The Burton Foundation grants awards for achievements in law to firms, individual attorneys, government employees who are responsible for writing statutes and legislation, actors, students, law professors, and influential jurists.  The awards focus on legal writing, but includes other areas …

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The Planning and Law Division of the American Planning Association (APA) recently announced its 29th Annual Smith-Babcock-Williams Student Writing Competition.  Students enrolled at ABA-accredited law schools or schools listed in the 16th ed. of the Guide to Undergraduate and Graduate …

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The Private International Law Group of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) has announced its third annual prize competition. The prize is a $500 stipend to attend the interest group’s inaugural conference on “What Is Private International Law” to …

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Frontiers: A Journal of Women’s Studies is accepting submissions for a special issue to be devoted to the topic of reproductive technologies and reproductive justice. The journal editors are seeking interdisciplinary articles to commemorate Roe v. Wade: “In commemoration of …

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