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 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.