Admissions
Law Student Writing Competitions & Associated Scholarships
This page provides links to writing competitions and associated scholarships for law students. Details and submission criteria for most of the competitions listed here as well as other competitions are available in the Academic Affairs office. You can also see some of our competition winners here.
Contact Liz Hobbs at 503-768-6648 or lhobbs@lclark.edu or stop in the Academic Affairs office for more information.
Lewis & Clark's Own
Davis Wright Tremaine International Law Writing Award
Writing Competitions by Subject:
Business Law Writing Competitions
ABA Section of Business Law's Mendes Hershman Student Writing Contest
ABA Section of Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Writing Contest
ASECA Securities Law Writing Competition
American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers
American College of Trust and Estate Counsel Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition
American Intellectual Property Law Association Watson Award Competition
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition
Andrew P. Vance Memorial Writing Competition (customs and international trade law)
College of Labor and Employment Lawyers Law Student Writing Competition
Elliot A. Spoon Business Law Writing Competition (pdf)
FBA Section of Taxation Writing Competition
The Grammy Foundation Legal Writing Contest
Internation Association of Gaming Advisors Shannon Bybee Scholarship Award
International Technology Law Association's Mark Gordon Writing Competition
International Trademark Association Ladas Memorial Award
James Baker Hughes Prize in International Economic Law (Houston Journal of International Law)
Louis Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor Law
National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees (NACTT) Law Student Writing Competition
PIABA Securities and Law Writing Competition
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology Biennial Writing Competition
Securities Law Writing Competition
Stanford Technology Law Review Paper Contest
The Tannenwald Writing Competition (Tax)
Trandafir International Business Writing Competition
William E. Swope Antitrust Writing Prize
2009 APA Student Writing Competition
ELI-ABA-NAELS "Endangered Environmental Laws" Student Writing Competition
Environment, Energy & Resources Writing Competition
Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
Parry Environmental Scholarship
The Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essay Contest
Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Joe Rudd Scholarship (.pdf)
Health Law Writing Competitions
Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition
The American College of Legal Medicine Student Writing Competition
Elaine Osborne Jacobson Award For Women Working in Health Care Law
Epstein Becker & Green Health Law Writing Competition
Food and Drug Law Institute's H. Thomas Austern Memorial Writing Competitions
Gellhorn-Sargentich Law Student Essay Competition
Sarah Weddington Prize for New Student Scholarship in Reproductive Rights (LSRJ)
Indian Law Writing Competitions
American Indian Law Review Writing Competition
National Native American Law Students Association
Other Writing Competitions
** All ABA Scholarships and Writing Contests **
ABA Section of Family Law's Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest
ABA Section of Science & Technology Law student writing competition
Albert S. Pergam International Law Writing Competition Award
American Academy of Appellate Lawyers' Eisenberg Prize
American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition
American College of Trial Lawyers Writing Competitions
American Judges Association Law Student Essay Competition
Berkeley Technology Law Journal Writing Competition
California Supreme Court Historical Society 2009 Law Student Writing Competition (pdf)
Commission on Domestic Violence Writing Competition
The Dukeminier Awards Best Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law Review Articles
DRI: Annual Law Student Diversity Scholarship
Embryo Donation and Adoption Awareness Campaign Essay Competition
The Federal Circuit Bar Association's George Hutchinson Writing Competition
Hofstra Family Law Writing Competiition
Holocaust Remembrance Essay Award
Human Rights and Globalization Law Review
International Association of Defense Counsel Legal Writing Contest
Jaes Boskey ADR Writing Competition (Dispute Resolution)
Joyce Ann Harpole Memorial Scholarship
Lawyers' Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation's Student Writing Competition
National Association of Counsel for Children Essay Competition On the Legal Interests of Children
National Association of Women Lawyers Annual Selma Moidel Smith Law Student Writing Competition
The National Lesbian & Gay Law Association Michael Greenberg Student Writing Competition
Notre Dame Law School- Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition
NR Civil Rights Defense Fund Writing Contests
NYLS Real Estate Writing Competition
Oregon Women Lawyers Foundation Essay Contest 2009 (PDF)
Pacific Legal Foundation Judicial Awareness Student Writing Competition
Paralyzed Veterans of America's Annual Legal Writing Competition
Puerto Rican Bar Association Scholarship Award
Southern New England Roundtable Symposium Law Journal
Students for Change 2008 (NLS Publishing)
Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Writing Competition
UCLA Journal of Law & Technology Spring 2009 Writing Contest
Victoria Fisher Memorial Prize, University of Leicester
The Warren E. Burger Prize (ethics and professionalism), American Inns of Court
Willamette Journal of Int'l Law & Dispute Resolution
William W. Greenhalgh Writing Competition (Criminal Justice)
Contact Us
The Admissions Office is located in The Legal Research Center.
email lawadmss@lclark.edu
Voice (503) 768-6613
Fax (503) 768-6793
Toll-Free (800) 303-4860
Address
Lewis & Clark Law School
10015 S.W. Terwilliger Blvd.
Portland, Oregon 97219
Lewis & Clark Law School is a member of the Association of American Law Schools and is fully accredited by the American Bar Association.
