review, or
c) the best student case note or comment

on a topic dealing with consumer financial services law.

Published or unpublished; typed, double-spaced and in law review format.

Eight copies of your entry should be submitted by December 1, 2009 to:

Michael M. Greenfield, Chair
ACCFSL Writing Competition &
George Alexander Madill Professor of Contracts and Commercial Law
School of Law
Washington University in St. Louis
One Brookings Dr.
St. Louis, MO 63130

Updates: 1) Attribution in Scholarly Writing, and 2) New Writing Competition Posts This Weekend

2009-10-21T16:25:00.009-05:00

I have updated (clarified and expanded) a blog entry I wrote earlier this month on the subject of original (non-plagiarized) scholarly writing. Before you submit an entry to a writing competition and before you submit a draft article to fulfill an academic requirement at any stage of the process (including a preliminary draft that you are submitting to a professor or student editor), consult the academic integrity information your professor has supplied and also check the Legal Writing Institute collection of information on plagiarism. With the advent of computer technology, it's a lot easier to copy and paste, and it's also a lot easier to detect the presence of borrowed material in scholarly writing. Be very careful to avoid attribution problems. The blog entry I have linked summarizes some insights I've developed while looking into the problem and also suggests some titles of books and a good on-line source.

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Look for posts of writing competitions this weekend! (Or check the links at the side bar for new entries at Idaho or Denver, for example; we are beginning to receive notices from a number of writing competitions).

Update: One-day Workshops for Adjunct Professors and New Professors of Legal Writing

2009-10-21T14:18:00.021-05:00

Those competition participants who are considering a career in teaching writing may find these workshops of interest. This notice is taken from a flyer distributed by the leadership of the Legal Writing Institute.

On-line registration is now available:

for the Chicago workshop

and

for the New York City workshop

Trademark Law - January 15, 2009 - $2,000 (both student and professional categories)

2009-10-11T21:38:00.007-05:00

From the competition website:

The Ladas Memorial Award, supported by the law firm of Ladas & Parry LLP, was established in memory of the outstanding contributions to international intellectual property law made by the distinguished practitioner and author Stephen P. Ladas.

The Ladas Award is presented once a year in two separate author categories with one competition for students and one for professionals. In each category, the award is given to the paper judged best on the subject of trademark law or a matter that directly relates to or affects trademarks.

The Ladas Memorial Award Competition is open to all students, practitioners and academics interested in trademarks and trademark law.

To compete in the Student Category authors must be enrolled as either full- or part-time law or graduate students. For students outside the United States, university enrollment is acceptable.

To compete in the Professional Category authors must be legal practitioners, business professionals and/or academics. No restrictions regarding level of experience or years in practice apply.

The Student and Professional winners of the Ladas Memorial Award Competition are individually recognized with a US $ 2,000 cash award and a set of Stephen P. Ladas’ three-volume treatise. Each year, the winners are invited to attend the INTA Gala, held as part of INTA’s Annual Meeting, where they are recognized before the outstanding volunteers and leaders of the Association. The student winner also receives a travel and lodging stipend of up to US $ 1,000 to attend the Gala.

Contest rules: here (pdf)

Hat tip: University of Idaho Writing Contest page

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Employment Law; January 19, 2010; $3,000 (first place) and $1,000 (two awards)

2009-10-07T19:43:00.002-05:00

The Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law is an annual law student writing competition that honors the memory of Louis Jackson, a founding partner in Jackson Lewis LLP. The Jackson Lewis law firm has been engaged in the practice of employment, labor, and benefits law on behalf of management for over 48 years. With offices in major cities throughout the United States, the firm has a national perspective and an awareness of local business environments. Jackson Lewis pioneered the concept of preventive employee relations to help employers shape a positive and productive workplace. The Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition honors the memory of Louis Jackson, who provided inspiration, guidance, friendship and good humor for 39 years to all associated with Jackson Lewis.

The competition is administered by Chicago-Kent Institute for Law and the Workplace, a national center for research, training dialogue and reflection on the law that governs the workplace. It pools the resources of leading academic scholars and the practicing professional community to train students and professionals, monitor policies and trends, and reflect upon issues confronting the labor and employment law community in a neutral setting.

2009-10 details here (pdf)

$3,000 first place prize; $1,000 for second and third place prizes.

Only the first two essays from each participating law school will be accepted. Deadline is January 19, 2010. A list of previous winners appears at the competition website.

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About Scholarly Writing (and avoiding attribution problems)

2009-10-03T11:30:00.041-05:00

How does any scholar write original (i.e., non-plagiarized) scholarly writing?

I'd like to share some highlights from an article I found while researching that question. This article was written for teachers of ESL graduate students, and it contains excellent insights for any scholarly writer: Matthew A. Edwards, Teaching Foreign LL.M. Students About U.S. Legal Scholarship, 51 J. Legal Educ. 520 (2001). It's an article that has utility for both foreign LL.M. students as well as anyone writing scholarly writing for academic credit in the United States -- it hits a range of topics including what is originality, what types of scholarly writing are written, how to develop a thesis, why his thoughts for LL.M. students apply to U.S. students, etc. It's a quick read and well worth the effort; you can find it at HeinOnline, and in a text and periodicals search through your computer assisted legal research sources (e.g., Westlaw, Lexis, etc.)

Both Matthew Edwards and other authors I have read on this subject have given me the general insights I develop below:

Writers of seminar papers, papers for competitions, and law journal articles must "own" their material, bringing their own mind and insights to bear on the writing. Academic integrity standards require it.

Scholarly insight does not develop in one day's work. It's important to begin and continue a steady scholarly writing schedule, to allow the insights to develop, and to allow the mind to process the new content. It's also important to use draft opportunities to clearly delineate any content you have borrowed from other scholars' writing -- this will keep your teacher and student editor focused on helping your improve your own thinking and writing, rather than on wondering whether they should uncover sources not attributed in your draft. Be very clear about what part of the paper is your thinking, and what part of the paper is derived from another source. You need to provide citations for both exact phrases (which must be quoted) and for general organizational and structural ideas (which must be cited). In a draft mode, give the citation your best shot, but clearly footnote, end note [or note in a bracket, highlight, etc.] what you are borrowing and from where.

Make sure that any draft clearly identifies those pieces of the article that are the result of "cut and paste" research, which is a method that is fraught with some considerable danger. Only gingerly, and with great care, should a writer use a word processing cut and paste feature as she conducts computer research. Writers who do use the cut and paste feature should develop the habit of placing that material in some sort of red-letter format (and quote it) to keep clear of any claim that someone else's scholarship appears in work submitted for academic credit or for publication. The very best practice is to print out a hard copy of the material and read it carefully, noting in the margins the insights you bring to your reading of the text. Identify on the front page of the source how you have learned of the source, and find a way to acknowledge both sources in your submitted work product. Even from the hard-copy reading and handwritten notes, take care to note the source of quoted and paraphrased language, because U.S. attribution practice requires that these sources be acknowledged as well.

The very reading of the article, especially when coupled with the reading of additional articles, will prompt your own insights and develop scholarly questions that will be exciting and stimulating and conducive to original thinking. You will begin to see themes and differences and begin to synthesize the material that addresses your thesis. This is the start of thinking that is unique to you.

For a good discussion of how this process works, see: Elizabeth Fajans & Mary R. Falk, Against the Tyranny of Paraphrase: Talking Back to Texts, 78 Cornell L. Rev. 163 (1993).

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Two book publications focus on legal scholarly writing: one is by Eugene Volkh, Academic Legal Writing and the other is by Elizabeth Fajans and Mary R.Falk, Scholarly Writing for Law Students. Both are available on Amazon.

For something on the internet focused on scholarly writing for new scholars, check out:

Donna E. Arzt, Writing a Research Paper: A Guide (Syracuse University)

For a considerable store of information about what plagiarism is and how anti-plagiarism standards are enforced, check out:

the Legal Writing Institute's Plagiarism Resources.

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Notre Dame's Journal of Legislation (a good venue for the public servants in the blog readership)

2009-09-27T16:31:00.004-05:00

I like the focus of Notre Dame's Journal of Legislation. I see an opportunity for those students who are political scientists, candidates and and policy makers. The Journal covers both state and federal statutory initiatives, as well as administrative rules.

I repeat below material from the Journal of Legislation's web site:

The Journal of Legislation is a semiannual publication by students at Notre Dame Law School. The Journal is a law review that focuses on statutory, regulatory, and public policy issues rather than on case law. The Journal believes in the open debate of all political ideologies and philosophical points of view. Therefore, the Journal has traditionally solicited legislators, judges, administrators, and prominent attorneys, as well as scholars and recognized experts from beyond the legal arena. The Journal publishes articles, legislative reform pieces, essays (scholarly editorials), book reviews and student notes.

Manuscripts submitted for publication should be typewritten on 8 1/2" x 11" paper and should be double-spaced. Authors should submit articles using Microsoft Word formatting. Footnotes should conform to A Uniform System of Citation (17th ed. 2000). Citations using large and small caps (e.g., law reviews, books, titles, etc.) should appear in bold with upper and lower case letters. A paragraph on the title page should provide the author’s current occupation, position, and educational background.

Decisions on publications are typically made within four weeks of a manuscript’s receipt. The Journal accepts submissions on a rolling basis. Most article selections for an issue are made two to six months prior to publication. Thus, to be considered for publication in the Spring issue, please send your manuscript between September and February; to be considered for our Fall issue, please submit your article between March and August.

Student editors edit articles accepted for publication, and the Journal submits editorial changes to the author for approval before publication. The Journal reserves the right of final decision concerning all manuscript changes. When an article is approved for publication, the Journal will request that the author assign the copyright for the manuscript to the Journal to comply with the copyright laws of the United States.

Manuscripts should be submitted to:

Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Legislation
Notre Dame Law School
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
Phone: (574) 631-5918
Email: ndjleg@nd.edu
Submissions by email are also welcome.

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The Review of Litigation (at the University of Texas); four issues; unsolicited manuscripts

2009-09-23T06:54:00.005-05:00

I like the idea of scholarship that is inherently useful. The Review of Litigation seems like a dynamic place to publish materials that affect the lives of attorneys. Any law journal that introduces itself with the word "pragmatic" has a certain attraction. Moreover, this one is busy, with four issues a year, a clear review process, and a system that seems to make sure the trains run on time. Unsolicited manuscripts are accepted year-round.

