Law Essay Writing Competition for Law Students with $5,000 Prize from Public Citizen

Public Citizen is inviting law students all over the world to participate in the Law Essay Writing Competition for the year 2021 under the title “What is the role of the liability system in addressing Covid-19?”

Eligibility:-

• The competition is open to all current law students, post 2015 law graduates, and all masters of law students. 

• Co-authored submissions are eligible; if selected, the co-authors will share the prize. 

• Each submission must be an original, unpublished academic work, but simultaneous submissions will be accepted.

Submissions Specifications:-

• Submissions must be emailed as Microsoft Word documents. 

• They may be full-length law review articles or shorter academic essays and should use footnotes (not endnotes). 

• The word count may be between 6,000 and 25,000 words, not including footnotes.

Selection Criteria:-

A panel of lawyers, including law professors and practitioners, will judge the submissions based on depth of analysis, quality of writing, originality, and thoroughness.

Prizes:-

The winner will receive $5,000. Only one winning paper will be chosen and only one prize awarded.

About Public Citizen:-

Public Citizen is a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization that champions the public interest in the halls of power. It defends democracy, resists corporate power and works to ensure that the government works for the people – not for big corporations. Founded in 1971, Public Citizen now has 500,000 members. Public Citizen takes no government or corporate money, which enables it to remain fiercely independent and call out bad actors – no matter who they are or how much power and money they have.

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