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Writing Competitions for Law Students: Law & Social Inquiry

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Law & Social Inquiry

Law & Social Inquiry Graduate Student Paper Competition (annual)

  • Sponsor: Editors of Law & Social Inquiry  Note: American Bar Foundation sponsors Law & Social Inquiry (LSI).
  • Topic in 2024 Competition was: "[A]nnual competition for the best journal-length paper in the field of law and social science written by a graduate or law student. Law & Social Inquiry publishes empirical and theoretical studies of sociolegal processes from a variety of disciplinary perspectives."  "LSI invites direct submissions from graduate and law students and nominations of student work from faculty. The author must be a graduate student or law student at the time the paper was written and when submitted."
  • Format requirements in 2024 Competition included: "Submissions must include a title page with a mailing address, email address, and phone number, and an abstract of no more than 200 words. The total length of submissions, including references and footnotes, must not exceed 15,000 words."
  • Eligibility requirements in 2024 Competition included: "The author must be a graduate student or law student at the time the paper was written and when submitted."
  • Prize in 2024 Competition was: "The winning paper will be published in Law & Social Inquiry and the author(s) will receive a total cash prize of $500 (US)."
  • Deadline for submission in 2024 Competition was: "Entries will be accepted from January 1, 2024 until March 15, 2024."