A sampling of article titles: here.

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From The Review of Litigation website:

Established in 1980 at The University of Texas School of Law, The Review of Litigation is a student-managed publication devoted to the process of litigation. The Review balances the interests of academia with pragmatic issues important to practicing attorneys and judges. We publish on topics related to procedure, evidence, trial and appellate advocacy, alternative dispute resolution, and often-litigated substantive law. Published articles not only address issues pertinent to litigation practice, but also comment on substantive and theoretical aspects of the law.

The Review annually publishes four issues, always on time. Articles published in The Review of Litigation are routinely cited in published court decisions. In fact, The Review has recently been ranked as tied for the third most-cited specialty journal by U.S. courts. Our subscription base, includes judges, academics, corporations, firms, libraries, and sole practitioners—m ore outside Texas than within the Lone Star State.

The Review solicits articles for publication year-round, focusing particularly on arguments, issues, and points of view that have not yet received due attention, but would be helpful to lawyers throughout the country. If you are interested in submitting an article for consideration, please review our guidelines for submission.

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Image: Old Main at the University of Texas, from 1902 (Wikipedia)

Alcohol Policy, $5,000; $2,500; and $1,000 -- November 18, 2009 deadline

2009-09-18T11:36:00.004-05:00

I blogged this competition a few months ago, but the flyers are out in the mailboxes now, suggesting that the entries need to start flowing in.

November 18, 2009 deadline.

Hailing from Arkansas, where some dry counties are still in existence, this blog editor finds this competition particularly interesting.

"State Regulation of Alcohol is Important Because . . . "

The range of winning entries from last year: 28 pages, double spaced with 178 footnotes, and 6 pages double spaced.

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Securities Exchange Commission -- $5,000; $3,000; $2,000 -- November 13, 2009 (hard copy received by this date)

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From the competition website:

The writing competition awards program is held in the fall of each year and is available to students registered at an accredited degree-granting law school in the United States. Both undergraduate and graduate law students are eligible. The topic may be any subject in the field of securities law.

Three cash prizes are awarded each year at the ASECA annual dinner. First place is $5,000; second place is $3,000; and third place is $2,000.

2009 Competition

Two copies of all submissions should be sent to the address below and must be received no later than November 13, 2009. Unpublished papers, papers published in any law journal or other publication during calendar year 2009, and papers scheduled for publication in 2009 or 2010 are eligible for submission. Co-authored papers are not eligible.

Papers will be screened by a panel of judges consisting of securities practitioners and law professors. The best papers will be submitted to the Board of Directors of ASECA, who will choose the award winners.

Award winners will be invited to attend the ASECA annual dinner, which will be held in Washington, D.C. on Friday, February 5, 2010. Travel and lodging for the first place winner will be reimbursed by ASECA up to $1,000 in actual expenses.

Submissions for the writing competition should be sent to:

ASECA
P. O. Box 5767
Washington, DC 20016

Submissions in hard copy must be received by November 13, 2009. E-mail submissions will not be accepted.

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National Endowment for the Humanities; October 29, 2009 deadline

2009-09-12T23:31:00.004-05:00

Collaborative Research Grants, National Endowment for the Humanities: October 29, 2009 deadline.

This is the first time I've even peeked at a federal grant site. It looks daunting, but like anything else, it's finite, understandable, and a big deal, if you get one. If you've got some free time on your hands, it might be worth your while, to spend the next four weeks or so figuring out how to write a grant proposal, and then perfect it before the October 29, 2009 deadline. If you're at a university, you'll need to work with the committee that protects human subjects -- your Institutional Review Board; the campus also will have a research liaison who will help you work through the minutiae.

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Looking around the internet for recent studies the NEH has funded, I found this one, for $25,000 ... from the "Enduring Questions Program" ... something to think about for next year probably, because the Enduring Questions deadline is September 15, 2009:

Northfield, Minn.–– Laurence Cooper, Carleton College associate professor of political science, has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the "Enduring Questions" program of the National Endowment for the Humanities to develop a new freshman seminar.

The proposed seminar, “Cosmos or Chaos: Views of the World, Views of the Good Life,” will address the question of what it means to live well. Students in the course will consider some key visions of the character of the world and of how to live a good life, as developed through extensive reading, discussion, and writing about Homer, the Biblical books of Genesis, Exodus, and the Gospel of Matthew, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine’s Confessions, Machiavelli, Nietzsche, and other notable thinkers.

Cooper, who received his Ph.D. from Duke University, has published two books: Rousseau, Nature, and the Problem of the Good Life (1999) and Eros in Plato, Rousseau, and Nietzsche: The Politics of Infinity (2008). He teaches courses in ancient and modern political philosophy.

The NEH received 180 proposals for "Enduring Questions" grants and made just 20 awards . . .
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The NEH has set out a full year's worth of deadlines, and I'll be looking for it's 2010 calendar to post on this blog. The calendar that's currently displayed is a 2009 calendar, and the October 29 date is the latest one I noticed.

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University of Idaho Writing Competitions Page - January 2010 deadlines

2009-09-05T10:49:00.005-05:00

I've been uniformly impressed with the timeliness and thoroughness of the University of Idaho site for writing competitions. It's got several January 2010 deadlines noted, and rather than pick and choose one of them with a hat tip, here's a link to the Idaho page.

It's also through that page, and then spelunking around links from it, that I discovered Will Simpson's open-source photography.

Dispute Resolution; November 15, 2009; $2,500 plus travel (New Orleans in April)

2009-09-04T12:00:00.007-05:00

The International Ombudsman Association has announced that it is sponsoring an annual writing contest for students in law school or graduate programs in dispute resolution. In the inaugural contest, law students are invited to submit articles arguing for a statutory privilege for organizational ombudsmen. The author of the winning article will receive a cash prize of $2,500 and an invitation to the IOA Annual Conference in April 2010 in New Orleans to receive the award. IOA will provide registration, airfare and lodging for the conference. The winning article may also be published in the Journal of IOA. Submissions are due November 15, 2009

Submission information: here (pdf)

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Conflict Prevention & Resolution, Student Article or Paper October 30, 2009 deadline

2009-09-04T07:43:00.004-05:00

Original Student Article or Paper on events or issues in the field of ADR in November 2008 - October 2009. Articles must be published in 2009; outstanding papers prepared for courses requiring papers as substantial part of grade must be recommended for submission by professor.

DEADLINE: Friday, OCTOBER 30, 2009

Send entries to:

Anne C. Ferguson
Awards Administrator
CPR Awards Program
International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution
575 Lexington Avenue, 21st Floor
New York, NY 10022

Entries may also be sent as electronic files (pdf or Word) to aferguson@cpradr.org.

GUIDELINES

In 2009, the focus is on processes, techniques, systems, commitment and scholarship, which address the resolution, prevention or creative management of major disputes involving public or business institutions, such as those between corporations, between government and corporations, or among multiple parties.

ADR innovations in other areas, such as domestic relations or juvenile justice, are outside the parameters of this competition.

The Call for Entries and Nominations email is sent to Academic institutions and CPR Members in September each year for products that have been published that year or taught during the prior academic period, and entries are welcome until the deadline of Friday, October 30. The Award Winners are announced at the CPR Annual Meeting in January the following year.

To develop a better understanding of the kind of achievement and written work of most interest, we recommend your review of past Awards Program winners on this web site.

More information and links to information about prior awards: here

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Hat tip: University of Idaho Competitions page

Image: Will Simpson Butterflies

Dispute Resolution, Report of ADR Law Firm Activities, September 30, 2009 deadlline

2009-09-04T07:03:00.003-05:00

Looking for a writing contest that is sponsored by the Conflict Prevention & Resolution Institute, I found an interesting award program, that is designed to honor law firms that have shifted to a focus on Alternative Dispute Resolution.

The deadline for a report on the firm's transition to an ADR focus is September 30, 2009.

Some details from the announcement appear below and at the CPR Institute Web Site:

CPR Law Firm Award for Excellence in ADR

CPR Institute has long rewarded entities that find novel ways in which to resolve disputes by non-litigation alternatives. In 2007, CPR created the Law Firm Award for Excellence in ADR to recognize law firms that demonstrate an integrated approach and a deep commitment to using ADR principles and techniques.

Criteria for Consideration
We are seeking to honor law firms that demonstrate firm-wide commitment to using ADR principles and techniques and our focus will be on integrated processes, techniques, systems, client services, and scholarship “best practices” in multiple practice areas. Ideal applicants will have set a benchmark for addressing the resolution, prevention and creative management of major disputes involving public or business institutions or among multiple parties.

Review Committee
An elite Committee of leading corporate counsel and academics will review and judge the applications based on hallmarks set forth in the CPR document, “ADR Best Practices for Law Firms”. This document is an outline of the systems and practices that the Committee considers to be best practices in the field of ADR at this point in its evolution.

Winners will be announced at CPR’s Annual Meeting in 2010 in New York City. Depending on the volume and character of the responses, CPR reserves the right to make multiple awards.

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Dispute Resolution Law Journal; call for submissions

2009-09-03T05:22:00.004-05:00

-from the Journal web site, at Pepperdine University:

Dispute Resolution Law Journal
Submissions

The Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal publishes academic work that fosters both practical and scholarly research in the area of Alternative Dispute Resolution. The Journal strongly encourages contributions from scholars, practitioners and students alike and accepts submissions for articles, case comments and reviews.

All citations must conform to the The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005). Authors are also asked to include a brief summary of biographical data either in the footnotes of the submission or as an attachment.

Recent lead article titles:

Style vs. Model: Why Quibble

The Strategic Relationship between Ethics and Dispute Resolution: What Every CEO Should Know

Guardians Ad Litem Do Not Belong in Family Mediations

Comparative Law as Rhetoric: An Analysis of the Use of Comparative Law in International Arbitration

See table of contents for al editions: here

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Health Care Law, November 1, 2009 deadline -- Call for Papers of 10,000 words or less

2009-09-02T07:05:00.006-05:00

(from advance notice to E-mail distribution list):

The Health Care Industry Council is hosting a graduate student panel at the 62nd Annual LERA meeting on Saturday January 2nd, 2010 at 3pm.

