Writing Competitions for Law Students

Sponsors/facilitators of student writing competitions provide more detailed instructions and rules at their websites.  Students need to review the information and rules available at these websites.  

PLI Press Call for Student Papers: Emerging Discussions Around Artificial Intelligence 

• Sponsor: Practising Law Institute (PLI). 
• Topic was: "For this call for papers, the PLI Chronicle is seeking submissions that explore student perspectives on the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and the law.  PLI invites submissions from students currently enrolled in law school. Potential topics include — but are by no means limited to —
  • How and when to use AI as a law student
  • Being in law school while AI tools are rapidly developing
  • AI and plagiarism concerns
  • Entering the legal market as AI continues to reshape the practice of law
  • What excites you about AI?  What are you nervous about?"
• Eligibility requirements stated at website above included: "PLI invites submissions from students currently enrolled in law school." 
• Additional requirements stated at website above included: "We seek submissions that are no more than 2,500 words.  Please submit your article as a Word file.  Please do not include footnotes.  Hyperlinks to outside sources are welcome."  "Please email your article and a brief CV/resume by September 19, 2025, to Victoria Bonacasa, Publishing Coordinator, at vbonacasa@pli.edu.  Please also state your law school and your graduation year.  Selected publications will be published in the PLI Chronicle and made available to public readership.  Authors will retain copyright of their submissions but grant PLI a two-week exclusive license to publication.  Contributors to the PLI Chronicle will have the ability to link directly to the article on PLI PLUS. If you have any questions, please contact Victoria Bonacasa at vbonacasa@pli.edu.
• Prize was: "If selected for publication, you must be available for a brief editorial review process in late September/early October [2025].  The chosen publication(s) will be published in the October edition of the journal [= PLI Chronicle]."
• Deadline for submission was: September 19, 2025.