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Award Name
Smith-Babcock-Williams Writing Competition
Award Name
Submission Deadline
10/31/20
Submission Deadline
Award Website
URL
Possible Recipients
3
# of Possible Recipients
Open To
Student
Open To
Faculty
Student
Staff
Bar & Bench
Other
Status
Closed
Status
Open
Closed
Award Sponsor
American Planning Association
Award Sponsor
American Planning Association
None / Not Listed
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ASIL Dispute Resolution Interest Group
Academy of Legal Studies in Business
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
American Academy of Arts & Sciences
American Association of Law Libraries
American Association of Patent Judges
American Association of University Women
American Bankruptcy Institute
American Bar Association
American Bar Association ADR Section
American Bar Association Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development
American Bar Association Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice
American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law
American Bar Association Section of Family Law
American Bar Association Section of Health Law
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American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice (TIPS)
American Bar Foundation
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American Constitution Society
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American Kennel Club
American Law Institute
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American Planning Association
American Political Science Association
American Psychological Association
American Society for Legal History
American Society for Pharmacy Law
American Society of Comparative Law
American Society of International Law (ASIL)
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American Taxation Association
American University Washington College of Law
Arizona State University
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Association for Political and Legal Anthropology
Association for Recorded Sound Collections
Association of American Law Schools (AALS)
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
Association of Former Students
Baylor Law School
Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice
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International Academy of Comparative Law
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J.L. Turner Legal Association
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John Simon Foundation
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Journal of Dispute Resolution
Law and Public Affairs Princeton University
Law and Society Association
Legal Writing Institute
Library of Congress
McGill University
Mercer University School of Law
Ms. JD
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
National Academy of Public Administration
National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees
National Association of Law Student Affairs Professionals (NALSAP)
National Center for Faculty Diversity and Development (NCFDD)
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Jurist
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Natural Resources Law Network
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
New York Intellectual Property Law Association
New York State Bar Association
Notre Dame Law School
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Order of Coif
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Stapledon Memorial Trust
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Tarrant County Bar Association
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The Federalist Society
The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law
The National Law Review
The Theodore Tannenwald Jr. Foundation for Excellence in Tax Scholarship
The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
The Wolf Foundation
The Yale Law Journal
UCLA School of Law
University Center for Human Values
University of Alberta
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University of Iowa
University of Nevada Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law
University of Oklahoma College of Law American Indian Law Review
Wayne State University Law School
Wells Fargo
Eligibility & Requirements
Nominees should be a student currently pursuing a J.D., LL.B., Masters or Ph.D. degree during the 2020-2021 academic year who attend either an ABA accredited law school or institution current listed in the Guide to Undergraduate and Graduate Education in Urban and Regional Planning. The topic of the paper should encompass city planning or a related area (e.g., land use, local government, or environmental law). Paper entries should be between 2,500 and 12,000 words.
Nominees should be a student currently pursuing a J.D., LL.B., Masters or Ph.D. degree during the 2020-2021 academic year who attend either an ABA accredited law school or institution current listed in the Guide to Undergraduate and Graduate Education in Urban and Regional Planning. The topic of the paper should encompass city planning or a related area (e.g., land use, local government, or environmental law). Paper entries should be between 2,500 and 12,000 words.
Other Notes
Click the link below for access to the official 2020-2021 academic year competition submission guidelines: https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/files/apa-pld-student-writing-competition-2020.pdf
Click the link below for access to the official 2020-2021 academic year competition submission guidelines: https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/files/apa-pld-student-writing-competition-2020.pdf
Important Dates
Important Date
2020-10-31
Submission Deadline
Award Prizes
Monetary Prize
$ 2000
First Place
Monetary Prize
$ 400
Second Place
Other Prize
Winning paper is submitted for publication in The Urban Lawyer
Monetary Prize
$ 100
Restrictions: Honorable Mention