2021 Scholarship & Rule of Law Recipients

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Encourages law students to submit analytical writings on what the rule of law is, or should be, the interpretation or implementation of existing or suggested legislation or case law and whether or not it furthered the equal and fair regulation of civil and human rights.

Submissions are accepted on an aspect of the Rule of Law, demonstrating how the Rule of Law affected the topic, defining the Rule of Law, criticizing the Rule of Law, or demonstrating the economic social or political effects of the Rule of Law. Winners receive scholarships to help pay for law school tuition.

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USC Gould School of Law 2022

Voting and Campaign Financing: Inconsistencies in Law and Policy.

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UCLA School of Law 2022

Race, Law and School Policing.

Southwestern Law School 2022

Transgender Women in Men's Corrections Facilities: A Call for an Objective Deliberate Indifference Test to Better Protect Inmates from Sexual Abuse Behind Bars

2021 Winner

Southwestern Law School 2021

The Problem with Johnson and Lemond: Irreconcilable Science and the Brady-Napue No-Man’s Land

UCLA School of Law 2020

The (Un)Holy Shield: Rethinking the Ministerial Exception

USC Gould School of Law 2020

Guilty Beyond a Reasonable Vote: Challenging Felony Disenfranchisement Under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act

2020 Winner

Irvine School of Law 2022

In Whose Custody? Miranda, Emergency Medical Care, & Criminal Defendants

Rule of Law Writing Competition Rules

  • Eligibility: This competition is open to Law Review Articles authors who are juris doctorate and LLM candidates enrolled at an ABA or California State accredited law school during the eligibility period and whose article is published during the period. The eligibility period is the year preceding the Due Date.
  • Limit on Entries: Each author may submit one entry. Each law school may submit up to three entries.
  • Define the Rule of Law or comment upon the attached definition; or
  • Comment on the importance or the effects of the Rule of Law, any of its elements, or the lack of a Rule of Law on society.
  • Criteria: Eligible entries shall meet standards of academic worthiness determined by the Selection Committee and be judged on an overall merit basis.
  • Due Date: Entries for the scholarships are due February 1, 2023 and shall be submitted electronically in Word or searchable pdf form to kenneth.petrulis [at] verizon.net . Late submissions and hard copies will not be considered.
  • Entry Form: Entries shall a separate containing the author’s address, telephone number, email address, and the title of the article as well as a one or two line synopsis. Link to Certification & Transfer of Rights Form and Title Page and Contact Information Form .
  • Selection Committee: Shall consist of a minimum of five (5) members chosen by the Beverly Hills Bar Foundation Board of Governors representing the community at large, the academic community and practicing attorneys, who have a demonstrated interest or expertise in the Rule of Law.
  • Announcement of Scholarships: The scholarship recipients will be announced on March 1, 2023.
  • Rule of Law Scholarships: Scholarships shall include a $2,500 prize for the winning author and two $500 honorable mention scholarships to be chosen from eligible entries. Each scholarship recipient will receive a ticket to the Beverly Hills Bar Foundation’s Annual Supreme Court luncheon where the scholarships will be presented. Winning and honorable mention entries recognized by the BHBF and Beverly Hills Bar Association on their website www.bhba.org.

Additional Information or Questions: Contact Kenneth G. Petrulis: kenneth.petrulis [at] verizon.net

About the Rule of Law Writing Competition

The Rule of Law is not well defined. It needs to be. The lack of a definition lends to its use as an epithet for whatever the speaker wants it to mean. It also inhibits the study of the rule of Law, its aspects and its effects. Study will test and refine the rule. Study will allow predictions of its effects to be tested. Assuming its benefits can be predicted and verified the Rule of Law will be validated as the fundamental value which sets one nation above another in its recognition of both human rights and economic success.

A fair justice system founded in tolerance and integrity guarantees the rights of individuals against the government, the powerful, and the many. The Rule of Law provides that tolerance and integrity. It gives respect to both personal rights and property rights. Because these rights are the primary incentive for achievement, they bring to the nations that follow the Rule of Law economic and political success as well.

The Rule of Law is a process consisting of five essential elements:

  • Fair Access. The justice system is reasonably open and available to all, and does not impose oppressive burdens on the participants;
  • Fair courts. The courts exhibit tolerance and integrity. They are competent, and efficient. Judges are impartial and independent, randomly assigned, and not subject to political influence or manipulation
  • Fair Laws. The laws are public, clear and reasonable when applied to human experience;
  • Fair Administration. The administrative branch, prosecutors, and police, are reasonably fair, competent, and efficient; and
  • All are subject to the law. Government officials including the President, Supreme Court and the Congress, consent to being subject to the law. The Rule of Law process depends on the constant application of tolerance and integrity through a political system founded on these five necessary elements. Each country implementing the Rule of Law will produce its own legislation, administrative methods and judicial decisions. Each system while based upon the same five elements will be formed to the particular time, culture and circumstance where it is implemented. By fostering and promoting the process which is the Rule of Law, no matter what the place or time, all societies can benefit from its implementation.

Some challenge the Rule of Law as peculiar to the Western world or not suitable to all cultures. Some see the current success of the nations which follow the Rule of Law as chance, good fortune or a mere shifting in the vagaries of history. If the process (the Rule of Law) has inherent value, it should be possible to show a direct relationship between the integrity with which a nation enforces the Rule of Law and the success, economic and otherwise, of that nation. For example, one might predict a correlation between the number of attorneys in a country and that country”s economic standing. The extent of the independence of the judiciary or of individual rights could also be tested to see whether they correlate to economic success.

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Rule of Law

ELSA and LexisNexis wish to honour Rule of Law commitment among law students and young lawyers across Europe. To realise this mission, we announce the ELSA x LexisNexis Essay Competition on the Rule of Law to raise the awareness of law students and young lawyers across Europe and the globe, on the importance of the Rule of Law. This year we encourage law students and young lawyers to engage actively with the Rule of Law by asking them to share their views on the following topic:

“The Role of Youth in Building a Resilient Rule of Law”

Previous Rule of Law Essay Competition focused on: “Rule of Law in times of crisis”

The winning essay was drafted by An-Nikol Voynska from the University of National and World Economy in Sofia, Bulgaria. Below, you can find the winning essay.