We are seeking submissions of papers that address any aspect of healthcare work or the healthcare industry. The HCIC will award a best paper prize for the best graduate student paper on this panel. Please submit full papers of no more than 10,000 words to dana.weinberg@qc.cuny.edu and givan@cornell.edu by November 1st. Panelists will be selected and notified by November 15th.

Please contact Rebecca Givan givan@cornell.edu or Dana Weinberg dana.weinberg@qc.cuny.edu with questions.

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Rebecca Givan
Assistant Professor
Cornell University, ILR School
365 Ives Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255 1439

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Image: wikipedia , from Health Care entry, to: The Red Cross and the Red Crescent emblems at the museum in Geneva. Soon (2005/06), the Red Crystal emblem should join them.

Copyright ($600 & $250 each school participating ) ($3,000 - $2,000 - $1,000 - national)

2009-09-01T08:17:00.011-05:00

2010 Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition

50 pages or less; all papers must strictly comply with the contest requirements.

"Subsequent to entry in the Competition, papers may be published in scholarly journals, provided their entry in the Competition is duly noted."

At each participating law school: $600 (1st place); $250 (2nd place)
National Competition: $3,000 (1st) $2,000 (2nd); $1,000 (3rd)

Winning papers must be certified by the Dean of the Law School to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) by June 30, 2010

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Did you know that Nathan Burkan represented Mae West, Charlie Chaplin and others? He also zealously represented ASCAP in its infancy.

Image source: blog entry summarizing Nathan Burkan's work

Jstor article, discussing the 10th annual Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition (1960): http://www.jstor.org/stable/892302?seq=1

Bioethics, $1,000 - $500 -- $250 -- January 11, 2010 deadline -- 5,000 words

2009-08-31T14:40:00.006-05:00

American College of Legal Medicine offers two competitions that are open to law students; students are eligible to compete in one of the competitions.

Bioethics offers a first place prize of $1,000, plus travel and lodging to the ACLM annual meeting in Orlando, Florida.

5,000 words; January 11, 2010 deadline.

Complete competition details appear here (pdf)

Prior competition winners appear here (html)

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Legal medicine, Letourneau Award $1,000 - 5,000 words -- January 11, 2010 deadline

2009-08-31T14:15:00.004-05:00

January 11, 2010 deadline - $1,000 - American College of Legal Medicine's 2010 Competition in Legal Medicine

The Letourneau Award, to a law student; 5,000 words

Complete competition instructions: here (pdf)

Deadline: January 11, 2010

Prior awards appear: here (html).

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Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law

2009-08-31T05:42:00.004-05:00

Florida State University College of Law
Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law

From the Journal's web site:

The Journal is pleased to receive for consideration articles from authors in any discipline. The Journal also welcomes articles from students at any college of law or graduate school. Authors are encouraged to submit their articles via e-mail in Microsoft Word or by mail on a CD or disk. All submissions should be in general conformity with A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005). Manuscripts submitted without sufficient postage cannot be returned.

All correspondence should be addressed to the Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law, Florida State Law, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1601. Manuscripts should be directed to the office manager. Advertising and business matters should also be directed to the office manager. The Journal may be contacted by telephone at 850.644.7781.

Selected Article Titles from Current Issue Fall 2009

Europe, The United States, and The Global Climate Regime: All Together Now?

Taking Public Interests in Private Property Seriously: How the Supreme Court Short-Changes Public Property Rights in Regulatory Takings Cases

Tort-Based Climate Change Litigation and the Political Question Doctrine

Selected Article Titles from Spring 2008 Issue

*Chop Wood, Carry Water: Cutting to the Heart of the World's Water Woes

*Ecosystem Services, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, and the Conceptual Difference Between Benefits Provided by Ecosystems and Benefits Provided by People

*Uses of Subjective Well-Being in Local Economic and Land Use Policy

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The Green Bag: "law-related, well-written, and short"

2009-08-30T10:58:00.007-05:00

The Green Bag inspires a pithy notice:

"Submit an article: We ... welcome anything law-related, well-written, and short (no more than 5,000 words, no more than 50 footnotes). If you have something good, please email it to us."

Green Bag web site

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from Wikipedia, image and commentary:

The Green Bag is frequently irreverent. For the past several years, subscribers have received each year a bobblehead doll depicting a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Boston University Public Interest Law Journal - call for unsolicited manuscripts

2009-08-28T05:45:00.007-05:00

The Boston University Public Interest Law Journal publishes a range of topics and invites unsolicited manuscripts.

For an idea about potential topics, see the journal's archives, which includes live links to many published articles, from the past several years.

The Journal's Submission Instructions are reprinted below:

Submission Instructions

The Public Interest Law Journal invites the submission of unsolicited manuscripts. Submissions may include previously unpublished articles, essays, case notes, book reviews and commentaries on topics related to public interest law, such as Constitutional Law, Criminal Law and Family Law issues, as well as legal ethics, the environment, education and civil rights. The editors broadly define these areas, though they are particularly interested in submissions which combine theory with practical application. The Journal is interdisciplinary and contributions from non-lawyers are encouraged. If any portion of a manuscript has been previously published, the author should so indicate. In addition, the author should include his or her credentials, including full name, degrees earned, academic or professional affiliations and citations to all previously published legal articles. The Journal accepts both hardcopy and electronic submissions; however, electronic submissions are preferred.

Electronic Submissions
We accept submissions via Express0 or via email at pilj@bu.edu.

Hardcopy Submissions
Mail hardcopy submissions to:
Editor-in-Chief
Boston University Public Interest Law Journal
765 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215

Send manuscripts double-spaced and typewritten on one side per page, with one-inch margins. Footnotes should conform to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed.), published and distributed by Harvard Law Review Association, Gannett House, Cambridge, MA 02138.

For further information, contact the Journal office at 617.353.7255.

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ABA Communications Lawyer - Call for Manuscripts

2009-08-27T05:09:00.005-05:00

(The Grammy Competition generates much interest. It is likely that some article ideas submitted to that competition would be appropriate for this journal.)

The Communications Lawyer, a quarterly newsletter of the ABA Forum on Communications Law, invites 25-30 page articles of between 5,000 and 7,500 words (and has stated an interested in shorter articles, depending on the topic).

The topics focus on communications and media law.

Directly from "Guidelines for Authors" at the Communications Lawyer website:

Style . The writing should be appropriate for a law review article. To that end, authors should

* Use gender-neutral language
* Avoid long quotations
* Avoid excess verbiage
* Avoid using a long word when a short one will do
* Avoid using a foreign phrase, scientific word, or jargon if you can think of a more common English equivalent
* Avoid overworked figures of speech
* Avoid excessive capitalization
* Avoid excessive use of commas

Footnotes . All references must be completely and accurately cited, using the citation style of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Eighteenth Edition.

Author Biography. Please include a one-sentence description of your current professional affiliation, including your title, organization, mailing (both USPS and e-mail) addresses, and telephone number.

For additional details, click here.

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July 2009 titles include:

Carpool Lanes on the Internet: Effective Network Management

Shielding Jane and John: Can the Media Protect Anonymous Online Speech?

Can Intentional or Knowingly Reckless Misuse of Copyrighted Material Be Considered "Fair Use?"

My Grandfather Went to Jail for Criminal Libel and We're Proud of It

How Far Can You Go in Your Cross of the Plaintiff?

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image, wikipedia, TeslaThinker, in front of the spiral coil of his high-voltage transformer at East Houston St., New York City. See also: Tesla Wireless Power (1891)

Administrative Law Review - Recent Developments Section - Call for Papers

2009-08-26T07:55:00.007-05:00

The Administrative Law Review has posted an open call for submissions to its "Recent Developments" section. From the Administrative Law Review website:

NOW ACCEPTING Recent Developments Submissions

The Administrative Law Review is accepting submissions to be considered for publication in the Recent Developments section. Papers should report new, exciting events in administrative law and regulatory practice. Topics may encompass recent events, decisions, or emerging trends which have the potential to change the face and practice of administrative law. The Recent Developments section is intended to update our readership on the latest developments of administrative law and spur discussion within the industry with concise, topical pieces.

Please send submission inquiries to:
alr-sr-recent-dev-editor@wcl.american.edu
or
Senior Recent Developments Editor
Administrative Law Review
American University Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 623
Washington, D.C. 20016

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Topics that have been published in previous editions include:

OCC Interprets the National Bank Act to Permit Banks to Own Hotels and Windmills
Michael S. Edwards

Lee v. Minner: The End of Non-Citizen Exclusions in State Freedom of Information Laws?
Kushal R. Desai

Public Controversy over Peer Review
Sarah Grimmer

VoIP on Tap: Whether the FCC Should Apply Wiretapping Standards to Voice Over Internet Protocol
Joshua E. Adrian

Click here, for a menu of titles in back issues, many of which include abstracts that set out a good overview of what administrative commentary might entail.

For a sample abstract, see:

(pdf) Tort Reform By Regulation: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Attempts to Preempt State-Tort Lawsuits with Its Proposed Roof-Strength Regulation
Rob Ammons
David George

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Gender, Law, & Justice; $500; December 1, 2009;

2009-08-20T05:50:00.004-05:00

(hat tip: Idaho writing contest page)

from competition notice at the Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law, and Justice web site:

WRITING AWARD

Call For Submissions

The Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law, and Justice, a continuation of the Berkeley Women’s Law Journal is pleased to invite students and public interest practitioners of all disciplines to submit articles for consideration. BGLJ publishes pieces that address the lives and struggles of underrepresented women. In particular, we seek submissions that examine the intersection of gender with one or more other axes of subordination including, but not limited to, race, class, sexual orientation, and disability.

The Award

The article selected for the award will be published in Volume 24-2 (Fall 2009) or 25-1 (Spring 2010), and its author will receive $500.

Deadline for Submissions

Articles must be received by December 1, 2009 in order to be considered.

Please Send Articles To:

Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice
ATTN: Writing Award Committee
38 West Wing
University of California, Berkeley
School of Law

Berkeley, CA 94720-7200

We also welcome the electronic submission of articles via email to bwlj@socrates.berkeley.edu.

