Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., a national firm engaged in the practice of health care and life sciences law, is pleased to announce its Thirteenth Annual Health Law Writing Competition. The competition is designed to encourage the preparation of scholarly papers on current topics of interest relating to health law. Cash prizes will be awarded for the three best papers.  First place will win $4,000, 2^nd place will win $2,000 and third place will win $500.

Entrants should take advantage of the fact that health law is a very broad and diverse field, encompassing aspects of almost every area of law. Papers may address any traditional area of the law as applied to health care (e.g., antitrust, tax, corporate), or areas of law unique to health care (e.g., fraud and abuse, managed care, Medicare/Medicaid, clinical trials). Entries in the top 20 percent will be considered for publication in the Annals of Health Law, which is published by the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

Additional information and an official entry form can be found online.  Competition entries are due by January 21, 2011.

The Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law and the American Society of International Law’s Lieber Society on the Law of Armed Conflict (ASIL) have launched the International Humanitarian Law Student Writing Competition.  The Competition seeks submissions of academic papers on the topic of international human rights from students currently enrolled in a law degree program in the United States or abroad.

The purpose of the Competition is to enhance scholarship and deepen understanding among students in this important area of international law. In addition to publishing the winning submissions in an academic journal, the winning authors will be flown to Washington, DC, to present their papers at a conference at the Washington College of Law focused on emerging issues in international human rights with a panel of expert professors and practitioners.  Winners also will receive a one-year ASIL student membership.

To be eligible to make a submission, students must be enrolled in a law degree program at a US or foreign law school. Submissions must be unpublished academic papers on a topic within the scope of international humanitarian law.

The deadline for submissions is Monday, January 31, 2011 by 12pm EST.  Click here for complete rules and submission guidelines.

The University of Connecticut School of Law Student Legal Writing Competition seeks to encourage and reward original writing on legal issues facing persons affected by homelessness, mental illness, addiction or substance abuse.  Last year’s winning entry was entitled “The Free Exercise Clause:  Implications for the Mentally Ill.”

The Competition is open to any student currently enrolled in an American or Canadian law school.  The deadline for submission is June 1, 2011.  Prizes include $750 for the first-place winner, $500 for the second-place winner and $250 for the third-place winner. Winners will be notified by July 15, 2011.

The Competition rules and an intent to enter form are available online. All students intending to enter the competition must register by April 15, 2011.   Entries must be received by 5:00 p.m. on June 1, 2011.  Details on how to submit entries are available online.