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Legal Writing Competitions for Law Students

Legal writing competitions are a great way for students to hone their writing skills, earn recognition, and often win cash prizes. This page provides links to writing competitions for law students. Details and submission criteria for most of the competitions can be found on each organization’s website. For additional information or assistance, please see Professor Grace H. Barry, Director or your legal writing professor.

 

 

American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers Writing Competition- deadline November 1st, 2024

American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers Annual Writing Competition

International Section: Albert S. Pergam International Law Writing Competition Award- deadline November 3, 2023

NYSBA Albert S. Pergam International Law Writing Competition Award

James E. Beckley Student Writing Competition – deadline September 15, 2023

PIABA James E. Beckley Securities Arbitration and Law Writing Competition

Law Student Writing Contest of the Standing Committee on Armed Forces Law – deadline November 10, 2023

American Bar Association Law Student Writing Contest of the Standing Committee on Armed Forces Law

Law Student Tax Challenge writing competition – deadline November 1st, 2023

American Bar Association Law Student Tax Challenge writing competition

Robert C. Watson Award- deadline June 30th, 2024

The American Intellectual Property Law Association Robert C. Watson Award

Selma Moidel Smith Writing Competition- deadline February 1st, 2024

National Association of Women Lawyers Empowering Women in the Legal Profession: The Selma Moidel Smith Writing Competition

Section of Public Contract Law writing competition – deadline September 30th, 2023

American Bar Association Public Contract Law Journal Writing Competition

Tax Notes Student Writing Competition – deadline November 2023

Tax Notes.com Tax Notes Student Writing Competition

 

Past legal writing competitions

* These are past legal writing competitions that have not been updated as of August 1st, 2023. We will be updating them as we get notified.

Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee Writing Competition – pending

American Bar Association Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee Writing Competition

Austern Writing Competition – pending

Food and Drug Law Institute: The H. Thomas Austern Writing Competition

Employee Benefits Writing Competition Awards – pending

The American College of Employee Benefits Counsel Writing Competition Award

Health Law – pending

Epstein Becker Green – 25th Annual Health Law Writing Competition

Intellectual Property Writing Competition – pending

Brooks Kushman Intellectual Property Writing Competition

Marshall M. Schulman Student Writing Competition- pending

Marshall M. Schulman 2022-2023 Competition for student papers in Criminal Law and/or Criminal Procedure 

Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition – pending

The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Mary Moers Wenig Writing Competition

Mendrzycki Award – pending

The edward C. MendrzyCki award A scholarly writing competition

NYSBA COAL Writing Competition – pending

New York State Bar Association Committee on Animals and the Law – student writing competition

Public Land and Resources Writing Competition – pending

American Bar Association Public Land and Resources Writing Competitions

Waste and Resources Recovery Writing Competition – pending

American Bar Association Waste and Resource Recovery Writing Competition