Writing Competitions
For further Information about these and other Writing Competitions, please contact Professor Barbara McFarland at mcfarlandb1@nku.edu.
| Due Date | Topic | Title | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Admission | Chicana/o Latina/o legal topics of interest | Chicana/o Latina/o Review Call for Submissions | Chicana/o Latina/o Law Review |
| May 31, 2012 | Addressing domestic violence and the law from a national or international perspective. | ABA Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence | American Bar Association |
| Jun 01, 2012 | Legal issues facing persons affected by homelessness, mental illness, addiction or substance abuse. | University of Connecticut School of Law Student Legal Writing Competition | University of Connecticut School of Law |
| Jun 01, 2012 | Federal Civil Practice & Procedure | 13th Annual James William Moore Federal Practice Award | LexisNexis |
| Jun 01, 2012 | A paper might address legal issues involving health benefits, pensions, 401(k) plans, severance, executive compensation, claims, appeals, current or former spouses' or domestic partners' benefits, collectively-bargained benefits, benefits in bankruptcy, ERISA litigation, fiduciary obligations or the tax treatment of benefits/contributions. | Employee Benefits Writing Competition | American College of Employee Benefits Counsel |
| Jun 01, 2012 | A topic of your choice addressing issues of legal excellence, civility, ethics and professionalism. | 2012 American Inns of Court The Warren E. Burger Prize | American Inns of Court |
| Jun 01, 2012 | Federal Civil Practice & Procedure | 13th Annual James William Moore Federal Practice Award | LexisNexis |
| Jun 01, 2012 | Issues pertaining to Section's legal areas, including the communications, cable, internet, electricity, gas oil, aviation, motor carriers, railroad and water industries | K. William Kolbe Student Writing Competition | ABA Section of Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law |
| Jun 01, 2012 | “Is it constitutional for a legislative body to require a DNA test for all persons arrested and charged with a felony?” | Twenty-Fourth Annual Law Student Essay Competition | The American Judges Association (AJA) aja@ncsc.org |
| Jun 04, 2012 | Structural Exceptionalism and Comparative Constitutional Law | Nineteenth Annual Brown Award | The Judge John R. Brown Scholarship Foundation |
| Jun 15, 2012 | Dispute resolution practice, theory or research | James Boskey ADR Writing Competition | ABA Section of Dispute Resolution and the Institute for Arbitration Law and Practice, Penn State Dickinson School of Law |
| Jul 01, 2012 | The relationship between law, human rights and the Holocaust | Holocaust Remembrance Essay Award | University of Alberta Faculty of Law |
| Jul 01, 2012 | The relationship between law, human rights and the Holocaust | Holocaust Remembrance Essay Award | University of Alberta Faculty of Law |
| Jul 01, 2012 | Tension between civil liberties and national security in contemporary American society | Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize | Chicago-Kent College of Law |
| Jul 03, 2012 | Technical or policy-oriented tax issues relating to any type of existing or proposed state or federal tax | Tannenwald Writing Competition | Theodore Tannenwald, Jr., Foundation for Excellence in Tax Scholarship and American College of Tax Counsel |