The Rule of law is the foundation for the development of peaceful, equitable and prosperous societies. 

LexisNexis expresses the Rule of Law in their Rule of Law Definition :

Equality under the Law

Transparency of law, independent judiciary, accessible legal remedy.

The Rule of Law is the foundation of all other rights. Without the Rule of Law, nothing else works:

I. Without the Rule of Law, there is no contract system (how do you do business, how do you enforce your contracts, how do you make money?)

II. Without the Rule of Law, there is no protection for intellectual property (how do you protect your business, inventions and assets?).

III.  Without the Rule of Law, there is no protection for personal security and abuse (of all kinds).

IV.  Without contracts, protection of IP, personal security, investment is stunted, capital growth slows, and commerce cannot flourish.

The Rule of Law is not just a “nice to have”, it is an absolute necessity for success . The Rule of Law is not merely an issue for developing countries; it is under constant threat in all countries of the world and we must be vigilant everywhere.

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The LexisNexis Rule of Law initiatives

LexisNexis has developed a Rule of Law Tracker . Countries are scored against 44 indicators across eight categories, based on interviews with 100,000 households and 2,400 experts around the globe.

LexisNexis partnered with the International Bar Association in London to create eyeWitness to Atrocities . eyeWitness combines law and technology to assist human rights defenders in documenting and reporting human rights atrocities in a secure and verifiable way, so the information can be used as evidence in a court of law.

Law Essay Competitions

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  • 1.1 The Andrew Lockley Public Law Essay Competition
  • 1.2 vLex International Law & Technology Writing Competition
  • 1.3 Golding Essay Prize
  • 1.4 Times Law Awards
  • 1.5 The Graham Turnbull Memorial International Human Rights Essay Competition
  • 1.6 Bar Council Law Reform Essay
  • 1.7 JLD Essay Competition
  • 1.8 UKELA Andrew Lees Prize
  • 1.9 ARDL Marion Simmons QC Essay Competition
  • 1.10 FIDE Essay Prize
  • 1.11 Future Legal Mind Award
  • 1.12 Property Bar Association Essay Competition
  • 1.13 SCL Student Essay Prize
  • 1.14 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law
  • 1.15 UK Centre for Animal Law Essay Competition
  • 1.16 The Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law Essay Competition
  • 1.17 Littleton Chambers Sports Law Essay Competition
  • 1.18 Human Rights Essay Award
  • 1.19 FSLA Essay Competition
  • 1.20 ITSA Essay Competition

Feeling like a winner?

There are lots of opportunities to try out your writing expertise throughout the year...sometimes for money (oh and prestige and worldwide fame of course...).

The Andrew Lockley Public Law Essay Competition

Irwin Mitchell run this competition for aspiring public law and human rights solicitors and it is a fantastic opportunity to get your name out there, win a £250 Blackwell's gift card and to develop your legal writing skills.

It is open to law students, graduates, paralegals and trainee solicitors.

Entrants are asked to submit an essay of no more than 1500 words on the following topic:

What key factors should the courts consider and give most weight to when balancing the rights to freedom of expression and assembly of protestors with disruption to other members of the public?

Deadline is: 31st October 2023. Find full details of the competition, including the rules via the Irwin Mitchell website .

vLex International Law & Technology Writing Competition

This annual competition (it has been running since 2018) centres around three new themes each year. For 2024 these are:

  • Immigration
  • Large language models
  • Industrial action

As in previous years, the winner receives a whopping £1500, with additional prizes for runners-up.

Have a look at the vLex Writing Competition page to see the rules, Ts &Cs and the work of winners from the previous competitions . You can also get inspiration on the set themes.

Max number of words is 1000. Deadline is 1st December 2023.

Golding Essay Prize

The Competition Law Association runs an annual competition for any student, trainee solicitor, pupil barrister or trainee patent and trade mark attorney. First prize is £1000.

The 2024 Essay Prize title asked for entrants to address the following title:

As the importance of renewable energy increases, will patents continue to play a central role in protecting those rights or will renewable companies rely on trade secrets and confidential information only?

Look at the competition website for inspiration from previous winning essays. The rules and background for this year's competition can be accessed via the CLA website .

Times Law Awards

The biggest of these law essay competition is The Times Law Award. Last year's competition deadline was mid-Jan and prizes were substantial, with £3,500 for the winner and £2,500 and £1,500 for second and third place. Not bad for a 1000 word essay on a given topic!

Last year's title was:

Should states and private parties be entitled to recover reparations from aggressor states, and if so, how??

You can see the prize-winning essays (1st, 2nd, 3rd and 3 runners-up going all the way back to 1995) on the One Essex Court/Times Law Award website .

We'll update this as soon as this year's competition is announced.

We're very proud of the incredible number of City students and alumni who have performed so well in this competition over the years. We have seen the following successes from them:

GDL student Charlie Colenutt was runner-up in 2020 * BPTC student William Beddows was runner-up in 2019 * BPTC student Katie Ratcliffe (3rd) in 2018 * GDL student Genevieve Woods (1st) in 2017 * Joshua Brown (1st) and Gavin Dingley (2nd) in 2016 * BPTC students George White (1st) and Lara Hassell (3rd) (Lara completed the GDL at City in the previous year) and BPTC alumnus James Beeton (2nd) in 2014 * GDL students Andrew Lomas (1st) and Lara Hassell (2nd) in 2013 * GDL and BPTC alumni James Potts (1st) and GDL student Thomas Coates (2nd) in 2012 * GDL student Anthony Pavlovich (1st) in 2011 * GDL student Anita Davies (1st) in 2010. Anita's winning essay was described by Jack Straw as "an engaging, erudite piece of prose" * GDL student Amy Rogers (1st) in 2006 * GDL student Sarah Love (joint 1st) in 2005 * BVC student James Brilliant (1st) in 2004 * GDL student Mathew Guillick (1st) in 2002 *

The Graham Turnbull Memorial International Human Rights Essay Competition

An annual competition named after Graham Turnbull, an English solicitor who did much to promote respect for human rights. Graham was killed in 1997, working as a human rights monitor on the United Nations Human Rights Mission in Rwanda.

Until 2023, the competition was administered by the Law Society but is now managed by the Graham Turnbull Memorial Fund independently.

