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

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

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

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

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

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

(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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