Law School Scholarship Databank – Writing Competitions

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.