The competition is open to law students, trainee solicitors, pupil barristers and all solicitors/barristers within 3 years of admission/call. It asked for essays of no more than 2000 words in length and awards the winner of this prestigious award, £500. The title for the 2023 competition is:

What are the human rights implications of the failure of a state to take action to prevent global temperature rises which threaten the health or lives of their citizens?

Previous winners include Niall Coghlan (2013 competition) and Nick Jones (2019 competition), who were both on the GDL programme at City. You can read the winning entries all the way back to 2010 on the Law Society page for inspiration in the meantime...

Entries should be sent to [email protected] prior to the deadline - 5pm on the 20th October 2023. I've put the full rules on the Lawbore blog for you.

Bar Council Law Reform Essay

Sponsored by the Bar Council Scholarship Trust, this competition is open to students and pupils and requires entrants to write a piece of less than 3000 words proposing the case for a law reform which is desirable, practical and useful. Top prize is £4000 which could come in very handy for funding some part of your legal education.

City GDL students have won in previous years: Daisy Ricketts (2011) and Calum Docherty (2010) were both successful. Calum proposed the reform of copyright law in Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Reforming Fair Dealing in English Copyright Law and Daisy with Strengthening the Rule of Law: Reforming the Scope on Parliamentary Privilege . In 2012 City student Mek Mesfin was runner-up in the CPE category and in 2013 Ross Beaton , a City GDL alumni won the overall prize. You can see all previous winners and read their essays via the Bar Council website .

Phoebe Whitlock won in the GDL category for 2016's competition with an entry entitled Rivalling Silicon Valley: The case for the reform of Software Patents. Take a look at the CityNews story about this. For the 2017 competition, GDL student Clarissa Wigoder won first prize with her essay Spare the rod: Why the law on corporal punishment needs to be reformed, and Daniel Fox was named runner-up with his piece: I hate being idle: Asylum seekers and the right to work. In 2020 BPTC alumnus Oliver Brewis won for his piece: Unravelling the Sleeve of Care: Fair Remuneration for Employer-contracted Sleep . In 2021, GDL student Annika Weis won with her entry: Licence to sanction - Stopping Environmental Crimes through UK Magnitsky legislation . Last year, GDL student Raphael Marshall was first runner-up in the competition.

Take a look at their entries (and other winners back to 2018) via the Bar Council website . The competition information usually comes out in April and the deadline for entries for 2023 is 23rd October at 5pm.

JLD Essay Competition

Open to its members, the Junior Lawyers Network of the Law Society , have an annual competition for those registered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority. This includes LPC students and those qualified and working as paralegals. The deadline is normally around the end of November each year and they generally ask for essays of no more than 2000 words. I can't currently find any information about this year's competition, so have fired off an email to the organisation. Update soon!

Essay titles from previous years include:

Is there a role for the legal profession in environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations?

What’s in a name? Is the title of solicitor still relevant??

How will the rule of law be affected by advances in legal technology?

UKELA Andrew Lees Prize

Named for a former Friends of the Earth Campaign Director (Andrew Lees, a leading environmental campaigner who died unexpectedly in 1994) this prize has been going many years. You can view previous winners on the site and the winner normally receives support for travel and attendance at the UKELA annual conference as well as see your work published in their members' journal.

The deadline for submissions is usually around early April of each year. The 2024 competition is likely to launch in January 2024.

Find out more about the competition and associated rules on the UKELA website , as well as essay winners from past years.

The 2023 competition pivoted around the following statement: 'If we are to meet the challenges of the climate and nature crises, it is essential to strengthen current approaches to environmental governance. Discuss'. You can read the winning entry via the UKELA website.

ARDL Marion Simmons QC Essay Competition

Annual essay competition from the Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers . Students are asked to write no more than 1500 words on a topic. The competition asks applicants to submit an essay on a regulatory law or disciplinary law topic of their choice.

First prize winner takes home £2000, second prize winner £1000 and third prize £500. Details of the competition are normally released in February, with a deadline for submission in late April.

Entry is open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students in the UK and a wide range of early practitioners too. You can see full eligibility details via the competition website .

FIDE Essay Prize

The UK Association for European Law also run an essay competition, with the winner securing a bursary to attend the biennial FIDE CONGRESS Conference, which usually takes place in May.

Students are generally asked to write no more than 2000 words (including footnotes) on the topic provided.

Submissions are judged by a panel from the UKAEL committee, who will award the winner registration at the conference in addition to £600 towards accommodation and travel. The winner of this prize in 2018 was William Spence, GDL student at City. In 2014 another City student (BPTC) took the prize, Niall Coghlan. You can read both their essays via the UKAEL website. Niall has had a great year for developing his European Law expertise - he was also part of the team that won the European Human Rights Moot in Strasbourg.

Sadly the competition has been on pause in recent years and will likely not run in 2024.

Future Legal Mind Award

Launched in 2014 by the National Accident Helpline the winner of this competition will receive £1500 towards their career development, as well as gain access to mentoring and a work experience placement.

There are separate awards for undergraduates and postgraduates. The last time the competition ran was 2022. You can find out more about the competition and see the winning entries via the National Accident Helpline competition website . The organisers have confirmed that it will run again in 2024.

The 2015 winner in the postgraduate category was Lukas Hamilton-Eddy (City GDL student). In 2016 the prize was again won by a City GDL student, Tom Phillips. He wowed judges with his essay on the future of legal services for firms and consumers. Another City student, Pavlos Artemios Xagoraris also made the finalists stage. Pavlos is in the first year of his Graduate Entry LLB. Katherine Strange (GDL) was a finalist in 2017. We're overdue another City winner!

Property Bar Association Essay Competition

This competition was launched in November 2015 and asks students each year to write a 1000-word essay, with the winner taking home £1000, a copy of Megarry & Wade AND their essay published in the Estates Gazette .

The question for 2023 was Has equity been taken too far in enforcing informal promises of interests in land?

The question is normally released in November each year and the essay deadline in early January.

Arabella Adams (City GDL) won the 2017 competition and Elijah Granet (City GDL) won first prize in the 2020 competition .

SCL Student Essay Prize

The Society for Computers and Law annual essay competition asks entrants to write a maximum of 2000 words in order to be in with a chance of winning a free place at the annual SCL Conference, publication of your essay in the SCL Computers and Law magazine and £300. The competition honours the memory of the amazing Sir Henry Brooke, a former President of SCL.

