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Judicature Writing Competition for Emerging Scholars—Judges, Judicial Administration, and Rule of Law Topics (Duke Law)
Duke Law--Bolch Judicial Institute--Judicature
Judicature, the only scholarly publication focused on the judiciary, offers an annual award and publication opportunity for an outstanding article on judges, judging, judicial administration, or the rule of law. Judicature is published by Duke Law and goes out to all federal judges, all state high court judges, numerous state appellate and specialty courts, academics, and practitioners.
Please submit an article of no more than 6,000 words on the topic of judges, judging, judicial administration, or the rule of law. Email submissions to [email protected] with the subject line “Writing Contest Submission.” The essay with identifying information should include full name, phone number, email address, mailing address, law school, and graduation year.
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.
3Ls and recent graduates.
U.S. citizen or permanent resident
Only single-author works will be accepted, and only one entry will be accepted per person.
The winner will receive a $1,000 cash prize and the option to publish the winning entry in a future print edition of Judicature. Publication of the winning entry will be subject to Judicature’s standard editorial process. All authors retain the copyright to their submission, unless the winner chooses to publish his or her work in Judicature, which requires licensing certain rights to Judicature.