Earn money, possible publication, and glory for your writing.
Big News! The Writing Contests Folders, where you can view scanned brochures and further information about the contests listed below, are accessible in a new route. From the Law School Home Page click on the Student Writing Competitions box in the lower-right corner. The direct link for the Writing Contests Folders is
http://mytechlaw.law.ttu.edu/Departments/lpp/Legacy/Writing%20Contests/Forms/AllItems.aspx
Please notify Dr. Natalie Tarenko if you cannot access the notices.
Writing contests and the months in which their deadlines fall are as follows.
If you win a contest, please contact Dr. Natalie Tarenko so you can be recognized appropriately by the law school and your fellow students.
August 2014 deadlines: ABA Section of International Law Rona Mears Student International Law Competition, on this year’s topic of “Did Russia violate international law through its 2014 actions in the Crimea,” with a prize of $5000 and a deadline of Aug. 15, 2014;
September 2014 deadlines: PIABA Bar Journal 2014 James E. Beckley Securities Arbitration and Law Competition, on any aspect of Securities law, Securities arbitration, the Federal Arbitration Act, Title 19, US Code, Section 1-14, or the FINRA Code of Arbitration, effective 4/16/07 and any changes or proposed changes to that Code, with prizes of $1000, $750, and $500, plus online publication, and a deadline of Sept. 19, 2014;
November 2014 deadlines: Center for Alcohol Policy National Essay Contest on the following topic: As states contemplate the legalization of prohibited products, like marijuana, what are some lessons policymakers and regulators can learn from the movement to end alcohol Prohibition in the 1930s? Prizes are $5000, $2500, and $1000, and the deadline is Nov. 17, 2014;