The 2021 competition (deadline was in November of that year) asked students to address the following question in fewer than 2500 words:

There is increasing concern that machine learning tools embed bias in their operations and outputs. To what extent does the law currently provide adequate protection from or adequate redress in respect of any such discrimination?

We've contacted the SCL to find out if this competition will run in 2024.

Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law

This competition was launched in 2020 by SpicyIP , in honour of their founder Professor Shamnad Basheer. Excitingly this competition asks for submissions on anything related to intellectual property rights – the more creative the better. The call generally comes out in May of each year.

The word limit for submissions is 5,000 words (inclusive of footnotes) and the deadline for submissions is June 30, 2020 (23:59 IST).

All submissions and any queries should be e-mailed to [email protected].

The competition is open to students currently enrolled in any LLB program (or its equivalent – meaning students enrolled in J.D. programs can take part) across the world.

We are awaiting information on the 4th annual essay competition but you can see the winners of the 2022 competition and their essays via the SpicyIP website .

UK Centre for Animal Law Essay Competition

The details of the 2024 competition will be released in November 2023.

Last year's competition title was:

Can the UK’s hunting legislation be reformed to ensure practical protection for UK wildlife? .

The inaugral competition was won by City GDL and BVS student Sam Groom. You can see a fantastic video of Sam speaking about the competition on the competition website.

First prize is a £150 book voucher and the chance to get your essay published in the UK Journal of Animal Law.

The Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law Essay Competition

The organisers state that the aim of their competition is to:

...encourage students to explore the fascinating questions that animals rights raise, and to discuss these questions in an original piece of writing that may inspire them to engage further with the topic in the future.

No information regarding the 2024 competition yet but in 2023 the question was as follows:

Richard Ryder once wrote: “Since Darwin, scientists have agreed that there is no ‘magical’ essential difference between human and other animals, biologically-speaking. Why then do we make an almost total distinction morally?” Assuming that is correct, how does this affect the arguments for and against animal rights laws?

The winning essay in the university category receives £750. You can read winning essays from the previous years of the competition via the competition website .

Littleton Chambers Sports Law Essay Competition

This annual competition from Littleton Chambers offers young lawyers the chance to get their ideas out to the wider sporting community and various monetary prizes, plus a sports law mini-pupillage. First prize is £1000, second prize £500 and third place receives £250.

The 2023 competition deadline was end of February 2023, so we anticipate a similar one for the 2024 competition. Entrants were asked to submit a piece of work between 1,500 and 2,500 words, on the following title:

Transparency has been prized as foundational to good governance in sport (see, for instance, the International Olympic Committee’s Basic Universal Principles of Good Governance, principle 2). To what extent (if at all) are sport regulators justified in using confidential procedures, such as arbitration, to deal with participant misconduct?

Until we get the info for the 2024 competition, have a look at the information on the 2023 competition pages .

Human Rights Essay Award

The Human Rights Essay Award is an annual competition (sponsored by the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at Washington College of Law) that seeks to stimulate the production of scholarly work in international human rights law.

The Academy will grant two Awards, one for the best article in English and one for the best article in Spanish. The Award in each case will consist of:

  • A full scholarship to the Program of Advanced Studies on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law for either the Diploma or Certificate of Attendance options.
  • Travel expenses to and from Washington D.C. (if the competition is not virtual)
  • Housing at the university dorms
  • Per diem for living expenses
  • The best articles may also be published in the American University International Law Review

It is open to all lawyers around the world regardless of their nationality, but participants must already have a law degree Juris Doctor, (J.D.), Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) or equivalent by the submission due date to be eligible. They must also have a demonstrated experience or interest in international human rights law.

The 2022 topic was Climate Change and Human Rights: Impacts, Responsibilities, and Opportunities and the deadline was the end of January.

We are awaiting information on the 2024 competition.

FSLA Essay Competition

The Financial Services Lawyers Association runs an annual essay competition, normally with a deadline of early October each year. First prize is a generous £1500 and a legal internship at the FCA.

The 2023 competition title is Can the risks and opportunities of AI in financial services be managed by fine-tuning existing regulation, or is a new approach required? You need to get your entries in by midnight on 6th October 2023.

Look at the FSLA website for full details/rules. Note that membership of the FSLA is free to students!

ITSA Essay Competition

Open to students members of the Inner Temple, the 2023 competition asks entrants for essays of 2500 words maximum (including refs) on the following topic:

Is the Cab Rank Rule now redundant at the self-employed Bar?

Deadline is 4pm on Monday 6th November 2023 and first prize is £150 and publication of your essay in the Inner Temple Yearbook. Look at the competition website for full rules of the competition .

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Two essays by the student winners of a Penn Carey Law essay competition describe important regulatory issues.

In the spring of 2022, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Dean Sophia Lee hosted an essay competition for students enrolled in her administrative law course. Each student in her class researched a federal rulemaking or proposal and then wrote an essay about it. The top essays were selected and submitted to The Regulatory Review , and our editorial team followed a blind review process and further selected the two best essays to publish.

We are pleased to announce that the 2022 winning essays were authored by Samuel Rossum, a member of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Class of 2023, and Hannah Leibson, a member of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Class of 2022. Their essays appear below.

We extend to Samuel and Hannah our sincerest congratulations—as we also congratulate and thank all the students whose excellent essays we read. We especially thank and applaud Dean Lee for her innovative and insightful teaching of administrative law.

Rules on Alcohol Serving Facts May No Longer Be Left to Age

Samuel Rossum

A federal agency plans to require long-awaited alcoholic beverage labels that display nutritional information.

Analysis | Health

A shot of gin contains roughly 116 calories. In other words, 1.5 ounces of vodka is higher in calories than 12 ounces of light beer. But one poring over the label on a bottle of vodka would be hard-pressed to find that information.

And current regulations by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) make that perfectly legal. Nutritional fact labels are not required on alcoholic products.

But that may be due to change very soon. The agency described plans this year to regulate what nutritional information is displayed on alcoholic products.

In 2018, TTB embarked on a course of regulation to modernize labeling and advertisement requirements for wine, distilled spirits, and malt beverages. Yet by February 2022, the agency’s final rule imposed no new obligations on industry members and instead provided them with additional flexibility in crafting labels and ads.

