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Sponsor: American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee & Co-sponsor: Gard (North America), Inc.
Topic: "Submit a 20-page paper addressing a recent development in admiralty and maritime law."
Format requirements in 2025 Competition include: "20-page paper"
2025 Law Student Writing Competition Official Rules state: "Submissions ... must not exceed 20 pages of double-spaced typed text, and 12-point Book Antiqua (or similar) font." "Submissions should be presented in a scholarly newsletter article style that includes a discussion of the topic and full citations to authority in footnotes. Submissions should conform to the current edition of The Bluebook—A Uniform System of Citation."
Eligibility requirements in 2025 Competition include: "The Competition is open to any U.S. citizen law student or LLM candidate over the age of 21, currently attending an ABA-accredited law school within the United States and its possessions. Employees of the ABA, its respective affiliates, and immediate family or household members of such employees are not eligible for the Competition. Employees of Gard, its respective affiliates, and immediate family or household members of such employees are not eligible for the Competition." "No entrant may win the Competition Grand Prize more than once." "Each entrant may submit only one paper." "Papers prepared for classes, journals, or for other purposes or publications are welcome but must be reworked as to be a new original paper. Failure to submit an original paper will result in disqualification and selection of a new winner."
Prizes in 2025 Competition:
"The Competition Grand Prize winner will be eligible to receive: (1) an invitation to participate in A Day in Marine Insurance with Gard (North America), Inc. (including travel expenses reimbursed by Gard up to $750); (2) $1,000 cash prize ($500 from the ABA and $500 from Gard); (3) publication of the winning paper in the AMLC Newsletter; and (4) waiver of the registration fee and travel expenses reimbursed from the ABA up to $500 to attend the 2025 ABA TIPS Fall Meeting or the 2027 Admiralty Disruption Conference."
"The Competition Second Prize winner will be eligible to receive: (1) $500 cash prize from the ABA; and (2) waiver of the registration fee and travel expenses reimbursed up to $500 to attend choice of the 2025 ABA TIPS Fall Meeting or the 2027 Admiralty Disruption Conference; and (3) publication of the second prize paper in the AMLC Newsletter."
Deadline for submission: "No later than 11:59 PM Central Time, Monday, June 16, 2025."
