Outside scholarships and writing competitions
Center for Alcohol Policy's 2nd Annual Essay Contest
Subject for this essay is: "State Regulation of Alchohol is Important Because..." Cash prizes will be awarded to the first, second, and third place winners in the amount of $5,000, $2,500 and $1,000 respectively. For more information on this essay go to www.centerforalchololpolicy.org. Deadline is November 18, 2009.
2010 Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition
Open to third year students. In the discretion of the Dean, second-year students may also compete. However, second-year students who receive awards may not compete in their third year. Subject matter is any aspect of Copyright Law. First place is $600 for each local participating law school, paid through the Dean, upon his written certification. First place for National Award is $3,000. Deadline is June 30, 2010. For more information, www.ascap.com.
Grammy Foundation's 12th Annual Entertainment Law Initative Writing Competition
First place winner received $5,000, Second Place Winners receive $1,500. All winners receive one Grammy Award show ticket, round trip ticket to the Grammy awards, hotel accommodations and more. For additional inforamtion, send email to eli@grammy.com. Deadline is January 4, 2010.
2009 Federal Claims Bar Association Law Student Writing Competition
The goal of this competition is to encourage law student scholarship on current topics that lie within the jurisdiction of the U.S. Couirt of Federal Claims. Winning entries in the competition will receive cash prizes and an opportunity to be published via the Association's website. Entries to the contest may discuss any topic that lies within the procedure, substance, or scope of the jurisdiction of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. The rules of the contest are posted on the Association's website at: www.cfcbar.org/index.php/news. Deadline is December 31, 2009
Boston Patent Law Association Writing Competition
Law students are encouraged to submit papers on a subject relating to intellectual property law, written or published between September 1, 2008 and October 30, 2009. Articles must have been written solely by a student or students either in attendance at a law school within the jurisdication of the First Federal Judiciary Circuit or prepared in connection with a course at a law school situation in the First Circuit. 1st Prize: $1,000/2nd Prize: $500. Articles must be submitted by November 13, 2009. Papers should be no more than an equivalent of 10 law review pages including foortnotes (30-40 pages typed). Submission of a .pdf file is required. Submissions must include the submitter's name, current address, current telephone number, law school and employment information, if applicable. Send articles via email only to gsieczkiewicz@flagshipventures.com
2010 Sir John M. Templeton Fellowships Essay Contest
Essay Topic: "Everyone wants to live at teh expense of the state. They forget that the state wants to live at the expense of every." Frederic Bastiat
Assuming Bastiat is correct, what ideas or reforms could be developed to make people better aware that government wants to live at their expense. $26,500 in cash prizes. Deadline May 3, 2010. Open to Current college students, including those in graduate school and junio faculty. For more information, go to www.independent.org/essay.
2010 Bert W. Levit Essay Contest
$5,000 Award. Annual contest to generate interest and ideas among law students and young lawyers on the topics of interest in the area of lawyer's professional liability. Topic this year concerns pleading and proof of burdens, in a legal malpractice case, on the issue of collectibility of damages in the underlying case. Deadline is 2/19/10. Contest rules and information are posted online at www.abanet.org.
