External Scholarships

Console & Hollawell, P.C. Scholarship

DEADLINE: July 15, 2013 AWARDS: $1,000 Legal Leaders Scholarship ELIGIBILITY: certain high school seniors, college students, and law students FOR MORE INFORMATION and to apply, visit the Legal Leaders Scholarship website.

Queen Mary School of Law Essay Competition

Legal Theory and Legal History Research Group 2013 Essay Competition: THEME: Authority in a Transnational Age DEADLINE: August 1, 2013 AWARDS: Economy fair from one’s home institution to London for an international conference on the above theme (November 8-9, 2013), accomodations at the conference for four nights, free entry to the conference, and the possibility [...]

Americans United For Life: Legal Writing Competition

DEADLINE: September 20, 2013 AWARDS: The winning entry will be published and there will be cash prizes for the top three authors – $1,000, $750, and $500, respectively TOPIC: Roe v. Wade – Write a mock Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade Visit aul.org/writingcontest for more information.

James Boskey ADR Writing Competition

DEADLINE: June 14, 2013 AWARD: $1,000 PURPOSE: Promote greater interest in and understanding of the field of dispute resolution and collaborative decision-making among law students. TOPIC: The essay may address any aspect of dispute resolution practice, theory or research that the contestant chooses. FORMAT: Essays must be 15-25 typed, double spaced pages Essays must use [...]

Victoria Fisher Memorial Prize 2013

DEADLINE: November 20, 2013 AWARDS: £250; The purpose of the annual prize is to stimulate interest in the relationship between women and the law. TOPICS: Women & The Law CONTACT for more information: The Secretary, Victoria Fisher Memorial Prize Fund, School of Law, The University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 (0) [...]

IT-Lex Technology Law Writing Competition

DEADLINE: May 1, 2013 AWARDS: First place: $5,000 Second place: $1,000 Third place: $500 All winners will have their submissions published in the IT-Lex Journal Sponsored by the law firm of Foley & Lardner LLP, IT-Lex, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to educational, literary, and scientific advancement in the field of technology law, is proud to [...]

The McDougal Scholarship of the Missouri Bar Foundation

DEADLINE: July 1, 2013 The Missouri Bar Foundation, through the estate of Henry C. McDougal, makes a scholarship available to all Missouri law students who meet the attached guidelines. We invite all eligible law students to complete the attached application and return it to The Missouri Bar by July 1, 2013. You may return the [...]

2013 James E. Beckley Securities Arbitration and Law Competition

DEADLINE: September 20, 2013 AWARDS: – First Place: $1000 – Second Place: $750 – Third Place: $500 TOPICS: any aspect of Securities law; Securities arbitration; The Federal Arbitration Act, Title 9, US Code, Section 1-14; or FINRA Code of Arbitration, effective April 16, 2007 and any changes or proposed changes to that Code.  The writing [...]

JAMS and BAC Scholarships

DEADLINE: April 15, 2013 AWARDS: full tuition scholarships at the Pepperdine University School of Law Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution LLM Program For more information, please visit here, or contact Marcelo Rosadilla, mrosadilla@pepperdine.edu at the Straus office.

Milani Writing Competition

DEADLINE: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 AWARDS: Prizes can be as high as $1000 TOPICS: This is one of the few student competitions for briefs – not academic papers. Topics are: Disability law the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 Age Discrimination in Employment Act Family and Medical Leave Act [...]