Want to slap the American flag on your bottle of bourbon? Go ahead, so long as you do not give the impression that the government is endorsing your product. Need to warn consumers that a competitor’s tequila is made with genetically modified agave? If it is true, that ad would likely have passed muster.

But not everyone agrees that modernization should only equate to liberalization. Critics argue that consumers should have greater awareness of a beverage’s alcohol content, serving size, calories, ingredients, and allergen information before imbibing.

In fact, some advocacy groups sued TTB to compel a decision on the inclusion of these nutritional details. They argued that TTB has failed to respond to a twenty-year-old petition to the agency demanding such action.

And a month after the suit was filed, TTB announced its intention to open three new rulemakings on the issues of labeling nutrients, allergens, and ingredients in alcohol.

Consumer groups lauded this “groundbreaking” shift in policy.

“For too long, the alcohol industry has kept consumers in the dark,” said Thomas Gremillion , Director of Food Policy at Consumer Federation of America .

Beyond those policy concerns, observers have also emphasized the need to synchronize TTB standards with policies of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which do not reach most alcoholic beverages.

For example, the FDA directs Americans to monitor their caloric intake from alcoholic beverages, yet the TTB’s hands-off approach may prevent the diet-conscious from readily discovering this information.

Similarly, FDA requires that certain chain restaurants display nutritional information for alcoholic beverages, but a craft beer purchased at a corner store could very well omit that same information.

Allergen information presents similar risks. While FDA-regulated products mandate labeling of major allergens, most alcoholic beverages fall under a voluntary disclosure scheme.

Leaving these life-or-death matters to “guesswork,” the critics opined , is an abdication of the TTB’s responsibilities. The gluten-intolerant may know to steer clear of beer, but they may not be savvy enough to refrain from drinking ouzo. And those with seafood allergies may not realize that a Bud Light “ Clamato ” really does contain clam juice.

TTB originally parried these remarks as all being outside the scope of the regulation since the proposed rule had already disclaimed any notion that it would address “Serving Facts.” Indeed, the Bureau has continually avoided addressing the issue, such as when it abandoned a rulemaking in its early stages back in 2007.

After being sued, however, TTB has changed its tune, promising three new rulemakings this year. Although none of the rulemakings have yet begun , consumer advocacy groups see “light at the end of the tunnel.”

By contrast, although many alcohol industry representatives recognize that disclosure requirements have been a long time coming, a majority of winemakers still oppose ingredient and nutrition facts labeling. WineAmerica noted its intention to advocate off-label electronic information disclosures, rather than printing the details directly on the bottle.

For now, those who are spirited about spirits must await news on TTB’s rulemakings to determine whether the agency has felt enough pressure from consumer advocates to adopt nutritional information standards on alcoholic products.

The FCC’s Fight Against Russian Disinformation

Hannah Leibson

Federal agency implements more stringent rules for identification of foreign sponsors in broadcast media.

News | Process

As the war in Ukraine wears on, Vladimir Putin is winning the disinformation war in Russia.

When the war began, he banned popular social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, and blocked airtime for many international news channels. In its place, government-sponsored channels such as RT and Radio Sputnik dominate the airwaves, disseminating propaganda to Russian citizens. These programs restrict the war narrative to the Kremlin’s own version of the unfolding events.

Watching from afar, the United States government and cable industry took steps to pierce this disinformation bubble before it reached American media consumers.

First, major digital programming distributor DirecTV dropped RT America—a Russian government funded U.S. news network—from its platform. In addition, all twelve years of its archived programming was deleted from its website. This action mirrored a similar response by the European Union just days earlier.

Second, the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) foreign sponsorship identification rules went into effect, which require television broadcasters to make on-air disclosures for all foreign government-sponsored programming.

These rules aim to remove “potential ambiguity” in broadcast messaging and deter foreign governments from seeking to “persuade the American public” on national airwaves.

In a press release following the rollout, FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel remarked how “in light of recent events, this effort — which is all about transparency — has taken on new importance. It is essential that audiences know when a broadcast station has been compensated to air content coming from a foreign government.”

Direct evidence that Russia and China were purchasing broadcast time in increasing proportions in markets all across the United States led to rising urgency that these rules take effect as soon as possible. The rules were adopted unanimously in April 2021 by all five FCC commissioners.

Federal communications law prohibits foreign governments from owning broadcast licenses, but foreign government are freely able to purchase air time from other licensees. Until now, however, no guidelines existed for how and when foreign government-sponsored programming had to be publicly disclosed to viewers.

The rules seek to increase public awareness of the source of paid programming.

While these rules have been celebrated as a win by the FCC, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has been fiercely opposed to their implementation. NAB contends that the rules are “burdensome” in nature and address a “phantom harm” that has not been well-documented.

NAB, along with several other industry groups, asked a federal court to delay the rules. The suit alleged that the rules violate the First Amendment and are arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act .

The FCC, however, maintained that the rules do not violate the First Amendment because they are “content neutral” and apply equally to all foreign broadcast programming.

The court permitted the rules to go into effect as litigation continues. But NAB scored a legal victory over the FCC on a related provision. The FCC had ordered broadcasters to go through several steps to verify whether a sponsor is or is supported by a foreign government, including to verify their identity against two different federal databases.

A federal court vacated that double-verification requirement. The court held that the FCC had “no authority” to impose such a requirement and had attempted to broaden the “broadcasters’ narrow duty of inquiry” into a sponsor’s identity.

In the wake of that ruling, the FCC has called for public comments on a new proposed rulemaking. The new proposal would instead require broadcasters to submit a certification form as to whether the sponsor is a foreign government.

As these rules and lawsuits make their way through the federal system, it will remain to be seen whether the FCC can significantly curtail Russian disinformation in the United States.

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To encourage secondary students to think creatively and more deeply about the rule of law, ROLE is inviting S4 to S6 students to participate in its 2020 Rule of Law Essay Competition.

Essay Topic

Article 25 of the Basic Law provides “All Hong Kong residents shall be equal before the law.” What does this article mean as a matter of law and in practice? Please give examples to support your analysis.

Eligibility

Students currently enrolled in Form S4 to S6 in any secondary school in Hong Kong may submit essays. One entry per student maximum in each language group.

