Fall Semester (Sept. - Dec.) - Writing Competitions for Law Students

Competitions with Fall Semester (Sept. - Dec.) Deadlines

September:

Deadline for submission was: September 19, 2025.
Note: PLI seeks submissions "that are no more than 2,500 words." "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 [PLI Chronicle]."

IFA USA Branch 2025 Writing Competition [Any topic relating to U.S. taxation of income from international activities, including taxation under U.S. tax treaties.]

Note: "Each submitted paper must be sponsored by a professor of the student." "The same professor may serve as the faculty sponsor of no more than three papers submitted for the current Competition." "No more than five papers may be submitted by students from the same school or university for the Competition."
Submission Deadline for the 2025 Writing Prize was: September 30, 2025.

October:

Entertainment Law Initiative Writing Contest (annual)

November:

Conduct Detrimental 2023 NIL Writing Competition [sports law] - Monitor site for information about a possible future competition.

Deadline to register for this Competition was: November 14, 2025. Team submissions (contest entries) are due no later than 11:59 pm ET on January 30, 2026. "There is no entry fee for the Competition."

December:

Aaron Wersing Employment Discrimination Scholarship Contest [500-word essay about what employment discrimination law is and how job discrimination rates can be reduced and mitigated]

Deadline for submission: "Each contestant must send one copy of the paper, resume and interest statement via email by 12:00 p.m. (Central Standard Time), December 19, 2025, to: Alyssa Ewing, Director, ABA Health Law Section at alyssa.ewing@americanbar.org."

Dukeminier Awards: Jeffrey S. Haber Prize for Student Scholarship (annual) [recognizes the best law review note written by a student in the field of sexual orientation and gender identity law]