Award Details

Award Name

Grammy Recording Academy - Entertainment Law Initiative Writing Competition

Submission Deadline

01/03/24

Possible Recipients

3

Open To
  • Student
Status
Closed
Award Sponsor

Recording Academy

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS 1. This contest is open to Juris Doctor (JD), Master of Laws (LLM), or joint JD/LLM program candidates currently enrolled at a U.S. law school. LLM students who are, or who have been at any time in the past, licensed as an attorney are not eligible to enter. JSD/SJD students are not eligible. 2. Entrants must be an enrolled student as of January 1, 2022. 3. Entrants must be legal residents (including foreign students who at the time of entry hold a valid U.S. Student Visa) enrolled in a JD or LLM program at a law school located in the United States. Contest is void where prohibited by law or regulation. 4. Current regular, full-time, part-time and temporary employees, contractors, interns, GRAMMY U representatives, directors and officers of Sponsor, its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, distributors, sales representatives, retailers, and advertising, promotion and judging agencies and all other service agencies involved with the Contest, and members of the immediate family (spouse, parent, child, sibling and their respective spouse) and household of each such employee are not eligible to participate. 5. Previous winners and/or finalists are ineligible

The Entertainment Law Initiative Writing Contest challenges law students to identify and research a pressing legal issue facing the music industry today and outline a proposed solution in a 3,000-word essay. A nationwide panel of music law experts will judge the papers in a blind process to select a winner and two runners-up.

This contest is open to Juris Doctorate (JD) and Master of Laws (LLM) candidates at U.S. law schools. Please note that LLM students who are, or who have been at any time in the past, licensed as an attorney are not eligible to enter. JSD/SJD students are not eligible. View full rules here(opens in a new tab).


Important Dates

Important Date
2024-01-03

Submission Deadline

Important Date
2022-01-14

Winners and Runner-ups notified

Award Prizes

Monetary Prize
$ 10000

First Place

Restrictions: Scholarship

Monetary Prize
$ 2500

Second Place

Monetary Prize
$ 2500

Second Place

Other Prize
Two tickets to the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards® Two tickets to MusiCares® Person of the Year honoring Joni Mitchell Recognition at the Entertainment Law Initiative GRAMMY Week Event Los Angeles roundtrip airfare and hotel accommodations for winner and guest Publication of paper in the ABA Entertainment & Sports Lawyer Journal Mentorship session with an ELI Executive Committee attorney member