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Writing Competitions for Law Students: Energy Law

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Energy Law

2025 IEL Hartrick Scholar Writing Competition

  • Sponsor: Institute for Energy Law of The Center for American and International Law
  • Topic in 2025 Competition was: "The general subject for this year’s competition is any topic related to energy development. This includes, for example, topics concerning oil and gas law, alternative energy resources, energy regulation, and environmental regulation of the energy industries."
  • Format in 2025 Competition included: "The article should not exceed 8,000 words including footnotes (this approximates 40 double-spaced pages of text and footnotes or 25 printed pages). Footnotes should be in Blue Book format and placed at the bottom of the page where the footnoted text appears."  "The article can be any work prepared by the student while enrolled in law school and can include prior works prepared for a law journal or a law school course, so long as the submitted version complies with the submission guidelines."
  • Eligibility requirements in 2025 Competition included: "Students enrolled in law school anywhere in the world as of December 2024, and seeking a first degree in law, such as a juris doctor, LL. B. or an equivalent, are eligible to submit an article for consideration in the IEL Hartrick Scholar competition."
  • Prize in 2025 Competition was: "The [Hatrick] Scholar will receive a $2,500 cash award."  "The winning paper will be published in the 76th Annual Proceedings of the Institute on Energy Law; therefore if the article has been published elsewhere, the submission must include permission to publish the article from the original publisher."
  • Deadline for submission in 2025 Competition was: March 3, 2025.

See also guide tab: International Energy Negotiation