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Everytown Law Student Writing Competition
Everytown Law
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.
Some application deadlines have not yet been announced. In those cases, the dates posted are based on the scholarship provider’s most recent information. Please confirm each deadline via the provider’s website.
All submissions must be composed of original research and writing by currently enrolled law students at ABA accredited law schools.
Employees of Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, its affiliated organizations, and immediate family or household members of such employees are not eligible for the Competition.
Law school notes and academic articles that you have submitted or you are planning to submit to law school reviews and journals for publication are eligible for submission.
Preferred submission length is 5,000 to 15,000 words, including footnotes, but may be as long as a law review note.
1st place: $2,500
Two runners-up: $1,000
All three top papers may be eligible for publication on Everytown Law’s website or social media.
*Everytown Law may, in its discretion, decide to split prizes, to award additional prizes or to award fewer than three prizes.