Sponsors/facilitators of student writing competitions provide more detailed instructions and rules at their websites. Students need to review the information and rules available at these websites.
Topic: "Encourages law students to submit analytical writings on what the rule of law is, or should be, the interpretation or implementation of existing or suggested legislation or case law and whether or not it furthered the equal and fair regulation of civil and human rights. Submissions are accepted on an aspect of the Rule of Law, demonstrating how the Rule of Law affected the topic, defining the Rule of Law, criticizing the Rule of Law, or demonstrating the economic social or political effects of the Rule of Law."
Limit on Entries: "Each author may submit one entry. Each law school may submit up to three entries."
Format and Eligibility requirements in prior Competition Rules included: "This competition is open to Law Review Articles authors who are juris doctorate and LLM candidates enrolled at an ABA or California State accredited law school during the eligibility period and whose article is published during the period. The eligibility period is the year preceding the Due Date."
Prize(s): "Winners receive scholarships to help pay for law school tuition." An April 11, 2024 email announcement about the 2024 Competition also stated: "Winning entries will be featured in BHBA’s online magazine, Modern Lawyer, and distributed to our email list of more than 60,000 recipients. Awardees are also invited to BHBF’s networking event on May 9th [2024], to receive their scholarship awards and be introduced to attorneys and judges in attendance. As an enhancement to the awards, recipients are offered the opportunity to take part in an online CLE webinar with each of this year’s ROL winners giving a 15 minute moderated presentation of their articles."
Deadline: The typical deadline for entries is January 31.
