Annual Academic Convocation
for Law Students
Sponsoring Organization: Suffolk University Law School and
the Suffolk Lawyers Guild
For More Information, contact: Suffolk Lawyers Guild c/o
the Student Bar Association, Suffolk
University Law School, 41 Temple Street, Boston, MA 02114. Tel.
(617) 573-8174, Fax: (617) 723-6114. Contact: Lisa Fisher.
The German American Law Association's
Annual Writing Contest
For More Information, contact: The
German American Law Association, Capital Area Chapter, P.O.
Box 66174, Washington, D.C. 20035.
American Indian Law Writing Competition
Sponsoring Organization: The American Indian Law Review
For More Information, contact: The
American Indian Law Review, 300 Timberdell Road, Norman, OK
73019. Tel. (405) 325-2840 or (405) 325-5191, Fax: (405) 325-6282.
W.M. Heck Foundation Essay Contest
on Legal Ethics
For More Information, contact: Susan Carle, W.M. Keck Foundation
Fellow, Georgetown University
Law Center, 600 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001-2075.
Tel. (202) 662-9374, Fax (202) 662-9444.
American College of Legal Medicine
Student Writing Competition
For More Information, contact: Student Writing Competition,
American College
of Legal Medicine, 611 East Wells Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
53202. Tel. 1-800-433-9137 or (414) 276-1881.
Mendes Hershman Student Writing
Contest Sponsoring
Organization: American Bar Association, Section of Business Law
For More Information, contact: Susan Daly at the American
Bar Association, Section of Business Law, 750 North Lake Shore
Drive, Chicago, Illinois, 60611. Tel. (312) 988-5588, Fax (312)
988-5578.
Notre Dame Law School Feminist
Jurisprudence Writing Competition
For More Information, contact: Student Writing Competition,
University of Notre Dame Law
School, Notre Dame, IN 46556, Tel: (219) 631-5763
Inter-American Bar Association
For More Information, contact: IABA, 1211 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite No.202, Washington, DC 20036,
Tel: (202) 393-1217, Fax: (202) 393-1241, E-Mail: iaba@iaba.org.
The Journal of Islamic Law
For More Information, contact: Mr. Irshad Abdal-Haqq, The
Journal of Islamic Law, P.O. Box 5368, Takoma Park, MD 20913
Annual Writing Competition for
Law Students
Sponsoring Organization: State Bar of Texas Computer Section
For More information, contact: Al Harrison, Esq. Harrison
& Egbert, 1018 Preston Street, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77002,
E-Mail: al-harrison@hypercon.com
Annual Law Student Essay Competition
Sponsoring Organization: American Judges Associations, American
Judges Foundation
For More Information, contact: American Judges Association,
Law Student Essay Competition, 300 Newport Avenue, P.O. Box 8798,
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8798
American Bar Association Section
of Public Contract Law
For More Information, contact: Carl L. Vacketta, Esq., Piper
& Marbury, 1200 19th Street, N.W. 7th Floork, Washington, DC
20036-2430
Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition
Sponsoring Organization: The American Society of Composers,
Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
For More Information, contact: Dean ot the Society
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
The Association for Objective
Law's Annual Essay Contest
For More Information, contact: The
Association for Objective Law, P.O. Box 8697, New York, NY 10116-8697.
Stephen G. Thompson Student Writing
Competition in Communications Law
Sponsoring Organization: The Institute For Communications
Law Studies, The Catholic University of America Columbus School
of Law
For More Information, contact: Professor Harvey Zuckman,
The Institute for Communications Law
Studies, The Catholic University of America, Columbus School
of Law, Washington, D.C. 20064. Tel. (202) 319-5201
Roscoe Hogan Environmental Law
Essay Contest
Sponsoring Organization: Roscoe
Pound Foundation
For More Information, contact: The Roscoe Hogan Environmental
Law Essay Contest, 1050 31st Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20007.
Tel. (202) 965-3500 or 1-800-424-2725, ext. 380.
Attorney-CPA Foundation Essay
Contest
Sponsoring Organization: The
American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants
For More Information, contact: the American Association
of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants Foundation, 24196 Alicia
Parkway, Suite K, Mission Viejo, CA 92691. Tel. 1-800-272-2889,
Fax (714) 768-7062. Contact: Ronald DeVore, Executive Director.
Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay
Contest: Family Law
Sponsoring Organization: American Bar Association, Section
of Family Law
For More Information, contact: American
Bar Association Family Law Section, 750 North Lake Shore Drive,
Chicago, Illinois, 60611.
International Associatiation of
Defense Counsel Legal Writing Contest
For More Information, contact: The
International Association of Defense Counsel, One North Franklin,
Suite 2400, Chicago, IL 60606
State Bar of Texas American Indian
Law Section/Texas Indian Bar Association Annual Law Student Essay
Contest
For more information, see the: Texas
State Bar Association as listed in HG.
H. Thomas Austern Memorial $3000
Writing Competition
Sponsoring Organization: The Food and Drug Law Institute
For more information, contact: The
Food And Drug Law Institute, 1000 Vermont Ave. NW, Suite 1200,
Washonton, DC 20005-4903. Ph: (202) 371-1420; Fax: (202) 371-0649;
E-mail: comments@fdli.org. Also see: H.
Thomas Austern $3000 Writing Competition.
About H. Thomas Austern: "This award honors H. Thomas
Austern, who practiced food and drug law for more than 50 years
at the firm of Covington & Burling. As a result of his work
on the drafting and negotiation surrounding the Federal Food, Drug
and Cosmetic Act, and his many scholarly contributions, Austern
became known as the "Dean of the food and drug bar." Austern
served on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Food Drug Cosmetic
Law Journal from its inception until his death in 1984 and was a
strong supporter of the Institute since its 1949 beginning."
Federal Circuit Bar Association's George Hutchinson
Writing Competition
For more information, contact: Daniel A. Boehnen, Chairman,
George Hutchinson Writing Competition, Banner & Allegretti,
Ltd., 10 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, 60606.
About George Hutchinson: George Hutchinson was the First
Chief Clerk of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, which was established
in 1982 by Congress as the first Article III appellate court to
have exclusive jurisdiction over certain defined subject areas,
including: appeals from all patent litigation (nationwide), Patent
and Trademark Office decisions, government contract claims, International
Trade Commission, Merit Systems Appeals, and Veterans Appeals.
About the Federal Circuit Bar Association: The Federal Circuit
Bar Association is comprised of over 2,000 members nationwide, who
practice law in the areas that lie within the specialized jurisdiction
of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Annual Notre Dame Law School
Feminist Jurisprudence Writing Competition
For more information, contact: the Feminist Jurisprudence
Essay Contest, University of Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame,
IN 46556, (219) 631-5763.
The Annual R. Marlin Smith Student
Writing Competition
Sponsoring Organization: The Planning and Law Division of
the American Planning Association
For more information, contact: Professor Alan Weinstein,
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University, 1801
Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115.
Robert Gordon Trial Science Research
Award
Sponsoring Organization: The Wilmington Institute, Trial
and Settlement Sciences
For More Information, contact: Robert Leone, J.D., Ph.D.
or Deborah Miller, M.A., J.D. at Tel. (214) 620 0230, Fax (214)243
- 5879, E-mail jurytalk@computek.net
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
