THE NATIONAL LAW REVIEW (NLR) STUDENT WRITING COMPETITION [DEADLINE: APR. 30, 2016 BY 5 P.M. CST]
MONTHLY COMPETITION: DEADLINES BY THE LAST DAY OF EACH MONTH
The NLR consolidates practice-oriented legal analysis from a variety of sources for easy access by lawyers, paralegals, law students, business executives, insurance professionals, accountants, compliance officers, human resource managers, and other professionals who wish to better understand specific legal issues relevant to their work.
The NLR Law Student Writing Competition offers law students the opportunity to submit articles for publication consideration on the NLR Web site. Applicants can submit an unlimited number of entries each month.
- Winning submissions will be published according to specified dates.
- Entries will be judged and the top 2-4 articles chosen will be published on the NLR website.
- Each winning article will be displayed accompanied by the student’s photo, biography, contact information, law school logo, and any copyright disclosure.
- All winning articles will remain in the NLR database for two years (subject to earlier removal upon request of the law school).
In addition, the NLR sends links to targeted articles to specific professional groups via e-mail. The NLR also posts links to selected articles on the “Legal Issues” or “Research” sections of various professional organizations’ Web sites. NLR, at its sole discretion, may distribute any winning entry in such a manner, but does not make any such guarantees nor does NLR represent that this is part of the prize package.
Topic: It is recommended that articles address the following monthly topic areas:
- Cybersecurity Issues – Major data breaches, EU Privacy Shield, Wearable Devices, Medical Devices
- Election 2016 Coverage
- Tax Issues
- Constitutional Issues – First Amendment, Gun Control
- Employment Issues – Ban the Box Laws, Minimum Wage, Transgender Accomodations, Age/Sex Discrimination
Complete details and submission guidelines: Available @ natlawreview.com/NLR-law-student-writing-competition
- Send to: Entries must be submitted via email to lawschools@natlawreview.com