Please designate "Writing Award" in the subject line.

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Unsolicited Student Manuscripts to Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy

2009-08-17T09:02:00.005-05:00

Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy
Submissions

CJIELP welcomes the unsolicited submission of articles, as well as student notes, book reviews, and comments.

Most accepted articles are between 35 and 75 double-spaced manuscript pages, in twelve point type. Papers longer than 125 pages will generally not be considered. Longer articles may be edited to meet publication requirements.

The preliminary review process takes about two weeks.

For more details: CJIELP Web site

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International Law; November 14, 2009; $2,000; J.D., LLM., PhD, S.J.D. Students

2009-08-13T08:30:00.007-05:00

I blogged an international competition last week, sponsored by the State Bar of New York. This one, sponsored by the international section of the State Bar of California has a deadine of November 14, 2009. (Another hat tip to the University of Idaho writing competition site.)

This California competition favors seminar papers:

The paper may be specifically prepared for this contest or based on a paper submitted in a class, seminar, or as an independent study program. The paper should, however, be the original work of the submitting student without substantial editorial input from others. The article should not be a “law review” article.

First Place Prize: $2,000.00
Second Place Prize: $750.00
Third Place Prize: $250.00
All winning articles will be submitted for publication to the The California International Law Journal

Last year's winners:

First Place Winner: The Legal Implications of Nearshore Outsourcing to Mexico, Renee Dopplick
Second Place Winner: GOING PUBLIC: The Prosecution of Rape Under International Law and its Effect on the Public-Private Divide, Liane Aronchick
Third Place Winner: Body Snatchers: Transnational Organ and Tissue Trafficking, Kathryn G. Reid

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More information here (pdf)

Air & Space Law; October 2, 2009; $3,000 - travel - potential publication

2009-08-12T07:26:00.008-05:00

The Air and Space Law Competition provides suggested topics, making thesis development a fairly straightforward process. For example, here are two of this year's topics for an October 2, 2009 deadline:

3. Whether the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate the greenhouse gas emissions of aircraft.

4. Whether the Transportation Security Administration is exceeding its authority to regulate security at our nation's airports.

Length: 4000 words, including endnotes.

Additional topics are available here: 2009 Air and Space Competition Topics (pdf)

The competition guidelines appear here: 2009 Air and Space Competition Guidelines (pdf)

For more information about the ABA Forum on Air and Space Law:

http://www.abanet.org/forums/airspace/home.html

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One-L; current students and recent grads (2006 or later); $500; October 23, 2009

2009-08-10T10:05:00.004-05:00

The UMKC One-L contest appears earlier in this blog, but it's an interesting angle, and wide open both to a range of people and with regard to the narrative format that's the focal point. So, the notice is worth repeating.

From the UMKC Law Review web site:

We invite current law students and recent graduates (2006 or later) to submit stories. Winning submission(s) will be published in the Spring 2010 issue of the UMKC Law Review, and the first place winner will receive a $500 prize.

• Non-fiction stories about the first year experience
• 1,000 - 5,000 words, including footnotes
• Footnotes are discouraged—we are looking for stories, not conventional law review articles or notes
• Open to current law student s and recently graduated law students (2006 or after)
• Send to lawstories@umkc.edu with “Law Stories Submission” in subject line
• MS Word or PDF formats only
• Submission deadline October 23, 2009

More information at UMKC Law Review.

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International Law; December 4, 2009; $2,000 and Publication; open to J.D., LL.M, Ph.D, S.J.D. candidates

2009-08-09T09:15:00.003-05:00

Albert S. Pergam International Law Writing Competition Award

Law students (including J.D., LL.M., Ph.D. and S.J.D. candidates) are cordially invited to submit an entry. Entries will be judges on a variety of factors including significance and timeliness of the subject matter, thoroughness of research and analysis, and clarity of writing style.
Please provide your permanent address, daytime phone number and social security number.

Prize Awarded: $2,000 and publication of the article (subject to editorial approval) in aforementioned publications.

More information: New York State Bar Association web site.

Hat tip: UIdaho Writing Competitions page

Image: wikipedia

October 15, 2009; Gender Fairness; publication and public recognition

2009-07-29T23:27:00.004-05:00

GENDER FAIRNESS. WE’RE DONE, RIGHT?

STUDENT PAPERS WANTED:
Student papers, articles or essays on the topic of Gender Fairness are invited by the Gender Fairness Implementation Committee of the Minnesota Supreme Court. The papers should fall into one of the following four categories: Domestic Violence, Family Law, Civil and Criminal Law, and Court Room Environment. The judges will select one paper from each topic to be honored at an October 27, 2009 conference to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Report of the Minnesota Supreme Court Task Force for Gender Fairness in the Courts. In addition, each of the following publications will publish the winning paper from a topic in one of their spring 2010 issues: Hamline Journal of Public Law & Policy (Domestic Violence), St. Thomas Law Review (Civil and Criminal Law), William Mitchell Law Review (Courtroom Environment), Journal of Law & Inequality (Family Law). Deadline for submission: October 15, 2009.

For additional details, Google "Gender Fairness Implementation Committee," or paste this url into your browser:
http://www.mncourts.gov/?page=1842

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UMKC $500; October 23, 2009; “One-L Revisited” Law Stories Contest

2009-07-23T07:44:00.003-05:00

(hat tip: D'lorah Huges, Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas School of Law Legal Clinic)

UMKC Law Review “One-L Revisited” Law Stories Contest

Introduction by Scott Turow

With stories by:

Ian Ayres
Pamela Bridgewater
Alafair Burke
Stephen Carter
Andrew McClurg
Marc Poirier
Deborah Post
Lisa Pruitt
Saira Rao
Jeffrey Rosen
Cameron Stracher
Robert R.M. Verchick
Adrien Wing

The UMKC Law Review devotes part of one issue each year to a collection of “Law Stories” – short tales about various aspects of the legal world. For the next edition, the theme will be One-L Revisited. An introduction by Scott Turow, author of the classic account of the One-L experience, will lead off this collection of true stories about being a new law student.

We invite current law students and recent graduates (2006 or later) to submit stories. Winning submission(s) will be published in the Spring 2010 issue of the UMKC Law Review, and the first place winner will receive a $500 prize.

· Non-fiction stories about the first year experience

· 1,000 - 5,000 words, including footnotes

· Footnotes are discouraged—we are looking for stories, not conventional law review articles or notes

· Open to current law student s and recently graduated law students (2006 or after)

· Send to lawstories@umkc.edu with “Law Stories Submission” in subject line

· MS Word or PDF formats only

· Submission deadline October 23, 2009

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August 12, 2009; 250-500 words - Civil rights and Economic Development

2009-07-20T09:25:00.004-05:00

From the web site of: St. John's Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development.

On Friday March 5, 2010, the St. John’s Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development (formerly the Journal of Legal Commentary) will host a symposium on the recent economic downturn and its effect on New York City at St. John’s University in Queens, New York.

The symposium will consist of academics who have conducted research in all areas related to this downturn as well as community leaders and organizers who have dealt first hand with the individuals affected. The goal of this symposium will be to expose the pitfalls that lead to the recession and to determine an approach to avoid a similar situation in the future. Further, through discussion and debate, this symposium will connect all classes and ethnicities in an effort to work together to build a stronger city for the future.

Call for Papers
We invite you to participate in this symposium by sending a short 250-500 word essay by August 12, 2009 on your research and your desired involvement in this discussion. After review, panelists will be invited to speak and potentially asked to submit a paper for publication in the Journal.

Please download the attached call for papers for a more in-depth explanation of the symposium and the paper submission process.

Contact Information
Adam Dressler
Research & Symposium Director
St. John’s Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development
adam.dressler07@stjohns.edu

Family Court Review, Invitation to Potential Authors

2009-07-16T07:43:00.004-05:00

I like the expansive descriptions of possible scholarly works that appear on the Family Court Review's website. It's a journal at Hofstra University School of Law, and its web site is a good place to consider several different writing formats: Family Court Review.

A sampling, from the several discussions of scholarly vehicles, is reprinted below:

Invitation to Potential Authors
Family Court Review (FCR) invites articles concerned with all aspects of family law, family courts, and the resolution of family disputes. Articles are welcomed on topics such as divorce and separation, child custody, child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, adoption, termination of parental rights, juvenile delinquency, status offenses, unified family courts, problem solving family courts, any other aspect of family court organization, professional ethics and standards of practice of lawyers, judges, mental health professionals, lawyers for parents and children and mediators involved in family dispute resolution, therapeutic justice, domestic violence amongst family members, gender issues in family law, court-affiliated family education programs, conciliation, mediation, alternative dispute resolution, expert evaluation, arbitration, juvenile dependency, guardianships, probate conservatorships, elder abuse, and collaborative law, as are articles about strengthening and preservation of family life. International perspectives on these topics are strongly encouraged. FCR is an interdisciplinary journal and invites contributions from the fields of law, court administration, mental health, medicine, the behavioral and social sciences, dispute resolution, education, public policy, and other disciplines concerned with the welfare of children and families.

Family Court Review

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October 1, 2009; $1,000; Immigration/Violence Against Women

2009-07-14T08:10:00.008-05:00

Submit an Essay for the Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia and American University Washington College of Law Writing Competition. Details: here (.doc file)

From the web site of The Modern American at American University Washington College of Law:

The Modern American is the Washington College of Law’s student-run publication dedicated to diversity and the law. Our mission is to provide a forum for a frank, yet healthy discussion of the legal system's treatment of racial, sexual, ethnic, and other underrepresented people. We present articles dedicated to the cutting-edge analysis of the current social and legal remedies for issues facing these minority communities. Our goal is to feature a broad spectrum of stimulating articles by students, legal scholars, and practitioners from all over the country.

Our mission stems from the fact that today, we live in a time where the lines that separate issues of race, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender are rapidly moving loser together. As an increasingly diverse nation, we cannot limit the discussion of legal issues and civil rights to simple sound bites such as “blacks vs. whites,” “liberal vs. conservative,” or “women vs. men.” We, at The Modern American, want to initiate a full discussion encompassing all the complexity within the minority community, gender relations, and sexuality by publishing articles that provide a unique perspective in analyzing diversity and the law. However, our philosophy is to present a balanced perspective on critical issues, including both liberal and conservative views. We are a diverse population and it would be a travesty to present only one voice.

