National Legal Writing Competition Opportunities

American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers (ACCFSL) 2010 Writing Competition

Topic: The best book or book chapter; the best publishable article or substantial book review; the best student case note or comment on a topic dealing with consumer financial services law.
Deadline: December 1, 2009

2009 Albert S. Pergam International Law Writing Competition

Topic: Law students are encouraged to write on areas of public or private international law.
Deadline: December 4, 2009

The Intellectual Property Law Writing Competition - 2009

Topic: The Varying Treatment of Patentable Subject Matter
Deadline: December 15, 2009

The Dukeminier Awards 2009

Topic: Topics should focus on a cutting-edge legal issue affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or transgender communities. Entries should have been written during 2009 and should not be previously published or scheduled for publication.
Deadline: January 4, 2010

Student Writing Competition in Legal Medicine

Topic: Papers may deal with any aspect of legal medicine, including medical licensure and regulation of the profession, business aspects of medical practice, liability of physicans, hospitals, managed care organizations, and pharmaceutical manufacturers, public health law, the physician-patient relationship, care of special patients, food and drug law, medical research, forensic science, and the history of legal medicine.
Deadline: January 11, 2010

Bioethics Student Writing Competition

Topic: Papers may deal with any aspect of Bioethics, that is, with any ethical issues arising specifically within the health care arena in the 21st century.
Deadline: January 11, 2010

The 2010 Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law Essay Contest

Topic: Can Coal Be Clean? Litigation Remedies for Coal Contamination from Mining to Combustion to Sequestration.
Intent To Enter Deadline: January 29, 2010

Embryo Law Essay Competition

Topic: We would like to bring your attention to the third annual essay competition regarding the legal specialty of human embryo donation and adoption and assisted reproductive technology (ART).
Early entry deadline with a a bonus: February 1, 2010
Normal entry deadline: March 8, 2010

The Global Gavel Writing Opportunity for it's quarterly e-newsletter

Topic: Law review-style articles on topics of international law.
Deadline: Open-ended