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Essays may be submitted either in Chinese (word limit: 900 words) or in English (word limit: 800 words) in Microsoft Word file.

Assessment criteria

All essays will be scored by a panel of judges, who will assess the work based on content, structure, writing style, and creativity. 

There will be 6 winners total, one for each language group in the categories below: Champion: HK$3,000 and certificate    First runner-up: HK$2,000 and certificate Second runner-up: HK$1,000 and certificate

Some number of additional essays may receive merit certificates depending on the quality of the essay and at the discretion of the judges. 

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Complete entries must include: 1) the essay 2) a completed application form, and 3) a copy of the participant’s student identity card (for the relevant secondary school attended).

Deadline: No later than 5pm on Monday, 19 October 2020. All entries via email must be received by this date. All entries via post must be postmarked no later than this date.

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Entries via post will not be returned. Please make a copy as necessary before submission.  

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Please indicate the number of words at the end of the essay.  

The organizer reserves the right to disqualify entries and reclaim prizes awarded should be found to have violated any of these guidelines, copyright, or any other applicable law or regulation.  

The results will be announced on Monday, 23 November 2020 on the ROLE website (www.role.hku.hk). 

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Transcript required, affordable housing & community development law student legal writing competition.

The goal of the competition is to encourage law students to become involved in the Forum. It is also intended to attract students to the affordable housing, community development or pro bono practice fields, and to encourage scholarship in these fields.

American Bar Association Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law

Current law student

Attend ABA-accredited school

Member of the ABA and the Forum

At least 21 years old

U.S. Citizen or Legal Permanent Resident

The Roy Snell Health Care Regulatory & Compliance Writing Competition

The Roy Snell Health Care Regulatory & Compliance Writing Competition recognizes law students for innovative, strategic, and sound approaches to tackling complex contemporary health care regulatory and compliance issues.

Health Law Institute at Mitchell Hamline School of Law and the Health Care Compliance Association

Current J.D. Students who have completed 1L year

Full or part-time

Registration will occur approximately a month and a half prior to the deadline; review details on provider's website carefully.

Trandafir Writing Competition

Each year, Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems, in conjunction with the University of Iowa College of Law International and Comparative Law Program, conducts an annual world affairs student writing competition.

Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems and the University of Iowa College of Law

Currently enrolled in law or graduate degree programs.

White River Environmental Law Writing Competition

The White River flows through the village of South Royalton and borders the campus of Vermont Law School. The idyllic waterway embodies the Journal’s view of the field of environmental law.

Vermont Journal of Environmental Law and Vermont Law School

Current J.D. or LL.M. students

Attend accredited law school in the U.S.

Prize in International Insolvency Studies

The III Prize is awarded for original legal research, commentary or analysis on topics of international insolvency and restructuring significance and on comparative international analysis of domestic insolvency and restructuring issues and developments.

International Insolvency Institute (III)

Undergraduate or Graduate students

Researchers or practitioners in practice for less than five years

Berkeley Technology Law Journal Writing Competition

We will accept submissions from graduate-level law students on a wide variety of topics at the intersection of law and technology, including but not limited to: technology and the public interest, privacy, internet law, intellectual property, antitrust, First Amendment issues, entertainment and news media, telecommunications, biotechnology, and cybercrime.

Berkeley Technology Law Journal University of California, Berkeley School of Law

Current J.D., LL.M. and J.S.D. students

Law students outside the U.S.

Howard C. Schwab Memorial Essay Contest

The purpose of the contest is to create greater interest in the field of family law among all law students, and particularly the Law Student Division of the American Bar Association.

American Bar Association (ABA) Family Law Section

J.D. students

ABA-approved law school

Second or third year full-time students or second through fourth-year part-time students

First-year students enrolled in schools where family law is part of the first-year curriculum

The Program on Church, State & Society Writing Competition

The purpose of this writing competition is to encourage scholarship related to the intersection of church, state & society, and in particular how the law structures and governs that intersection.

The Program on Church, State & Society at Notre Dame Law School

Current law students

J.D., LL.B., LL.M., SJ.D., J.S.D., Ph.D.

Attend an ABA-accredited law school within the U.S.

In good standing

Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition

Notre Dame Law School sponsors an annual writing competition on the topic of legal ethics.

Notre Dame Law School

Attend U.S. and Canadian law schools

Scholarship Contest from Smith, Born, Leventis, Taylor & Vega

Submit a creative thoughtful, and well-written response regarding the pros and cons of undocumented employees being entitled to workers’ compensation benefits despite their immigration status.

Smith, Born, Leventis, Taylor & Vega LLC Injury Lawyers

Enrolled in a U.S. college or university.

Hogan/Smoger Access to Justice Essay Competition

Each year, students will write about a different topic. This year, students are directed to write about legal remedies to combat climate change.

R. Ben Hogan III of Hogan Law Office and Gerson H. Smoger of Smoger & Associates

Current masters of law students

Law graduates post 2015

The Marshall Manne Schulmann Competition for student Papers in Criminal Law and/or Criminal Procedure

The Criminal Law Section of the California Lawyers Association is pleased to announce the Marshall M. Schulman Annual Competition for Student Papers in Criminal Law and/or Criminal Procedure.

California Lawyers Association (CLA) Criminal Law Section

Current student

Enrolled in law school

Admiralty and Maritime Law Committee Law Student Writing Competition

The goal of the Competition is to encourage scholarship and to assist law students interested in careers in admiralty and maritime law by providing a platform to showcase their work and develop their professional networks through the Admiralty & Maritime Law Committee (“AMLC”) and TIPS of the ABA.

American Bar Association (ABA) Tort Trial and Insurance Practice (TIPS) Section

Current J.D. student or LL.M. candidate

ABA-accredited school

21 or older

U.S. Citizen

Annual Law Student Writing Competition

The competition is to encourage and reward original law student writing on issues concerning consumer bankruptcy.

National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees (NACTT)

Attend accredited law school

May not be offered this year - verify status with the scholarship provider

NYSBA Antitrust Law Section Student Writing Competition

Eligible papers may address any topic of general interest to the antitrust law community.

New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) Antitrust Law Section

Current J.D. or LL.M. student

Enrolled in New York State law school OR a New York State resident enrolled in law school outside of New York State

Annual AUWCL National Health Law Writing Competition

This competition is designed to encourage law students to write scholarly papers on current topics of interest relevant to health law and/or food and drug law.