The Modern American is not limited to just legal issues, however. We include other relevant information in our issues to educate the interested reader. For example, we examine upcoming legislation, provide reviews of recent books or movies relevant to the minority community, and create spotlights on interesting people who are heading legal and social change in the United States. Currently, we are available on the LexisNexis and v.lex.com databases. With each issue, our publication reaches over 100 countries around the globe, and our readership is expanding on a continual basis.

Hat tip to the University of Idaho Writing Competition site.

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Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

2009-07-13T07:57:00.005-05:00

The following is taken from the website of Northwestern University School of Law's Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

The Editors of the Journal welcome unsolicited manuscripts. The Journal prefers that manuscripts be submitted via Expresso if at all possible: http://law.bepress.com/expresso/.

Manuscripts may also be submitted via mail at the address listed below. Please submit one CD containing the manuscript and one printed copy of the manuscript. We regret that manuscripts cannot be returned.

Address manuscripts and submission-related correspondence to:
Coordinating Articles Editor
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
357 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611

The Journal uses Microsoft Word for all word-processing. Manuscripts must be submitted as Microsoft Word files. Documents created in WordPerfect (or any other non-Microsoft Word application) will not be reviewed. Manuscript submissions should be formatted in twelve-point Times New Roman font with 1-inch margins on all sides. Footnotes should be single-spaced and numbered serially.

Criminal Law Manuscripts

Articles should ideally be of 15,000-25,000 words in length. While in extraordinary circumstances we will accept longer Articles, manuscripts of longer than 30,000 words in length are unlikely to be accepted for publication.

More information at: Submissions, and sample titles at Back Issues.

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Oil & Gas Law; September 30, 2009; up to £1000; CEPMLP - Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy

2009-07-10T07:57:00.003-05:00

Call for entries to Steve Weston Prize

CEPMLP is calling for entries to the Steve Weston Prize, an annual essay competition on oil and gas law administered by Energy, Petroleum, Mineral and Natural Resources Law and Policy Education Trust.

The competition honours the memory of Steve Weston, a leading practitioner of oil and gas law, particularly in the developing regions.

Open to all, the Steve Weston Prize is awarded to the author or authors of an outstanding essay on a preselected topic. Worth up to £1000, the Prize is funded by BP, Shell, Herbert Smith, CMS Cameron McKenna, Linklaters and Wragges.

The topic for 2009 is "Does the current legal regime governing the Arctic provide an adequate
basis for investment by oil and gas companies or an appropriate framework for oil and gas exploration in this sensitive region?"

All entries should be 3000 words in length and submitted electronically to cepmlp-trust@dundee.ac.uk no later than 30 September 2009.

Full details on the Steve Weston Prize can be found at
http://www.cepmlp.org/gateway/index.php?news=30006

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Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

2009-07-09T05:36:00.003-05:00

The following information is from the website of the Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law:

The Journal of Public Law welcomes submissions from students and professionals. All articles should follow the formatting requirements given below. Both hard copy and electronic submissions using Microsoft Word are acceptable (though electronic submissions are preferred) and should be sent to the addresses noted below. When submitting electronically, please include "Submission" in the email subject line. Submissions should be accompanied by a paper or electronic copy of the author’s resume or C.V.

Submissions are promptly reviewed by the Journal of Public Law Submissions Committee, with a decision regarding publication within two to four weeks of receipt. If you need an expedited review, please send your article electronically and include the words "Submission: expedited review" in the subject line. In the body of your email message, you should also indicate the deadline by which you need a response as well as the Journal from which you have an offer.

Submissions
http://www.law2.byu.edu/jpl/submissions.htm

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The following items may be found in the Volume 23, No. 1 issue of the Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law.

ARTICLES

The Search for Moral Neutrality in Same-Sex Marriage Decisions, by Adam J. MacLeod

NOTES AND COMMENTS

Ensuring that Only Adults "Go Wild" on the Web: The Internet and Section 2257's Age-verification and Record-keeping Requirements, by M. Eric Christensen

How the Signing Statement Thought it Killed the Veto; How the Veto May Have Killed the Signing Statement, by Jeremy M. Seeley

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Image: Brigham Young University, from Provo, Utah entry in Wikipedia.

The Stanford Technology Law Review (STLR)

2009-07-08T05:19:00.004-05:00

From the web site of The Stanford Technology Law Review (STLR):

Submitting to STLR
Articles, Book Reviews, and Working Papers

The Stanford Technology Law Review (STLR) publishes Articles, Notes, and Perspectives which address critical issues at the intersection of law, science, and technology. STLR accepts submissions by students, scholars, practitioners, and advocates.

In exchange for STLR's best efforts to retain the author's style throughout the editing process, authors should submit complete, fully-cited works. Submissions are carefully reviewed through a blind process by members trained in the relevant areas of law, science, and technology. STLR considers requests for expedited review on a case-by-case basis.
Policies and Procedures

STLR accepts three types of submissions:

* Articles: Articles are academic writings which discuss and analyze an original legal issue or problem. STLR considers Article submissions of all lengths, but gives preference to Article submissions of fewer than 30,000 words.
* Notes: Notes are academic writings by students or recent students which discuss and analyze an original legal issue or problem. As with Articles, preference is given to Note submissions of fewer than 30,000 words.
* Perspectives: Perspectives are academic writings that are centered around an analysis or critique of a recent case, piece of legislation, law journal article, or law-related book. Perspectives are significantly shorter than Articles and Notes.

Please clearly designate whether the submission should be considered as a Feature Article, a Book Review, a Working Paper, a Note, or a Perspectives piece.

STLR accepts all submissions electronically via email or Expresso. Email submissions should be sent to one of the following addresses based on the type of submission: stlr-articles@lists.stanford.edu
stlr-notes@lists.stanford.edu
stlr-perspectives@lists.stanford.edu

Submissions must be accompanied by the author's name, address, telephone number, and email address. The author should also include a resume, a letter of introduction, and a short abstract (not more than 250 words). Please format citations in accord with the latest edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation.

For more information, please contact stlr-submissions@lists.stanford.edu

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State University of New York, Buffalo Human Rights Law Review

2009-07-07T04:48:00.005-05:00

From the featured journal website:

The Buffalo Human Rights Law Review welcomes unsolicited manuscripts. The BHRLR annually publishes articles, book reviews, comments, and notes relevant to the contemporary protection of human rights. We particularly value submissions that offer interdisciplinary legal analyses of human rights issues. Articles accepted for publication will identify a compelling thesis, support that thesis with thorough argument and evidence, and offer constructive analysis and research that advances understanding of human rights law.

Submission Guidelines

The Buffalo Human Rights Law Review focuses on any issues concerning human rights, including topics that apply an interdisciplinary approach. The Editorial Board welcomes interested authors to submit their original manuscripts either to our email address at bhrlr@buffalo.edu, the Buffalo Human Rights Law Reviews Expresso account at http://law.bepress.com or to:

621 John Lord O'Brian Hall
University at Buffalo Law School
Buffalo, NY 14260

Submissions should conform to Bluebook citation conventions, using consecutively-numbered footnotes rather than endnotes. Please use standard typeface and character size and double-space the body of your text. Manuscripts cannot be returned unless accompanied by a self-addressed, postage-paid envelope.

Please accompany your submissions with the following:

Cover Letter (separate from the e-mail)
Article (in MS Word format)
Curriculum Vitae/Resume

Also, for electronic submissions, please include the title of your submission and the authors name in the subject line of the submission email:

"Article Submission: [Author name]" for articles;
"Essay Submission: [Author name]" for essays; or
"Book Review Submission: [Author name]" for book review.

Notification

The BHRLR makes publication decisions on a rolling basis. Please expect email confirmation when your article is received, and email notification of final publication decisions when decisions are reached. Most publication decisions are reached within two months of receipt.

Image: Magna Carta, from Wikipedia which also includes this discussion:

Many documents form Magna Carta

The document commonly known as Magna Carta today is not the 1215 charter, but a later charter of 1225, and is usually shown in the form of the Charter of 1297 when it was confirmed by Edward I. At the time of the 1215 charter, many of the provisions were not meant to make long-term changes but simply to right some immediate wrongs; therefore, the Charter was reissued three times in the reign of Henry III (1216, 1217 and 1225). After this, each king for the next two hundred years (until Henry V in 1416) personally confirmed the 1225 charter in his own charter. It should not be thought of as one document but rather a variety of documents coming together to form one Magna Carta, in the same way as the treaties of Rome and Nice (among others) come together to form the treaties of the European Union and the European Community.

The document was unsigned

Popular perception is that King John and the barons signed Magna Carta. There were no signatures on the original document, however, only a single seal placed by the king. The words of the charter--Data per manum nostram--signify that the document was personally given by the king's hand. By placing his seal on the document, the King and the barons followed common law that a seal was sufficient to authenticate a deed, though it had to be done in front of witnesses. John's seal was the only one, and he did not sign it. The barons neither signed nor attached their seals to it.^[FN]

America

The document is also honoured in America, where it is an antecedent of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights. The United States has contributed the Runnymede Memorial and Lincoln Cathedral offers a Magna Carta Week.^[FN] The UK lent one of the four remaining copies of Magna Carta to the U.S. for its bicentennial celebrations and donated a gold copy which is displayed in the U.S. National Archives Building in Washington, D.C.^[FN]

American Journal of Jurisprudence (Notre Dame)

2009-07-05T09:20:00.002-05:00

Unsolicited manuscripts are accepted by the American Journal of Jurisprudence (Natural Law Institute).

From its web site:

American Journal of Jurisprudence (Natural Law Institute)

The Natural Law Institute, a function of the Notre Dame Law School, was established in 1947. In 1956, the Institute founded the Natural Law Forum, the only journal of its kind in the English language. The name of the journal was changed in 1970 to the American Journal of Jurisprudence.

The Journal published articles and review essays critically examining the moral foundations of law and legal systems and exploring current and historical issues in ethics, jurisprudence, and legal (including constitutional) theory. Unsolicited manuscripts are welcome. Further information about submissions is provided in the Notice to Contributors.

