Georgetown Law Technology Review Student Writing Competition

05/31/22

• Student

Open

Georgetown Law Technology Review

• Papers will be accepted from students enrolled at any ABA-accredited law school in the United States during the 2021-2022 academic year. The paper must be the author’s own work, although students may incorporate feedback received as part of an academic course or supervised writing project. The paper must not have been published or committed for publication in another journal; The Georgetown Law Technology Review must have the first right of publication for any winning essay.
• Papers will be evaluated based on thoroughness of research and analysis, relevance to the competition topic, relevance to current legal and/or public policy debates, originality of thought, and clarity of expression.
• Papers should be 3000-6000 words long (not including footnotes) and be submitted in Times New Roman Size 12 font, single spaced. Footnotes must conform to the 20th edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. Papers must be in English.

 

• Papers must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. EST on May 31, 2022. 
• Papers must be submitted via email to TechInstitute@law.georgetown.edu in Word format with the file named in the format “LastName_FirstName_WritingCompetition”.
• Papers must be preceded by a cover page (included in the same Word file) containing the following information:
  • Full Name of Author
  • Name of ABA-accredited Law School
  • Graduation Year
  • Email Address
  • Phone Number
  • The following affirmation: I affirm that this paper is an original work of scholarship authored by me. The paper (or a variation thereof authored by me) has not been published, or committed for publication, in any other publication. If this paper is selected as a winner, I grant The Georgetown Law Technology Review the right of first publication of the paper. I have read and agree to the Competition Rules set forth at https://www.law.georgetown.edu/tech-institute/programs/writing-competition/  
• Entrant’s name and law school shall only appear on the cover page. Papers shall contain no identifying information.