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.
Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation Annual Brown Award
Format & Requirements: "In order to be considered, two copies of a current legal writing must be submitted to the Foundation c/o Kenneth G. Engerrand, Brown Sims, P.C., 1990 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 1800, Houston, Texas 77056. The article must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation from a law school faculty member or legal professional other than the author of the paper. Only one paper may be submitted on behalf of any student, and only one paper may be sponsored by any faculty member or legal professional." "There is no page limitation or restriction on the topic except that the writing must be on a legal subject. Papers that have been submitted to a law review for publication are eligible, but the submission must be of the paper in its form before it was edited by anyone other than the author."
Awards: "The amounts awarded for 2024 will be as follows:
$15,000 First Place,
$7,500 Second Place,
$5,000 Third Place,
$2,500 Finalist,
$2,500 Finalist, and
$5,000 to the Scholarship Fund selected by the Dean of the law school in which the First-Place candidate is enrolled."
Deadline: "The submission must be postmarked no later than May 31, 2024."
Scribes Law Review Award [annual award for the best student-written article in a law review or journal] - NEW: Brooklyn Law School has an institutional membership to Scribes. Institutional membership entitles BLS "to annually nominate students for induction into the National Order of Scribes. It is an honorary organization that recognizes graduating law students who excel in legal writing. Member schools may nominate up to 5 students to be inducted each year."