American University Washington College of Law Health Law and Policy Program

Current 2L, 3L, and 4L J.D. and LL.M. students

Enrolled in U.S. law school

Health Law Writing Competition

The competition is designed to encourage JD and LLM students in the preparation of scholarly papers on current topics of interest relating to health law.

Epstein Becker Green

J.D. and LL.M. degree candidates

Attend U.S. school

Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Student Writing Contest

To encourage and reward law student writings on real property, trust and estate law subjects of general and current interest.

American Bar Association (ABA) Real Property, Trust & Estate (RPTE) Section

Current law student in good standing

Georgetown Law Technology Review Student Writing Competition

Entries should explore ways in which emerging technologies and services interact with or challenge existing civil rights and consumer protection laws.

Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy

Enrolled at any ABA-accredited law school in the U.S.

LAWS101.com Scholarship

Law school is expensive – and students who go to graduate school for law collectively take on millions of dollars in student debt. The good news is that there are many law school scholarships and grants out there.

Laws101.com

Accepted to law school for Fall

Living in the U.S.

Constitutional Law Writing Competition

The goal of the Competition is to encourage law students to become involved in the Section. It is also intended to attract students to the practice of environmental law and raise awareness of and foster dialogue regarding federal and state constitutional issues related to the practice of environmental law.

American Bar Association (ABA) Environment, Energy, and Resources Section

Enrolled in an ABA-accredited law school

Legal resident of the U.S.

At least 18 years old

May not be offered this year - verify status with the provider 

Endangered Species Writing Competition

The goal of the Competition is to encourage law students to become involved in the Section. It is also intended to attract students to endangered species, wildlife, and natural resources legal practice fields, and to encourage scholarship in these areas.

Enrolled in an ABA-accredited law school and in good standing

May not be offered this year - verify status with the provider

Energy Law Writing Competition

The goal of the Competition is to encourage law students to become involved in the Section. It is also intended to attract students to the energy law practice field, and to encourage scholarship in this field.

Environmental Transactions and Brownfields/Superfund and Natural Resources Damages Litigation Writing Competition

The goal of the Competition is to encourage law students to become involved in the Section. It is also intended to attract students to the practice of environmental transactions and brownfields law and Superfund and natural resources damages litigation, raise awareness of and foster dialogue regarding issues in these practice areas, and encourage scholarship in these fields.

Legal resident of the U.S. and at least 18 years old

Located in the U.S. or D.C. at time of entry

Forest Law Writing Competition

The goal of the Competition is to encourage law students to become involved in the Section. It is also intended to raise awareness of and foster dialogue regarding legal issues related to both private and public forest lands and encourage scholarship in these fields.

International Environmental and Resources Law Writing Competition

The goal of the Competition is to encourage law students to become involved in the Section. It is also intended to attract students to the practice of international environmental and resources law, raise awareness of and foster dialogue regarding issues in these practice areas, and encourage scholarship in these fields.

Public Land and Resources Writing Competition

The goal of the Competition is to encourage law students to become involved in the Section. It is also intended to attract students to the practice of public land and resources law, raise awareness of and foster dialogue regarding public land and resources issues, and encourage scholarship in this field.

American Bar Association (ABA) Environment, Energy, & Resources Section

18 years old

Legal resident of U.S.

Virginia Bar Intellectual Property Law Student Writing Competition

The Intellectual Property Law Student Writing Competition (the “Competition”) seeks to promote academic debate and the dissemination of ideas and scholarly writing in the field of intellectual property.

Virginia State Bar (VSB) Intellectual Property Section

Attend a law school in Virginia

Resident of Virginia attend law school outside the state

Waste and Resources Recovery Writing Competition

The goal of the Competition is to encourage law students to become involved in the Section. It is also intended to attract students to the practice of waste and resource recovery law, raise awareness of and foster dialogue regarding issues in these practice areas, and encourage scholarship in these fields.

The Judge John R. Brown Scholarship

The Award honors excellence in legal writing in American law schools.

Current J.D. or LL.B student

Enrolled in accredited law school in the U.S.

ACEBC Employee Benefits Writing Competition

The primary purposes of this writing competition are to encourage legal scholarship in areas of concern or interest in the employee benefits field and to foster interest in promising students in the practice of employee benefits law. 

The American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, Inc.

Current law student.

Cornelius Vanderbroek Memorial Essay Competition For Graduate/"Older" Students (to age 30)

The competition is intended to reach out to and reward law students interested in protecting the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF)

graduate students through the age 30

North American College or University

Public Law Writing Competition

Articles must be on a topic related to public law - a field that covers areas such as administrative law, constitutional law, municipal law, open meetings/open records law, political/election law, education law, state and federal legislation, public employment and labor law, government contracts, government tort liability and regulations, land use/environmental issues, public law ethics, public finance, and water law.

California Lawyers Association (CLA) Public Law Section

Current J.D. student, enrolled in good standing at a California law school accredited by the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California OR a lawyer who has been practicing for 8 years or fewer

The American College of Employee Benefits Counsel Writing Competition

Since 2005, the College has sponsored a writing competition for law students, to encourage them to learn about employee benefits.

The American College of Employee Benefits Counsel (ACEBC)

Full-time or part-time law students

Seeking a J.D. or graduate law degree (LL.M./SJ.D.)

NYSBA Environmental Law Section: Professor William R. Ginsberg Memorial Essay Contest

This annual competition is designed to challenge law students to analyze the environmental issues confronting us today.

New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) Environmental Law Section

Current J.D. and LL.M. candidates

Enrolled in a law school within New York State

Selma Moidel Law Student Writing Competition in California Legal History

The Society sponsors the competition to promote research and writing on the California Supreme Court and the state's legal history.

California Supreme Court Historical Society

The submission must be written during the student’s enrollment in a school of law and/or graduate program in history.

Everytown Law Student Writing Competition

This competition asks law students to consider how to advance gun violence prevention and gun safety through litigation in the civil and criminal justice systems. Though we encourage applicants to be creative, submission topics can range from reducing gun violence through representing survivors to emerging topics in Second Amendment jurisprudence.

Everytown Law

All submissions must be composed of original research and writing by currently enrolled law students at ABA accredited law schools.

