Scholarly Writing for Law Students: Seminar Papers, Law Review Notes, and Law Review Competition Papers

The first of two books of which I am aware, that discuss the writing process for competition papers is:

Scholarly Writing for Law Students: Seminar Papers, Law Review Notes, and Law Review Competition Papers (Paperback)
by Elizabeth Fajans (Author), Mary R. Falk (Author)

GRAMMY_Foundation 01/02/09 -- $5,000 -- legal issue confronting the music industry

11th Annual Entertainment Law Initiative Essay Competition Launched
The GRAMMY Foundation has launched its 11th Annual Entertainment Law Initiative Essay Competition, a program that will award more than $10,000 in scholarships to promising entertainment law students.

Co-sponsored by the American Bar Association, the competition invites law students to write a 3,000-word paper on a compelling legal topic facing the music industry today. The competition will culminate with the winning student authors presenting their essays at the prestigious ELI Luncheon & Scholarship Presentation on Feb. 6, 2009. Additionally, each winner will receive airfare, hotel accommodations, and a ticket to the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast in Los Angeles on Feb. 8, 2009, the MusiCares Person of the Year tribute, as well as invitations to other GRAMMY Week activities.

For the first time in program history, the Foundation has added ELI writing competition workshops at prominent law schools around the country with the goal of helping students with their essays. Dates have already been secured in Birmingham, Ala., Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New York, and Santa Clara, Calif. For additional information regarding dates or setting up a workshop, e-mail Loren Fishbein at loren.fishbein@grammy.com.

Also for the first time, ELI has partnered with www.box.net to allow students to upload their submissions directly over the Internet. Box.net's mission is to provide the tools to enable people around the world to share and exchange information and content online.

Submissions for the 11th Annual Entertainment Law Initiative Essay Competition must be postmarked by Jan. 2, 2009. Winners will be announced on Jan. 30, 2009. For complete contest rules, send an e-mail to eli@grammy.com or click here.

Employment Law 1/20/09 -- $3,000 (1st) and $1,000 (2nd and 3rd)

Employment Law 1/20/09 -- $3,000 (1st) and $1,000 (2nd and 3rd)

2008-2009 Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law; co-sponsored by Jackson Lewis LLP and the Institute for Law and the Workplace

TOPIC
Judges will consider papers on any topic relating to the law governing the workplace, such as employment law, labor law, employee benefits, or employment discrimination.

REQUIREMENTS & ELIGIBILITY
Entries must be the law student author’s own work and must not be submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors must have completed or be currently taking course work in employment or labor law, and must be enrolled in an accredited law school during the Fall 2008 semester. Only the first two submissions per law school will be accepted as entries for consideration.

FORMAT
Entries must be suitable for publication in a law review. Citations must conform to current Bluebook style. Papers must be printed on 8 1/2 by 11 inch white paper and must not exceed 35 pages in length, including footnotes, set in 12 point Times Roman font with double spacing and one inch margins.

SUBMISSION
The deadline for submission is Tuesday, January 20, 2009. Entries received after the deadline will not be considered. Entries should be mailed to:
Louis Jackson Writing Competition
c/o Institute for Law and the Workplace
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Illinois Institute of Technology
565 West Adams Street
Chicago, IL 60661-3691
CONTACT
Questions may be directed to Professor Martin H. Malin by e-mail to mmalin@kentlaw.edu.

Progressive Constitutional Law 2/20/09 -- $3,000 and $1,000 (2nd and 3rd prize)

The American Constitution Society welcomes all papers furthering and promoting a progressive vision of the Constitution, law, and public policy. Entrants are encouraged to view this topic broadly, and we welcome submissions on a variety of substantive areas. Examples of possible topics include:

· access to the courts,

· civil liberties,

· consumer rights,

· criminal justice,

· disability rights,

· freedom of speech,

· GLBT rights,

· human rights,

· immigration,

· labor law,

· voting and the political process,

· privacy,

· protection of health, safety, and the environment,

· racial equality,

· religion,

· separation of powers and federalism, and

· women's reproductive rights and reproductive freedom

Papers will be judged on the quality of their analysis and writing. The judging committee will include federal judges and leading academics. The top paper will also receive an offer of publication in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law. The deadline for submissions is Friday, February 20, 2009.

We invite you to pass along this information to your fellow students and professors. To learn more about the competition, including information on registration, abstracts of past winning submissions and full copies of winning submissions, please visit the ACS National Student Writing Competition website. If you have any questions, please contact LadyStacie Rimes (Lrimes@acslaw.org) and/or Rachel Zuraw (Zuraw@law.upenn.edu).

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International Business $2,000 & Publication -- February 1, 2009 deadline

More details here: Trandafir Writing Competition

2008-2009 Competition Guidelines

Topic: Any topic of contemporary international business or economic concern with a legal nexus.

Award: Publication and a cash prize of $2,000.

Publication: The winning essay will be published in Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems, a journal of the University of Iowa College of Law.

Eligibility: All students currently enrolled in law or graduate degree programs from any institution in the world.

Deadline: All mail entries must be postmarked no later than February 1, 2009. All electronically submitted essays must be received by Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems no later than 5:00 pm U.S. Central Standard Time on February 1, 2009. We will not accept late entries.

Official Rules:

(1) All essays must be typed, double-spaced on 8-1/2 inches x 11 inches paper (or A4 paper for non-US entries), with a 1 inch margin on all sides. Electronic submissions are acceptable, please send as an attachment to an e-mail with your name, address, phone number and e-mail address included.

(2) There is no minimum page requirement. The essay must not exceed 50 pages, including footnotes.

(3) Citations should follow rules published in The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005)

(4)Entries must include a cover letter containing the student's name, address, telephone number, name and address of the school which the student attends, and title of the student's essay. The student's name, school, or other identification should not appear on the actual essay.

(5) No essay shall be eligible which has been published or has an outstanding commitment for publication.

(6) All essays must be the work of an individual. Collaboration with others (other than the usual law review or seminar supervision) is prohibited.