Berkeley Technology Law Journal 2024 Writing Competition
- Sponsor: Berkeley Technology Law Journal
- Topic in 2024 Writing Competition was: "We will accept submissions from graduate-level law students on a wide variety of topics at the intersection of law and technology, including but not limited to: technology and the public interest, privacy, internet law, intellectual property, antitrust, First Amendment issues, entertainment and news media, telecommunications, biotechnology, and cybercrime."
- Format requirements in 2024 Writing Competition stated: "Submitted papers must be unpublished. Papers must be no more than 50 pages long, including footnotes, unless there are extraordinary circumstances. Do NOT use endnotes."
- Eligibility requirements in 2024 Writing Competition included: "The competition is open to all currently enrolled graduate-level law students (including J. D., L.L.M., and J.S.D. candidates, along with law students outside of the United States)."
- Prizes in 2024 Writing Competition were: "1st Prize: $1,000 & PUBLICATION IN THE FALL 2024 ISSUE OF BTLJ (Vol. 40 Issue 1). 2nd Prize: $500. ALDO J. TEST AWARD: BEST BERKELEY LAW SUBMISSION: $250."
- Deadline for submission in 2024 Competition was: April 2, 2024.
Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy + Georgetown Law Technology Review Writing Competition (annual)
- Sponsors: Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy + Georgetown Law Technology Review
- Topic in 2024 Writing Competition was: "Emerging Biotechnologies and Their Relationships to Personal Freedoms." "Example topics could include, but are by no means limited to: using artificial intelligence to diagnose; the use of femtech and the privacy concerns surrounding it; biotechnology and informed consent; social justice and allowing everyone access to biotech innovation; emerging reproductive technology and their relation to Dobbs; and biotech uses in the field of national security concerns."
- Format requirements in 2024 Writing Competition stated: "Papers should be 3000-5000 words long (not including footnotes) and be submitted in Times New Roman size 12 font, single spaced. Footnotes must conform to the 20th edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. Papers must be in English."
- Eligibility requirements in 2024 Writing Competition included: "Papers will be accepted from students enrolled at any ABA-accredited law school in the United States during the 2024-2025 academic year. The paper must be the author’s own work, although students may incorporate feedback received as part of an academic course or supervised writing project. The paper must not have been published or committed for publication in another journal; the Georgetown Law Technology Review must have the first right of publication for any winning essay. Publication of winning papers in the Georgetown Law Technology Review is not guaranteed, and is up to the discretion of the editorial board."
- Criteria for evaluation were: "Papers will be evaluated based on thoroughness of research and analysis, relevance to the competition topic, relevance to current legal and/or public policy debates, originality of thought, and clarity of expression."
- Prizes in 2024 Writing Competition were: "The author(s) of the first place paper will be awarded $2,000; the author(s) of the second place paper will be awarded $500."
- Deadline for submission in 2024 Competition was: June 3, 2024.
Harvard Journal of Law and Technology (JOLT), JOLT Law & AI Student Note Competition
- Sponsors: Harvard Journal of Law and Technology (JOLT) + the Harvard Law Artificial Intelligence Student Association (AIA).
- Topics: "There will be two awards:
- Law & AI Award: Submissions should engage with novel legal issues posed by transformative AI systems, e.g., regulating large language models, national security implications of dual-use AI models, tort liability for large-scale AI harms, and other problems in law and AI safety. A list of potential topics is given below [@ JOLT Law & AI Student Note Competition site] in the “Topics” section.
- Open Topic Award: Submissions should engage with novel issues at the intersection of law and technology. Topics may include but are not limited to cybercrime, biotechnology, space law, entertainment and news media, comparative legal approaches to intellectual property, the law of the Internet, and technology in the public interest."
- Format requirements include: "Notes must fulfill the following conditions:
- Notes must be 4,000–8,000 words, not including footnotes.
- Notes must not be simultaneously submitted for consideration at another publication venue.
- For the Law & AI award only: Notes must examine a current issue in law and AI, as defined in the “Topics” section below [@ JOLT Law & AI Student Note Competition site]."
- Eligibility requirements include:
- "Student note authors must fulfill the following conditions: Authors must be one of the following:
- a current law student enrolled in either of 1) any program at an ABA-accredited law school, or 2) in any law degree program at any non-U.S. university.
- an alumni within one year of graduation from any of the programs above.
- a current student supervised by a faculty member at any ABA-accredited law school or by the law faculty of an international university."
- Authors must not have won a previous JOLT or AIA competition."
- Prizes: "All competition submissions will be considered for publication in our Volume 38. We will award the following prizes:
- Law & AI Award Winner: The winner will receive $1,000 and an invitation to publish in JOLT’s Volume 38.
- Open Topic Award Winner: The winner will receive $1,000 and an invitation to publish in JOLT’s Volume 38."
- Deadline for submission: 11:59 PM Eastern Time on December 15, 2024.
