Law School Scholarship Databank – Writing Competitions

The competition is designed to encourage JD and LLM students in the preparation of scholarly papers on current topics of interest relating to health law.

The Criminal Law Section of the California Lawyers Association is pleased to announce the Marshall M. Schulman Annual Competition for Student Papers in Criminal Law and/or Criminal Procedure.

Eligible papers may address any topic of general interest to the antitrust law community.

The Award honors excellence in legal writing in American law schools.

To encourage and reward law student writings on real property, trust and estate law subjects of general and current interest.

The goal of the Competition is to encourage law students to become involved in the Section. It is also intended to raise awareness of and foster dialogue regarding legal issues related to environmental, energy, and natural resources law and encourage scholarship in these fields.

This competition asks law students to consider how to advance gun violence prevention and gun safety through litigation in the civil and criminal justice systems. Though we encourage applicants to be creative, submission topics can range from reducing gun violence through representing survivors to emerging topics in Second Amendment jurisprudence.

The goal of the Competition is to encourage law students to become involved in the Section. It is also intended to attract students to the energy law practice field, and to encourage scholarship in this field.

This writing competition is designed to promote scholarship in the areas of professionalism, ethics, civility, and excellence.

 Using personal experiences, values and goals, explain what motivated you to pursue a legal education. Your essay should be 500 words or less.

This competition requires students to discuss criminal liability imposed on parents or others for the acts of children. Clear, persuasive, and original analytical reasoning that is well-supported with concrete examples and references is essential and will weigh heavily in the determination of the contest winner.

The Society sponsors the competition to promote research and writing on the California Supreme Court and the state's legal history.

The goal of the Competition is to encourage law students to become involved in the Section. It is also intended to attract students to the Criminal Justice practice field, and to encourage scholarship in this field. Each entrant must follow the rules of the competition detailed herein.

The Hutchinson Writing Contest Committee annually administers a writing competition in honor of our beloved George Hutchinson, who was the first Chief Clerk of the Federal Circuit.

Named for the late Tax Court Judge Theodore Tannenwald, Jr., and designed to perpetuate his dedication to legal scholarship of the highest quality, the Tannenwald Writing Competition is open to all full- or part-time law school students, undergraduate or graduate.

This competition is designed to encourage law students to write scholarly papers on current topics of interest relevant to health law and/or food and drug law.