The American Journal of Jurisprudence is a publication of the Natural Law Institute at the Notre Dame Law School. Unsolicited manuscripts are welcome. Articles submitted to the Journal will be refereed before acceptance. The Journal publishes articles and review essays critically examining the moral foundations of law and legal systems and exploring current and historical issues in ethics, jurisprudence, and legal (including constitutional) theory.

for more information: http://www.nd.edu/~ndlaw/ajj/notice.html

NYU Journal of Law & Liberty

2009-07-01T07:39:00.006-05:00

The following notice is taken from the web site of New York University's Journal of Law & Liberty.

The NYU Journal of Law & Liberty accepts unsolicited manuscripts from both professionals and law students. The Journal prefers electronic submissions in Word format, emailed to:

law.jll.submissions@nyu.edu

Hard-copy submissions can be sent by mail to: NYU Journal of Law & Liberty
Journal Submissions
NYU School of Law
110 West Third Street - Basement
New York, NY 10012

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UMichigan J. of Law Reform, call for manuscripts

2009-06-28T21:23:00.003-05:00

From the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reforms web site:

The Journal of Law Reform seeks to improve the law and its administration by providing a forum for discussion that:

Identifies contemporary issues for reform efforts,
Proposes concrete means to accomplish change, and
Evaluates the impact of law reform.

In short, the Journal prefers a submission that not only describes an area of the law that warrants reform, but prescribes a means of accomplishing that reform. The Journal also welcomes multidisciplinary and empirical work as contributions to this discussion.

Types of Submissions

The Journal encourages the submission of unsolicited manuscripts for publication. While the Journal primarily looks for unsolicited articles written by law professors, judges, practitioners, and academics from other disciplines, it also welcomes submissions of unsolicited manuscripts from law students and recent law school graduates whose pieces stem from their academic work as law students. However, the Journal only accepts unsolicited student writing on a limited basis and will do so when such work is deemed to be of exceptional quality. The Journal classifies the work of students and nonprofessional recent graduates as signed "notes," rather than "articles," and accords the student author's full biographical information.

Submission Requirements

Each manuscript should be typed, double-spaced and generally conform to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005) and The Chicago Manual of Style (15th ed. 2003). Each manuscript should be accompanied by a cover letter giving a brief overview of the manuscript and providing author contact information including name, e-mail address, phone number, and mailing address. Enclosing a résumé, a list of previous publications, and/or a vita with the submission, while not necessary, can also be helpful for the Journal's reviewers.

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
University of Michigan Law School
Attn: Article Editors (if an article) or Attn: Executive Note Editor (if a student note)
625 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1215

More information: here

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New England Law Review - Invitation for Unsolicited Manuscripts

2009-06-24T08:03:00.005-05:00

From the invitation to authors, New England Law Review

Article Submissions
A Message to Authors

The Editors and Staff of the New England Law Review are committed to providing authors with courteous and timely service. We strive to make the experience of publishing with us the best you will find at any journal.

The New England Law Review also encourages novice authors to submit their articles for publication. The New England Law Review is committed to publishing not only highly qualified authors but authors who present new ideas to the legal community. All authors must be graduates of an ABA-accredited law school or foreign equivalent.

We understand that the article is your work and bears your name. Our goal is to assist you in publishing an article that meets the highest academic standards.

Article Submissions

The New England Law Review invites the submission of unsolicited manuscripts, preferably electronically, but also through postal mail at the address listed below. We request that contributing authors disclose any economic interests and affiliations that may influence the views expressed in their submissions. The best times to send submissions are between late March and early November.

Electronically: Manuscripts may be sent by e-mail to lawreview@nesl.edu. Articles must be submitted in Microsoft Word format. Also, please attach a cover letter describing the article and indicating why it should be published by the New England Law Review and an updated curriculum vitae.

By mail: Manuscripts should be sent to the attention of the Articles Editors. Manuscripts submitted via postal mail cannot be returned unless a self-addressed, postage-paid envelope is enclosed with the manuscript. Our address is:
New England Law Review
New England Law | Boston
46 Church Street
Boston, MA 02116

NESL.EDU

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Proactive, Organized, Upbeat -- for Start-ups and Follow-throughs

2009-06-22T06:58:00.005-05:00

I found a wonderful set of ideas, designed for a new attorney who is building a practice. However, many of the daily rhythm points make sense in other contexts, including a big writing context.

Here's a piece of the day, up through noon. Follow this link for more.

Proposed Time Sheet Approach For Surviving as a New Lawyer.

This approach is presented as follows: "time what why"

6:00 a.m. to 7:15 a.m.

Arise. Engage in stretching exercises for 15 minutes. Engage in aerobic exercise (walking, running, etc.) for 15 to 20 minutes. Engage in the ritual of your choice for 15 to 20 minutes followed by 15 to 20 minutes of journalizing. Eat breakfast at a fixed time.

A practice that has been shown to help in combating depression is regular, fixed times for getting up in the morning and regular aerobic exercise. The least expensive remedies for stress are fixed sleep periods, aerobic exercise and stretching.

Overall mental health and job search successes are tightly linked to honest observance of religious ritual (statistically the honesty and sincerity is the controlling factor for the benefit) and journalizing (not time/date/note entries but reflective and expressive writing about one's life).

It is important to maintain mental health and to reduce stress and depression. It is also important to succeed.

8:30 a.m.

Leave home and go to a professionally related activity with people. Participate in a free legal services clinic for the poor or AIDS victims or minorities or immigrants or the families of criminals or death row appeals or ... just so long as it is a professional activity and you are leaving by 8:30 a.m. (or earlier) and starting by 9:00 a.m.

This keeps you on an organized schedule. It provides you with useful experience that can be added to your resume, provides you with some training. It keeps you from becoming isolated and from wasting or losing time (which often happens if you habitually go to the library to read papers and look for job openings or some similar endeavor).

Noon

Eat a regular meal. Try to join a "brown bag" group that includes attorneys.

Eating with, and listening to (which is why you are eating with others) attorneys in similar situations to yourself is an excellent way to gain insight and to reconsider ideas you have. It also helps you build appropriate professional contacts and is the beginning of a network.

If you have a secondary skill (e.g. accounting, insurance, stock brokering, etc.) it is good to also find a group in that area (or those areas) to have lunch with from time to time.

Some attorneys have as many as three lunch groups. (E.g. Mon Wed Fri with attorneys, Tues with insurance adjusters, Thurs with chiropractors). More is stretching it and most people should start with one.

More here>>

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Quarterly Publication Opportunities -- The Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law

2009-06-20T14:32:00.003-05:00

The Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law, the legal publication of the American Bar Association’s Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law,[seeks] submissions from students, professors, and practitioners. The Journal publishes full-length articles, book reviews, and shorter commentaries on a wide range of affordable housing and community and economic development issues. The last deadline was June 15, 2009, for an issue focused on "“Housing and Community Development in the Economic Crisis.”
The journal is published quarterly. Keep you eye out for the September topic.

Hat tip: Poverty Law Prof Blog

Access to prior journals is available to members of the American Bar Association Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law. This forum also sponsors a student law competition, with last year's deadline in March.

INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS

The mission of The Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law, the official quarterly publication of the Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law of the American Bar Association, is to provide information on programs related to affordable housing and community development law, facilitate communication among housing lawyers, and provide a clearinghouse for the exchange of ideas and solutions in the field.

Article Length. Feature articles traditionally are between 5,000 and 7,500 words, or 20 - to - 25 double-spaced pages in length. The Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law also accepts some shorter articles.

Style. The writing should be brisk and straightforward. Authors should use a style that is readable and more informal than a law review article. To that end, authors should

Use gender-neutral language
Avoid long quotations
Avoid excess verbiage
Avoid using a long word when a short one will do
Avoid using a foreign phrase, scientific word, or jargon if you can think of a more common English equivalent
Avoid overworked figures of speech
Avoid excessive capitalization
Avoid excessive use of commas

Footnotes. Use endnotes rather than footnotes. Include footnotes at the end of your article. The Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law follows the citation style of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Eighteenth Edition.

Author Biography. Please include a one-sentence description of your current professional affiliation.

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July 31, 2009 Nominations due for Morris Dees Justice Award

2009-06-19T08:57:00.007-05:00

Nomination Criteria: Nominees should be lawyers who have devoted their careers to serving the public interest and pursuing justice, and whose work has brought about positive change in the community, state, or nation.

Nominations should highlight these qualities:

- Courage Under Fire: Maintains a dedication to service even when challenged or threatened by individuals or groups
- Champions the Cause: Pursues service with energy and compassion.
- Leader of Change: Creates new or innovative approaches to resolving social problems.
- Career of Service: Has spent the majority of his or her legal career in service to public interests.
- Embodies the Highest Standard of Excellence: Exhibits legal and ethical excellence.

For more information, or to nominate someone online, go to: http://www.MorrisDeesAward.com

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wikipedia entry:

Morris Dees Justice Award

In 2006, the law firm of Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom partnered with the University of Alabama School of Law to create the Morris Dees Justice Award in honor of Dees, an Alabama graduate, for his lifelong dedication to public service. The award is given annually to a lawyer who has "devoted his or her career to serving the public interest and pursuing justice, and whose work has brought positive change in the community, state or nation,"^[18] as illustrated by the lives of the following recipients.

The first recipient of the award was U. S. District Judge William Wayne Justice, of the Eastern District of Texas, who received it November 16, 2006 at a ceremony in Skadden offices in New York City.^[19] Judge Justice was recognized for his lifelong efforts to protect civil rights and safeguard constitutional rights during more than 30 years as a federal district judge, hearing notable cases dealing with integration, prisoners' rights (Ruiz v. Estelle, 1972), procedural due process, equal access to education (United States v. Texas, 1970), free public education for children of illegal immigrants (Plyer v. Doe, 1982), dilution of voting rights, and care for the mentally challenged.^[20]

In 2007, the award was presented to Arthur N. Read, general counsel for Friends of Farmworkers, Inc., a legal services provider in Philadelphia, for dedicating his career and life to providing a voice for the disadvantaged and advocating on behalf of the underprivileged.^[21] In Vlasic Farms, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (2001), he won for workers in Pennsylvania's mushroom industry the right to organize, and in El Concilia v. DER (1984), Read won a class-action lawsuit arguing that Pennsylvania had failed to inspect migrant camp housing for workers, bringing such housing largely into compliance with state and federal law.

