Aaron Wersing Employment Discrimination Scholarship Contest
- Sponsor: The Law Office of Aaron D. Wersing, PLLC
- Topic & Format in 2024 Competition were: "We are asking students to write a 500-word essay about what employment discrimination law is and how job discrimination rates can be reduced and mitigated. We are looking for the most creative and cohesive essay."
- Eligibility requirements in 2024 Competition stated: "Applicants must be EITHER be out-going high school seniors (graduating summer 2024) OR students currently enrolled in a college, trade school, university, or law school as of the start of the fall 2024 semester."
- Prize in 2024 Competition was: "The student who is selected will receive a $1,000 scholarship to put towards their tuition costs."
- Deadline for submission in 2024 Competition was: December 1, 2024.
The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law Annual Law Student Writing Competition
- Sponsor: Section of Labor and Employment Law, American Bar Association & The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
- Topic in 2025 Competition: A topic that is "relevant, engaging and useful to labor and employment lawyers in their practices." There are: 2025 Competition announcement/rules and Judges' Scoring Guide. The 2025 Competition rules state: "Students are required to confer or consult with a labor or employment law professor or practitioner on topics."
- Format and Eligibility requirements included in announcement/rules of 2025 Competition state: "This competition is open to articles written while the author is an active student at an accredited law school in the United States. Authors may not have graduated from law school prior to December 1, 2024. Graduate students in law school (LLM candidates) are not eligible." "The manuscript, exclusive of the cover page, must be between 20 and 30 pages."
- Prizes in 2025 Competition: "First Place: $3000; Second Place: $1000, and Third Place: $500." "One or more articles may be selected for publication in the ABA Journal of Labor & Employment Law. Papers should not be submitted if the author is unwilling to commit to the paper being printed in the ABA Journal of Labor & Employment Law assuming your paper wins first place." "The author of the first-place winning article will be invited as a guest of the annual Continuing Legal Education program of the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law and honored at the Annual Induction Dinner of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers."
- Note: "The winning paper will be ineligible for publication in the Journal if the paper has been or will be accepted for publication elsewhere at any stage of the judging process which starts with the submission of the paper and continues through the announcement of the competition winner."
- Deadline for submission in 2025 Competition: "Articles must be submitted to swan@laborandemploymentcollege.org, using the subject line “Writing Competition,” by midnight (EDT) on June 15, 2025."
Louis Jackson Memorial National Student Writing Competition
- Sponsors: Co-sponsored by Jackson Lewis P.C. and The Martin H. Malin Institute for Law and the Workplace at Chicago-Kent College of Law.
- Topic of the 2024–2025 Competition was: "Judges will consider papers on any topic relating to laws governing the workplace, such as employment law, labor law, employee benefits, or employment discrimination."
- Format requirements for Papers in 2024-2025 Competition included: "Entries must be suitable for publication in a law review. Citations must conform to current Bluebook style. Papers must not exceed 35 pages in length when printed on 8½ x 11-inch paper, including footnotes. Papers should be double spaced, with one-inch margins, and in 12-point Times Roman font (footnotes in 10-point font)."
- Eligibility requirements in 2024-2025 Competition included: "Entries must be the law student author’s own work. Authors must have completed or be currently taking coursework in employment or labor law and must be enrolled in an accredited law school in the US during the Spring 2025 semester. Only the first two submissions per law school will be accepted as entries for consideration."
- Prizes in 2024–2025 Competition were: "The first-place award is $3,000. Two $1,000 awards will be presented to two second-place winners. All awards are in the form of scholarships."
- Deadline for submission was: February 7, 2025.
2025 Mirza Law Scholarship Program (inaugural) - ["[I]nformative essay of 1,000 to 1,500 words on a topic related to employment law (federal and/or New York) or personal injury law (New York)"]
- Sponsor: Mirza Law (305 Broadway, Suite 701, New York, NY)
- Topic and format requirements in 2025 Mirza Law Scholarship Program include: "Applicant must submit an informative essay of 1,000 to 1,500 words on a topic related to employment law (federal and/or New York) or personal injury law (New York), including but not limited to: workplace discrimination (such as race, national origin, gender, or disability discrimination), sexual harassment, wage and hour laws, medical malpractice litigation, complex vehicular accidents, or construction accidents." "Applicant must submit a resume and copies of their undergraduate and law school transcripts. Applicant must agree to the scholarship’s terms and conditions."
- Eligibility requirements in 2025 Mirza Law Scholarship Program include: "Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident. Applicant must be currently enrolled in or recently graduated from an ABA-accredited law school."
- 2025 Mirza Law Scholarship Award: "$1,000 award" "The winner may be given the opportunity to complete an internship at Mirza Law. More information regarding the internship, if any, will be provided to the winner after the winner is announced."
- Deadline to apply is: on or before April 21, 2025.
New York State Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section: Dr. Emanuel Stein and Kenneth Stein Memorial Law Student Writing Competition [Any current issue involving labor or employment law.]
- Sponsor: New York State Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section
- Topic in 2024 Competition was: "Any current issue involving labor or employment law. The scope of permissible topics for the article is broad, i.e., any aspect of public or private labor or employment law." 2024 Competition Rules also stated: "Articles must be original from the applicant. Each student entrant is limited to one entry; multiple entries by the same person are expressly prohibited. In addition, they must not have been submitted for other publication or written as part of paid employment."
- Format in 2024 Competition Rules stated: "No longer than 20 pages in length (exclusive of endnotes)."
- Eligibility requirement in 2024 Competition Announcement stated: "All law school students."
- Prizes in 2024 Competition were: "First Place: $3,000 and publication in Section newsletter; Second Place: $2,000; Third Place: $1,000." (See this Section's website.)
- Deadline for submission in 2024 Competition was: October 31, 2024.
