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1.      Edward L. Dubroff Writing Competition

2.      Law and Aging Student Essay Competition

3.      Robert Masur Fellowship

4.      Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest

5.      The International Association of Defense Counsel announces its 2003 Legal Writing Contest

6.      Topic: Brother, Can you Spare a Dime?: Countering Corporate Evasion of Environmental Accountability Through Bankruptcy. Applicants must complete an Intent-to-Enter From by February 7, 2003.

7..      ABA Section of Criminal Justice

8.      Foley & Lardner

9.    Food & Drug Law Institute

10.     Section of Dispute Resolution/Professionals in Dispute Resolution

11.     Pacific Legal Foundation

12.     American Judges Association

13.     Notre Dame Law School Feminist Jurisprudence Writing Competition: Through the generosity of a private benefactor, Notre Dame Law School is sponsoring its tenth annual Feminist Jurisprudence Writing Competition. All student with an interest in feminist jurisprudence are invited and encouraged to participate. A prize of $1,000 will be awarded for one winning entry. The deadline for submission of entries is June 1, 2003. For more information contact phelps.1@nd.edu

14.     Dorothy Schramm World Affairs Student Writing Competition Sponsoring Organization: Transnational law & Contemporary Problems For More Information, contact: Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems, Schramm Student Writing Competition, Univerity of Iowa College of Law, Boyd Law Building, Room 185, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, Tel: (319) 335-9736

15.     The Federal Circuit Bar Association

16.     ABA Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law

17.     NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund Topic: The Right of the Individual to Keep and Bear Arms as a Federally Protected Right. Award:1st: $5000 2nd: $3000 3rd: $2000 4th: $1000 Deadline: April 30, 2003

18.    Edward F. Langs Writing Award Computer Law Section of the State Bar Topic:Computer and/or Internet Law Awards: 1st:  $500 2nd:  $300 3rd:  $200 Deadline:June 30, 2003

19.  The Independent Institute announces the 2003 Olive W. Garvey Fellowships. Garvey Fellowships will be awarded for the best essays on the topic: "The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace and the spread of commerce and the diffusion of education than upon the labor of Cabinets or Foreign Offices." First Prize: $2,500; Second Prize: $1,500; Third Prize: $1,000. Contest deadline is May 1, 2003.  

20.   H. Thomas Austern $3000 Writing Competition

21.   American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers

22.    Theodore Tannenwald Jr. Foundation for Excellence in Tax Scholarship

23.   Albert S. Pergam International Law Writing Competition Sponsoring Organization: New York State Bar Association International Law and Practice Section Who is eligible? All law students For more information, contact: Ingrid Sapona at the NYSBA, One Elk Street, Albany, New York 12207, Tel. (518) 463-3200.

24. NYSBA Environmental Law Section Writing Competition - Topic: Any topic in envirinmental law - Prize: $1,000, and the second and third place winners will receive certificates - Deadline: June 2, 2008.  For more information please check the essay binder located in the Office of Student Life, 5th floor, A building or contact your environmental law professor or Mariam Villani, Farrell Fritz, P.C., 1320 Reckson Plaza, Uniondale, New Your 11556 (516) 227-0607.

25. The National Lesbian & Gay Law Association (NLGLA) is proud to announce the 2008 Michael Greenbert Student Writing competition, rewarding law student scholarship on cutting-edge issues affecting the LGBT community. Awards: $3,000, $2,000, and $1,000; registration, airfare and lodging to attend Lavender Law 2008 in San Francisco; and publication in the Journal of Law and Sexuality at Tulane University Law School for the first-place winner.  For questions or additional information visit http://www.nlgla.org/

26. The National Association of Women Lawyers Third Annual Selma Moidel Smith Law Writing Competition to encourage and reward original law student writing on issues concerning women and the law.  Topic: an issue concerning women's rights or the status of women in the law.  Award: $500. The winning essay will be published in the NAWL  2008 Summer Journal.  Deadline: April 30, 2008.

27.  Notre Dame Law School Smith-Doheny Annual Legal Ethics Writing Competition.  Topic: Legal Ethics.  Prize: $2,500.  Deadline: April 25, 2008.