In 2008, the award went to immigrant rights advocate Cheryl Little, Executive Director of the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, a non-profit legal assistance organization in Miami, for her dedication to protecting the rights of immigrants, especially Haitian refugees, throughout her professional career.^[22] Little is considered one of the country’s leading experts on immigration law.^[23]

July 29-30, 2009 Law Student Division, ABA Annual Meeting Preliminary Schedule

2009-06-16T20:28:00.003-05:00

American Bar Association
Law Student Division
2009 Annual Meeting Preliminary Schedule
As of 6/5/09

Resume Review: July 29-30, 2009

ABA Career Fair: July 30, 2009

Law Student Division Activities: July 29 – August 2, 2009

ABA Annual Meeting Activities: July 29-August 4, 2009

Law Student Division Activities: Marriott Hotel Downtown
ABA Headquarters Hotel: Chicago Hyatt Hotel and Towers

For additional details regarding ABA Law Student Division activities during the ABA Annual Meeting visit http://www.abanet.org/lsd/annual/2009/preprogram.pdf.

For questions regarding the Annual Meeting, email the ABA Law Student Division at abalsd@staff.abanet.org. For registration and housing information, visit http://www.abanet.org/annual/default.aspx.

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April 15, 2010; $2,500; William Pew Religious Freedom Scholarship

2009-06-11T15:59:00.005-05:00

The Alliance Defense Fund has released the new rules for the 2009-2010 William Pew Religious Freedom Scholarship writing competition. Nothing but the dates have changed from your post last year. $2,500 cash prize; papers must be submitted by April 15, 2010.

1. Eligibility: Law students of any faith currently enrolled and in good standing in a J.D., LL.M., or S.J.D. program at an American law school or its international equivalent are eligible to enter. Students, who already have a J.D. or its equivalent, and are currently enrolled in a Master's or Ph.D. program are also eligible to enter. Submission of a paper and 6 copies with a cover page, as described below, constitutes entry. Students may enter more than one paper.

2. Writing Topic: This year’s writing topic is a semi-open topic. Any paper submitted that otherwise complies with the rules will be considered if it meets the following topical criteria: Scholarly material of publishable quality that advocates a legal position consistent with ADF’s perspectives and mission as set forth on its web site at www.telladf.org and that addresses one or more issues in the areas of religious liberty, sanctity of life, and/or family values.

PDF of the rules is here: http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/userdocs/2010_Pew_Rules.pdf

Scholarship info is here: http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/whatwedo/funding/Scholarships.aspx

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$2,000; Intellectual Property; June 30, 2009

2009-06-10T07:15:00.004-05:00

Robert C. Watson Award

To be presented on October 16, 2009 at the 2009 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, the Watson Award of $2,000 is awarded to the author of best article on a subject relating to the protection of intellectual property written or published between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009.

RULES:

To be eligible for consideration, the article must have been written solely by a student or students either in full time attendance at a law school (day or evening) or prepared in connection with a law school course. The article must be submitted to the American Intellectual Property Law Association on or before June 30, 2009. Papers should be approximately the equivalent of 10 law review pages including footnotes (30-40 pages typed copy). Submission of 20 copies is required. Submissions must include the submitter’s name, current address, current telephone number, and employment information, if applicable.

Judges will consider the merit of the article as a contribution to the knowledge respecting intellectual property and the extent to which it displays original and creative thought or information not previously written or published by the author prior to July 1, 2008.

Reasonable expenses will be reimbursed to the author of the winning paper to travel to Washington, DC to receive the Watson Award on October 16, 2009. Send articles to:

American Intellectual Property Law Association
Watson Award Competition
241 18th Street South, Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22202
Telephone: 703-415-0780
More details: here

October 2, 2009; Air and Space Law; $3,000; $2,000

2009-06-06T07:09:00.005-05:00

The ABA Forum on Air and Space Law has announced its writing competition, sponsored by Rolls-Royce. While suggested topics are projected, they are not yet available on the forum web site.

From the competition pdf flyer:

Students are free to select a topic relevant to the aerospace industry, write the article after April 1, 20009, and not have published the article in any other medium or law school publication. [blog editor's note: Interested writers might find some topical ideas at the Institute of Air and Space Law, at McGill University.]

4,000 word limit, electronic submissions allowed.

Open to law students in good standing who are, or become members of, the ABA student division.

1st place prize - $3,000 (plus travel and accommodations, and potential publicaiton int he fall issue of The Air and Space Lawyer) at the Update Conference.
2nd Place Prize - $2,000

More information: Dawn R. Holiday at holidayd@staff.abanet.org

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July 20, 2009; Gaming law; $2,500 (two awards)

2009-06-05T07:08:00.005-05:00

Gaming Law, $2,500 (two awards); 2008-09 Law Course and July 20, 2009 deadline
(first posted on this blog on March 5).

The following details are from the Shannon Bybee Scholarship website:

The International Association of Gaming Advisors (IAGA) created the Shannon Bybee Scholarship program to honor the memory of Shannon Bybee, one of the IAGA founders, who had a distinguished career as a gaming attorney, state gaming regulator, gaming industry executive and pioneering educator in casino operations and gaming law.

The awards are made possible by a grant from International Game Technology, the world's largest gaming device manufacturer, through the assistance of David Johnson, Executive Vice President and General Council.

Full entrant information appears here (pdf).

Recipients of the 2008 Shannon Bybee Scholarship were:

Nathan L Mendenhall, Student, University of Tulsa School of Law, "Tracking 25 U.S.C. Section 2719: IGRA Exceptions to Indian Gaming on Newly Acquired Lands."

Adam Hosmer-Henner, Student, Harvard Law School, "Preventing Gaming-Fixing: Sports Books as Information Markets".

These papers are available for downloading at the scholarship site.

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June 26, 2009; $3,000; 2009 George Hutchinson Writing Competition

2009-06-04T07:33:00.004-05:00

Patent, Veterans, International Trade Commission, Gov't Contracts, Merit Systems (Federal Circuit) June 26, 2009 -- $3,000

THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT BAR ASSOCIATION (FCBA)
2009 GEORGE HUTCHINSON WRITING COMPETITION

The Federal Circuit Bar Association is pleased to announce the 2009 George Hutchinson Writing Competition, named in honor of the First Chief Clerk of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.

FCBA is comprised of more than 2,500 nationwide members, who practice law in the areas that lie within the specialized jurisdiction of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.

The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals was established in 1982 by Congress as the first Article III appellate court to have exclusive jurisdiction over certain defined subject areas. Specifically, the Court's jurisdiction includes appeals from all patent litigation (nationwide), Patent and Trademark Office decisions, government contract claims, International Trade Commission, Merit Systems Appeals, and Veterans Appeals.

Entries to the contest may discuss any topic that lies within the procedure, substance, or scope of the jurisdiction of the Court.

The rules and further information can be found in the full contest rules at this url (pdf)

The competition is open to all law students enrolled in ABA accredited law schools.

The competition permits and encourages students to base their entries on papers that they prepared for law school courses and seminars during the 2008/2009 school year.

The competition is kept open for the entire school year so that papers prepared during the present Fall or Spring semester can be eligible.

Three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) will be awarded to the entry deemed by the judges to be the best entry and to merit the award. Second and third place cash prizes may also be awarded at the discretion of the judges. In addition, the winner will receive significant favorable publicity to all members of FCBA.

Submissions must be postmarked no later than June 26, 2009.

$2,000; Intellectual Property; June 30, 2009

2009-06-03T06:19:00.003-05:00

This notice, in its entirety, appears at the American Intellectual Property Law Association web site

Robert C. Watson Award

To be presented on October 16, 2009 at the 2009 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, the Watson Award of $2,000 is awarded to the author of best article on a subject relating to the protection of intellectual property written or published between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009.

RULES:

To be eligible for consideration, the article must have been written solely by a student or students either in full time attendance at a law school (day or evening) or prepared in connection with a law school course. The article must be submitted to the American Intellectual Property Law Association on or before June 30, 2009. Papers should be approximately the equivalent of 10 law review pages including footnotes (30-40 pages typed copy). Submission of 20 copies is required. Submissions must include the submitter’s name, current address, current telephone number, and employment information, if applicable.

Judges will consider the merit of the article as a contribution to the knowledge respecting intellectual property and the extent to which it displays original and creative thought or information not previously written or published by the author prior to July 1, 2008.

Reasonable expenses will be reimbursed to the author of the winning paper to travel to Washington, DC to receive the Watson Award on October 16, 2009. Send articles to:

American Intellectual Property Law Association
Watson Award Competition
241 18th Street South, Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22202
Telephone: 703-415-0780

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$1,000; Alternative Dispute Resolution; June 15, 2009 Deadline

2009-06-02T07:49:00.004-05:00

James Boskey ADR Writing Competition

Sponsored by The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution in association with the Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution of UNLV Boyd School of Law and Penn State Dickinson School of Law.

Purpose of the Boskey ADR Writing Competition
The purpose of the competition is to promote greater interest in and understanding of the field of dispute resolution and collaborative decision-making among students enrolled in ABA accredited law schools.

The essay may address any aspect of dispute resolution practice, theory or research that the contestant chooses. Essays are limited to 15-25 typewritten pages, including footnotes or endnotes. The text of the essay must be double-spaced, with twelve-point font and one-inch margins.

First Prize: $1000 to the Competition winner and an invitation to publish in Penn State Dickinson School of Law Yearbook On Arbitration and Mediation. The Competition winner and honorable mention essays will also be posted on the Boskey Competition website.

Entry Information

Entries for the competition must be submitted by Monday, June 15, 2009. One electronic copy of the submission and one entry form must be submitted in order to register for the competition. Electronic entries are to be sent to Josephine Waugh at waughjos@staff.abanet.org, with the subject header “Attn: Boskey Dispute Resolution Essay Competition.”

Click here to download the Boskey Entry Form.

