Summer (June - Aug.) - Writing Competitions for Law Students

Consult the 2025 competition's announcement/rules and Judges' Scoring Guide. The rules state: "Students are required to confer or consult with a labor or employment law professor or practitioner on topics."
Deadline for submission in 2025 Competition was: June 15, 2025.

Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Law and Policy Student Writing Competition ("The competition is being held in connection with a one-day symposium on the topic “Navigating Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal: From Science to Regulation” which will be co-hosted by the Sabin Center and New York Sea Grant in September 2025.")

Deadline for submission in 2025 Competition was: June 15, 2025.

American Bar Association Tort, Trial & Insurance Practice Section Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee: Law Student Writing Competition

Deadline for submission in 2025 Competition was: June 16, 2025.

Everytown Law Fund Law Student Writing Competition [gun violence prevention & gun safety]

Deadline for submission in 2025 Competition was: June 20, 2025.

Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition (annual) [legal history, rare law books, or legal archives]

Deadline for submission in 2025 Competition was: June 20, 2025.

American Bar Association Forum on Construction Law: 2025 Writing Competition

Deadline for submission in 2025 Competition was: June 29, 2025.

Gellhorn-Sargentich Law Student Essay Award Competition (annual) [administrative law]

Deadline for submission in 2025 Competition was: June 30, 2025.

Honorable Frederick E. McKelvey Writing Competition [U.S. patent law]

Deadline for submission in 2025 Competition was: June 30, 2025.

Larry M. Simonsmeier Writing Award [pharmacy law]

Deadline for submission of nominations for the Larry M. Simonsmeier Award was: June 30, 2025.

Robert C. Watson Award (annual) [a subject relating to the protection of intellectual property]

Deadline for submission in 2025 was: June 30, 2025.

Smith-Babcock-Williams Student Writing Competition (annual) [a question of significance in planning, planning law, land use law, local government law or environmental law]

Deadline for submission in 2025 Competition: was: June 30, 2025.

Tax Notes Student Writing Competition

Deadline for submission was: June 30, 2025.

July:

George Hutchinson Writing Competition (annual) [subject matter areas within the Federal Circuit’s jurisdiction] + online application

Deadline for submission was: July 1, 2025.

National Student Writing Competition on Criminal Justice Reform

Deadline for submission was: July 1, 2025.

Selma Moidel Smith Student Writing Competition in California Legal History

Deadline for submission was: July 1, 2025.

Warren E. Burger Prize [a topic of your choice addressing issues of professionalism, ethics, civility, and excellence]

Deadline for submission was: July 1, 2025.

William W. Greenhalgh Student Writing Competition [criminal justice]

Deadline for submission was: July 1, 2025.

Committee on Animals and the Law of the New York State Bar Association: Student Writing Competition (annual)

Deadline in 2025 Competition was: July 7, 2025.

2025 Tannenwald Writing Competition [Papers on any federal or state tax-related topic may be submitted in accordance with the Competition Rules]

Deadline for submitting papers was: July 11, 2025.

Harvard Journal of Law and Technology (JOLT), JOLT Student Note Competition

Deadline for submission was: July 15, 2025.

H. Thomas Austern Writing Competition [Topical focus should be on FDA-regulated industries: food, drugs, animal drugs, biologics, cosmetics, diagnostics, dietary supplements, medical devices, veterinary devices, cannabis, or tobacco and nicotine products.]

Deadline for submission in 2025 Competition was: July 18, 2025.

August:

Fifth Annual Health Law and Anti-Racism Graduate Student Writing Competition

Deadline for submission in Fifth Annual Competition was: August 1, 2025.

New York State Bar Association Business Law Section: Annual Student Writing Competition

Requirements stated at website above include: "All submissions become the property of the NYSBA and the Business Law Journal. By submitting an article, the student is deemed to consent to its publication, whether or not a cash prize is awarded. To enter, the student should submit an original, unpublished manuscript in Word format to David L. Glass, editor in chief, NYSBA New York Business Law Journal (david.glass@macquarie.com). The student should include a brief biography, including law school attended, degree for which the student is a candidate, and expected year of graduation."
Deadline: Submissions should be made by August 15 for the Fall issue of the New York Business Law Journal.

New York State Bar Association Antitrust Law Section Annual Law Student Writing Competition

Deadline to submit in 2025-2026 Competition: August 31, 2025.