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*prize may include publication, presentation, complimentary membership or other awards as specified by the official competition rules.
| Competition | Topic | Prize | Deadline |
| Student analysis of a timely issue at the intersection of law and national security. Full details. | $500 | 10/1/2013 | |
| The Advocates for Life Legal Writing Contest | Full details. | $2,000 $750 $500 |
9/20/2013 |
| Court of Federal Claims Bar Association 2012 – 2013 Law Student Writing Competition |
Papers must address a topic that lies within the substance, procedure, or scope of the specialized jurisdiction of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Full details. |
$2,000 | 7/26/13 |
| Audre Rapoport Prize for Scholarship on Gender and Human Rights | The scope of the topic is broad. We welcome papers, from any discipline, that address gender and human rights from an international, transnational, or comparative perspective. The selection committee will be multidisciplinary and international, comprising faculty from areas such as law, anthropology, literature, and government. Full details. | $1,000 | 7/1/2013 |
| The 2012 Tannenwald Writing Competition | Submitted papers must focus primarily upon technical or policy-oriented tax issues relating to any type of existing or proposed U.S. federal or state tax or U.S. federal or state taxation system (including topics relating to tax practice ethical and professional responsibility matters). Full details. | $5,000 $2,500 $1,500 |
7/1/2013 |
| 2013 Matsui Writing Competition for Law Students | For the 2013 competition, the submission may address any topic of interest to the applicant so long as it reasonably relates to Asian Pacific Americans and the law. Full details. |
$1,500 | 6/15/2013 |
| The American College of Employee Benefits Counsel's 9th Annual Employee Benefits Writing Competition | Any topic in the field of employee benefits law. Full details. | $1,500 $1,500 |
6/1/2013 |
| State Bar of Texas' Annual Law Student Tax Paper Competition | Any federal or state tax topic. Full details. | $2,500 $1,500 $1,000 |
5/31/2013 |
| IADC 2013 Legal Writing Contest | Entries must be submitted in the English language on a subject of practical concern to lawyers engaged in the defense or management of the defense of civil litigation, such as relevant aspects of tort law, insurance law, civil procedure, evidence, damages, alternative dispute resolution procedures, and professional ethics. Full details. | $2,000 $1,000 $500 |
5/17/2013 |
| The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers Annual Law Student Writing Competition 2012-13 | Entries may address any aspect of public or private sector labor and/or employment law relevant to the American labor and employment bar. Full details. | $1,500 $1,000 $500 |
5/15/2013 |
| National Law Review Student Writing Contest | Health Law. Full details. | Publishing | 5/6/2013 |
| Chief Justice John B. Doolin Writing Competition | Papers may be on any area of the Law relating to Native Americans or other indigenous peoples. Full details. | $750 $500 $250 |
5/1/2013 |
| National Association of Women Lawyers 2012-13 Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition |
Entrants should submit a paper on an issue concerning women's rights or the status of women in the law. Full details. | $500 | 5/1/2013 |
| Notre Dame Law School Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition | Entries should concern any issue within the general category of legal ethics. Full details. | $2,500 | 4/26/2013 |
| Eighth Annual Constitutional Environmental Law Student Writing Competition (2012-13) | Any topic addressing recent developments or trends in U.S. environmental law that have a significant constitutional or “federalism” component. Full details. | $2,000 | 4/12/2013 |
| Canadian Journal of Human Rights | Any topic relating to human rights or international humanitarian law. Full details. | Publishing | n/a |