Employees of Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, its affiliated organizations, and immediate family or household members of such employees are not eligible for the Competition.

Law school notes and academic articles that you have submitted or you are planning to submit to law school reviews and journals for publication are eligible for submission.

Preferred submission length is 5,000 to 15,000 words, including footnotes, but may be as long as a law review note.

Adam A. Milani Writing Competition

The purpose of the competition is to promote greater interest in and understanding of the field of disability law and to encourage excellent legal writing skills in law students.

American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Disability Rights and Mercer University School of Law

Attend law school in the U.S.

Full-time students who are not law students but who write law-related papers as part of a course at an American law school are also eligible

James B. Boskey Law Student Essay Contest

The purpose of the competition is to create greater interest in the field of dispute resolution among law students of the nation, particularly those who are members of the Law Student Division of the American Bar.

American Bar Association (ABA) Dispute Resolution Section

Current J.D. student

Full-time or part-time

Attend ABA-accredited law school

Age 21 or older

H. Thomas Austern Writing Competition

This Writing Competition is intended to encourage law students interested in the areas of law affecting FDA-regulated industries: food, drugs, medical devices, biologics, dietary supplements, cosmetics, veterinary, cannabis, or tobacco and nicotine products.

Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI)

2022-2023 academic year graduates

Papers must be unpublished

The College sponsors a Writing Competition for Law Students, in conjunction with the ABA's Section of Labor & Employment Lawyers. A distinguished panel of attorneys from around the country will review the submitted papers written on current and relevant topics of labor and employment law.

The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and American Bar Association (ABA) Labor and Employment Law Section

Cannot have graduated before December

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Looking for expert guidance on entering the law undergraduate essay competition? Listen to the wise words of one of our competition judges, Sarah Trotter, Assistant Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Law School. Sarah shares some top tips on how to approach the question and the best way to use the 1,000 words.

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A fantastic panel of experts will be discussing the right to protest at an online panel event on Wednesday, 24 th January at 5pm – 6.30pm , hosted by LexisNexis.

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March 1, 2024 — University of Houston Law Center student Graysen Mechler raced to produce an efficient, concise legal document under time restraints, earning a semifinalist placement in the 2024 The Paper Chase , an annual legal writing competition hosted by Baylor Law and judged by the Texas Young Lawyers Association (TYLA).

“Participating in The Paper Chase Legal Writing Competition was an incredibly rewarding experience. It challenged me to work efficiently under pressure and put my legal writing skills to the test.” Mechler said. “I had never drafted a motion to dismiss before, so it really pushed me to use my resources wisely and get creative in how I structured my arguments.”

This year’s event accumulated the largest number of entries yet, with eight different Texas law schools participating. This competition differs from other legal writing competitions because students are required to craft legal documents under time constraints they may face as lawyers, compared to drafting a traditional essay. At least one student from each law school submitted a top entry, according to TYLA.

In preparation for the 2024 The Paper Chase , Mechler worked with Professor Maikieta Brantley, a Clinical Assistant Professor at the UHLC who works with law students on their lawyering skills, strategies and legal writing.

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ROLE Essay Competition 2020

[deadline extended to 19 october].

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Since 2012, the Rule of Law Education project (ROLE) at HKU has been developing academic materials and other resources to promote a better understanding of the rule of law in the Hong Kong community, including among secondary school students.

To encourage secondary students to think creatively and more deeply about the rule of law, ROLE is inviting S4 to S6 students to participate in its 2020 Rule of Law Essay Competition.

Essay Topic

Article 25 of the Basic Law provides “All Hong Kong residents shall be equal before the law.” What does this article mean as a matter of law and in practice? Please give examples to support your analysis.

Eligibility

Students currently enrolled in Form S4 to S6 in any secondary school in Hong Kong may submit essays. One entry per student maximum in each language group.

Language and Format

Essays may be submitted either in Chinese (word limit: 900 words) or in English (word limit: 800 words) in Microsoft Word file.

Assessment criteria

All essays will be scored by a panel of judges, who will assess the work based on content, structure, writing style, and creativity. 

There will be 6 winners total, one for each language group in the categories below: Champion: HK$3,000 and certificate    First runner-up: HK$2,000 and certificate Second runner-up: HK$1,000 and certificate

Some number of additional essays may receive merit certificates depending on the quality of the essay and at the discretion of the judges.  

Submission rules

How to submit: There are 2 ways to submit an essay:

by email to [email protected] with “HKU Rule of Law Essay Competition 2020” as subject title; or

by post to “Room 9.21, Cheng Yu Tung Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong” with “HKU Rule of Law Essay Competition 2020” marked on the envelope.

What to submit:

Complete entries must include: 1) the essay 2) a completed application form, and 3) a copy of the participant’s student identity card (for the relevant secondary school attended).

Deadline: [Extended] No later than 5pm on Monday, 19 October 2020 . All entries via email must be received by this date. All entries via post must be postmarked no later than this date.

Other notes

The participant's name shall only appear on the application form accompanying his/her essay. Judges will score all essays anonymously.  

Plagiarism and/or impersonation is strictly prohibited.  

All entries must be original work. Any entries that have been previously published in any form (including on any websites, blogs, online forums, newspapers, magazines, etc.), or previously performed or awarded, will be disqualified.  

Participants are not allowed to submit their entries to other competitions before the result of the competition is announced.  

Essays must be written by a single author; co-authored essays are not accepted.  

Once submitted, the essay entry is considered final. We do not allow participants to modify an entry after it has been received.  

Entries via post will not be returned. Please make a copy as necessary before submission.  

Participants accept that the copyright of their essays belong to Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong.  

Plea se indicate the number of words at the end of the essay.  

The organizer reserves the right to disqualify entries and reclaim prizes awarded should be found to have violated any of these guidelines, copyright, or any other applicable law or regulation.  

【Updated】The results will be announced on Monday, 23 November 2020 on the ROLE website ( www.role.hku.hk ). Winners will be informed directly.

Online session

We are going to host an online information session for potential participants seeking clarification. Participation is optional, and details are as follows:

Date:   Thursday, 23 July 2020

Time:   3 – 4 pm

To join: Please email [email protected] to register for the session.

Please direct additional questions to [email protected] or call 3917 1839.

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