Register via mail send the completed Entry Form and essay to:

Boskey Dispute Resolution Essay Competition
c/o Jo Waugh
ABA Section of Dispute Resolution
740 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005

Entries must be postmarked by U.S. mail or recognized commercial express service. Entries submitted by fax will be automatically rejected. Contestants will receive confirmation of the entry. The winner(s) will be notified by mail of their selection. The James Boskey Dispute Resolution Essay Competition is sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution.

James Boskey was an intellectual, humanitarian, mediator and career law professor at Seton Hall University School of Law. Jim Boskey became known and beloved world-over for his publication of The Alternative Newsletter, a resource guide on ADR published quarterly. It was in its tenth year when Jim died in 1999. The publication provided a comprehensive yet very accessible window into the diverse dimensions of the ADR field. In many respects, Jim Boskey-through The Alternative Newsletter-was the voice of the ADR community.

Founded in 1999, the James Boskey ADR Writing Competition is a project of the ADR in Law Schools Committee. The Boskey Writing Competition is chaired by Jean Sternlight, Saltman Professor, UNLV Boyd School of Law & Director Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution.

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Finding Time to Write

2009-06-01T06:37:00.006-05:00

It's about Time ...

"Part of my problem with getting my writing done was that I wouldn’t write unless I could reserve a big block of time to do it. I rarely could do that, so I didn’t write at all.

Once I stopped thinking in terms of hours-- and started thinking in minutes-- I got my writing done."

Finding Time to Write

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Ethics and Professionalism in Legal Writing

2009-05-29T06:57:00.005-05:00

For those who are working on writing for clients this summer, a bit on professionalism in legal writing is appropriate. Spelunking around the internet, searching for some writing news, I found a webinar (video lecture) from Stetson Law School titled Ethics and Professionalism in Legal Writing.

Also, I've put together something on this subject, with a focus on adverse authority. A precursor to the publication is at my [ancient] website, where I've linked some additional articles on adverse authority. The website article is Disclosing and Confronting Adverse Authority

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Image: Old Main, facing northeast; University of Arkansas campus, May 2009.

Sturm College of Law (Denver) - good writing competition site

2009-05-26T05:58:00.003-05:00

In this slow news period, let's take a look at the Sturm College of Law's (Denver) writing competition site.

The design features are great at this site. The front page is subdivided along the lines of a newspaper front page. This design allows for some thoughtful commentary on what might prompt readers to see their ability to enter a writing competition, highlights of competitions with imminent deadlines, and public information about DU students who have won prior competitions.

Sturm College of Law: Writing Competitions

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How about a Book Review?

2009-05-23T08:36:00.007-05:00

Summer time allows for a little free reading for those who operate on the academic calendar. A good place for you to practice writing is by writing a book review for an on-line audience. Some of the reviews can become fairly elaborate, and it appears there's a place for instant publication for just about anyone.

Like anything else, practicing an art hones the skill at doing it.

Here's a sample book review from a longer review of Justice Scalia's book, Making Your Case:

Whether or not you agree with Justice Scalia's opinions from the Supreme Court, this book as a primer on briefs and oral argument is excellent. I wish that I had this book for moot court. The brief writing section was far better than any of the books I had to help me. The oral presentation section identified solutions to problems that frustrated me. If you are not a lawyer you will likely find the oral argument section interesting and helpful, but find the minutia of the brief writing section boring. As a lawyer, I will reread this book from time to time. Justice Scalia recognizes there are other viewpoints; he discusses them but then explains why his view is better.

More here.

Readers who know of independent book store[s] that puts up reviews like this on their web sites, I'm interested in hearing from you! Write me at ksampson@uark.edu

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Image: sky over Fayetteville, Arkansas; May 22, 2009 (high school annex in the foreground, facing southeast).

Why Write?

2009-05-21T07:51:00.005-05:00

Hat tip to the Legal Writing Institute Newsletter for SSRN uploads (Emily Zimmerman and Terry Jean Seligamann, editors) for this article available on the SSRN network:

Erwin Chemerinsky, Why Write?, 107 Mich. L. Rev. (2009)

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Image: file copy of "after the pickle, stealing home" 05/20/09

Legal Writing Competitions

National Law Review - two contests, two deadlines (February 21) (March 19)

NLR 2012 Law Student Writing CompetitionRules and Submission Guidelines

Content Guidelines and Deadlines

Dec. 31 deadline, Construction Law, $2,000 and travel to Las Vegas

Jan. 6, 2012 Deadline -- Murphy Competition - Global Law & Business -- First Place: $300 and publication

Construction Law, $2,000 and travel to Las Vegas

Entertainment Law Writing Competition - Workshop Announcements

Get Your Legal Writing Noticed: Write for The HLPR Blog -- Sept. 5, 2011 Application Deadline

Human Rights and the Global Economy - September 15 deadline - $500 and expense paid travel to Boston

June 1 deadline, 2 $1500 awards Employee Benefits Law

Finals, Mind and Body

AEF Robert T. Matsui Annual Writing Competition: June 1, 2011 deadline

Customs & Trade Law $1,000 (1st); $500 (2d); May 23, 2011 deadline

May 20, 2011 deadline -- 12,000 words -- $2,000 - $1,000 - $500 - tort and insurance law

$1,000 and publication - May 1, 2011 - 10-15 pages International Investment Arbitration

July 1 annually, $10,000 - Palmer Civil Liberties Prize -- tension between national security and civil liberties

June 1, 2011, $300-$1,000 -- Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition

June 1, $5,000, & Publication Warren E. Burger "excellence, civility, ethics and professionalism"

California Legal History; June 30; $2,500 for 6,000 words

$7,500 for Brief Writing over Spring Break? April 15 deadline

Constitutional Law ($3,000, $1,000), 2-18-11 deadline

$1500, $1000, $500 - Workers Compensation, November 1, 2010 deadline (10-20 pages)

Grammy Foundation Contest - Online Tutorial for February Deadline $5,000 grand prize and ticket to Grammy Awards

Health Care (Sept. 27) Labor and Employment (Oct. 25)

November 19, 2010 - $2,500 and Portland, OR in April-- 2d Annual International Ombudsman

IOA Seeks Entries for Second Annual Student Writing Competition

Fellowships for Future Law Professors

June 18, 2010, 2010 Mary C. Lawton Outstanding Government Service Award

Looking for a Competition to Match this Image

November 1, 2010 deadline -- Worker's Compensation -- $1,500; $1,000; $500

Post-Hiatus -- Several Thoughts on Publications

Reminder: Lewis Jackson Employment Law deadline January 19 : $3,000

$5,000 Property and Casualty Insurance -- February 1, 2010 deadline

Grammy Foundation - January 4, 2010 -- $5,000 (first place) and $1,500 (four runners-up)

ABA Writing Competitions -- $100,000 @ year distributed among 100+ awards

Law of the World Trade Organization; January 8, 2010 -- $500 and publication, $200, $100

2010 Levit Essay Contest - Legal Ethics Hypothetical - $5,000 - February 19, 2010

Transnational Economic Law; $2,000 and publication; February 1, 2010

Federal Tax Law 20-30 pages; January 15, 2010 deadline; $2,000 plus travel to D.C. in March 2010

Tort & Insurance Law; March 1, 2010; $1,500 and travel to San Francisco

July 1, 2010; Tax Law; $5,000; $2,500; $1,500

December 1, 2010 -- $2,500; $2,000; $1,000 plus travel to Denver in April -- American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers

Updates: 1) Attribution in Scholarly Writing, and 2) New Writing Competition Posts This Weekend

Update: One-day Workshops for Adjunct Professors and New Professors of Legal Writing

Trademark Law - January 15, 2009 - $2,000 (both student and professional categories)

Employment Law; January 19, 2010; $3,000 (first place) and $1,000 (two awards)

About Scholarly Writing (and avoiding attribution problems)

Notre Dame's Journal of Legislation (a good venue for the public servants in the blog readership)

The Review of Litigation (at the University of Texas); four issues; unsolicited manuscripts

Alcohol Policy, $5,000; $2,500; and $1,000 -- November 18, 2009 deadline

Securities Exchange Commission -- $5,000; $3,000; $2,000 -- November 13, 2009 (hard copy received by this date)

National Endowment for the Humanities; October 29, 2009 deadline

University of Idaho Writing Competitions Page - January 2010 deadlines

Dispute Resolution; November 15, 2009; $2,500 plus travel (New Orleans in April)

Conflict Prevention & Resolution, Student Article or Paper October 30, 2009 deadline

DEADLINE: Friday, OCTOBER 30, 2009

GUIDELINES

Dispute Resolution, Report of ADR Law Firm Activities, September 30, 2009 deadlline

Dispute Resolution Law Journal; call for submissions

Health Care Law, November 1, 2009 deadline -- Call for Papers of 10,000 words or less

Copyright ($600 & $250 each school participating ) ($3,000 - $2,000 - $1,000 - national)

Bioethics, $1,000 - $500 -- $250 -- January 11, 2010 deadline -- 5,000 words

Legal medicine, Letourneau Award $1,000 - 5,000 words -- January 11, 2010 deadline

Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law

The Green Bag: "law-related, well-written, and short"

Boston University Public Interest Law Journal - call for unsolicited manuscripts

ABA Communications Lawyer - Call for Manuscripts

Administrative Law Review - Recent Developments Section - Call for Papers

Gender, Law, & Justice; $500; December 1, 2009;

Unsolicited Student Manuscripts to Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy

International Law; November 14, 2009; $2,000; J.D., LLM., PhD, S.J.D. Students

Air & Space Law; October 2, 2009; $3,000 - travel - potential publication

One-L; current students and recent grads (2006 or later); $500; October 23, 2009

International Law; December 4, 2009; $2,000 and Publication; open to J.D., LL.M, Ph.D, S.J.D. candidates

October 15, 2009; Gender Fairness; publication and public recognition

UMKC $500; October 23, 2009; “One-L Revisited” Law Stories Contest

August 12, 2009; 250-500 words - Civil rights and Economic Development

Family Court Review, Invitation to Potential Authors

October 1, 2009; $1,000; Immigration/Violence Against Women

NLR 2012 Law Student Writing Competition
Rules and Submission Guidelines